I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year weekend! Welcome to Monday from the Interior, in which we chat about our reading and blogging.
Mailbox Monday is hosted through January by Alyce, At Home With Books; and What Are You Reading? is led by Sheila, at Book Journey.
MAILBOX MONDAY:
In the mail I received two books…and one book I found at Barnes & Noble.
1. Unraveling Anne, by Laurel Saville (Amazon Vine Review)
2. The Bungalow, by Sarah Jio
3. Started Early, Took My Dog, by Kate Atkinson
Click on the links (or pictures) to see the product page and book descriptions.
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What Are You Reading?
Let’s Start with the Year in Review!
In this post, I included total books read, pages read, challenges completed, etc.
I did a separate post of my 2011 Favorite Books (top ten).
Some Weekly Posts included:
HUMP DAY POTPOURRI (My 300th Post at this site!)
SATURDAY POTPOURRI – HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE
Review: Nutcase – Charlotte Hughes
Review: Bleedout – Joan Brady
Review: Balancing Acts – Zoe Fishman
What’s Up Next?
I had planned to start right in with something on my Old TBRs…but instead, here’s what I selected
1. Brava, Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani (Received awhile ago from Book Journey)
2. A Room Swept White, by Sophie Hannah (This one at 480 pages will qualify as a “chunkster”)
3. One Voice Too Many, by Paul Martin Midden (Review book)
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I’m excited to start a new year with a clean slate and fresh challenges to tackle. What are you doing in your first week of 2012? Come on by and share….
AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
I’m also looking forward to starting my new challenges and reading the books I added to my TBR list. Enjoy your new books. I’m off to see your 2011 Review post.
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So glad you could stop by, Laura….hope you have a great New Year, too. Enjoy!
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I love all of Adriana’s books – such good, solid, comfort reading!
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That has been my experience so far, too, Lydia. Thanks for stopping by…and enjoy your week!
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Brava, Valentine sounds really good, I added it to my TBR list 🙂 Good luck this week!
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Thanks, Crystal…I am reading Brava, Valentine first, as I need something that feels good to start the week…lol
Hope you have a great week, too, and I’m glad you could stop by.
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I have read two of your three TBR books – the Brava and the Hannah book and they were both so good. Enjoy them all.
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Oh, that’s good to know, Mystica. I haven’t read a Hannah book in awhile, but I’ve enjoyed all of them. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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It’s a wonderful way to start the new year isn’t it? Hope you have a great week with the new reads 🙂
Happy 2012!
http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/
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Oh, I totally agree, Brunette Librarian….thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week, too.
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I loved The Bungalow! Hope you enjoy it too!
Happy New Years!
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Oh, good! I have heard the same from others, and I absolutely adored The Violets of March. Thanks for stopping by, Mari, and have a great week.
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Happy New Year!
I picked up Sophie Hannah’s The Other Half Lives last week at a second hand store.
Congrats on reading 173 books!
Wishing you a great reading week.
Shelleyrae @ Book’d out
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Thanks, Shelleyrae….I haven’t heard of that Hannah book, but now I’ll be obsessing until I get my hands on it! lol
Glad you could stop by, and enjoy your week.
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I have a few Adriana Trigiani on my TBR for this. I read her YA series last year and loved it!!!
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I didn’t know about her YA series…something to check out, since one of my challenges will involve “expanding” my horizons this year.
Thanks for stopping by, Emily, and enjoy your week.
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Unraveling Anna has a very creepy cover, in my opinion. Brava, Valentine looks interesting, as does A Voice Too Many. Happy reading!
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
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Yes, I think it is pretty creepy, Majanka…lol
I am looking forward to finishing the Brava, Valentine book and starting on one of the others.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a good week.
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Happy New Year, Laurel-Rain!
I look forward to your thoughts on The Bungalow.
carol
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Oh, thanks for visiting, Carol…I’m looking forward to The Bungalow…and probably won’t get to it for two or three (or more) weeks because of the other books ahead of it in the queue!
Have a great week!
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I’m just a wee bit jealous of The Bungalow. You’re in for a treat with Brava, Valentine!
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Yes, so far I’m loving Brava, Valentine…Hope to get most of it done today, if not all. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week, Kathy.
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I loved the Valentine books – well, I love everything Trigiani writes! The Bungalow is getting rave reviews so I look forward to your thoughts. Happy New Year!
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I’ve loved all of her books so far, too, Mary. Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful week.
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Brava, Valentine sounds interesting! I added it to my list to read!
Have a great week!
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The Bungalow is a book I want to read. Hope you enjoy it. Some good books on the list for this week, I think. Happy reading.
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Thanks for visiting, Judith. I want to read The Bungalow…SOON! I wonder how long I’ll be able to hold off?
Have a great week!
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Unraveling Anne looks especially good. Enjoy! Happy New Year!
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I think I’m going to enjoy it, Anna. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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I always drool when I see most of the books you’ve received. Unraveling Anne and A Room Swept White look really good – enjoy
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Thanks for stopping by, Diane…and as for drooling, I think we’ve got some reciprocity going on, since I’ve added to my toppling piles after visiting your blog…lol
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Happy 2012! I really like the cover of The Bungalow. Now that the holidays are over, I’m ready to skip ahead to warm weather! Enjoy your week!
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Oh, so do I, Jen…It’s gorgeous, just as her Violets of March cover was….and I’m betting it’s just as good to read. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Nice mailbox , The Bungalow caught my eye.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/01/mailbox-monday.html
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I’ve been salivating over this one for awhile, Mary Ann. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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This is my favorite time of the year. I feel brand new.
It looks like you like this time of year, too!
Here is my It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
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Oh, I agree, Debbie…it’s like having a clean slate, with infinite possibilities. Love it! Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Brava Valentine is excellent! Happy New Year Laurel!
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Yes, I’m loving it, Sheila…and I got it from you! I am pretty sure I mentioned that when it was part of my mailbox…should have mentioned it again.
I love this author!
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Love the cover of unraveling Anne.
Have a great week.
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Yes, isn’t it intriguing? Some think it’s a little creepy…lol
Thanks for stopping by, Ryan, and enjoy your week.
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I’ve heard Brava, Valentine is very good. I Want to read that someday. I’m trying to read from the tbr pile but not too sure how that will go. Started Early Took My Dog sounds good and I almost requested a Vine copy of it until I realized it was book four in a series. So now I have Case Histories on my shelf to read first!
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Leslie, I think the first one in the series that I read was When Will There Be Good News? I then read Case Histories and One Good Turn.
She seems to create them like stand-alones, in that you can start anywhere…IMO.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to it. Thanks for stopping by.
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Good to know. Now if I enjoy Case Histories I can jump right to Started Early Took My Dog.
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I hope you enjoy the characters as much as I do, Leslie!
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I love the title Started Early Took My Dog. 🙂 Unraveling Anne looks good too. I’ll be curious to see what you think of it, since I’m always on the lookout for good memoirs.
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Oh, so do I, Alyce…it’s very catchy and memorable. I love the series….
I think I’m going to enjoy Unraveling Anne, too. Thanks for stopping by.
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I an hitting the ground reading just like you!!! Loved you top ten!!! I really had a hard time choosing mine this year!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR and HAPPY READING!!
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Oh, yes, Lori…I think it’s hard when there are many other books we enjoyed a lot, too.
Thanks for stopping by!
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I love the title ‘Unraveling Anne’ very intriguing and I have read ‘Start early..’ Thoroughly enjoyed it! Happy Reading
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So do I, Peggy Ann…I love memoirs, anyway, and from the synopsis, I was hooked. Thanks for stopping by.
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I am reading Sarah Jio’s other book and am loving it! I will need to get a copy of The Bungalow and read that one too. I hope The Bungalow is as good as The Violets of March.
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Oh, I thoroughly enjoyed The Violets of March, Beth…and I’ve heard that The Bungalow is just as awesome. I can’t wait!
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your reads.
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Looks like a great week. Thanks for visiting my blog
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I think it will be, Kylie…thanks for visiting, and have a great week.
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With the temps dropping here, I would love to be at a locale like on the cover of The Bungalow.
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Oh, me too, Kim…maybe that’s why I can’t wait to read it! Thanks for stopping by…and have a great week.
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The Kate Atkinson book is on my TBR list for this year. I’ve heard lots of good things about it.
Happy New Year, and happy reading this week!
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Thanks, Joy…I’m looking forward to the Kate Atkinson…I’ve loved this series. Hope you enjoy it, too, and have a great week.
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You’ve got some great books to enjoy here! Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Sharon…glad you could stop by, and have a great week.
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Unraveling Anne, by Laurel Saville sounds intriguing. I hope you enjoy all of your books!
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I am looking forward to them, Teddy. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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The Bungalow looks very interesting. It would make a good “in Between” book for me.
Happy New Year, and good luck with the challenges
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Yes, sometimes books like The Bungalow fit nicely in between the review books, for example. Thanks for stopping by, Mardel.
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Hi and Happy New Year! I spent a good part of today wrapping up my 2011 reading list and preparing challenge posts. 🙂
Your week picks look interesting. I do hope you enjoy Started Early!
Have a great week!
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I think I will, Martha…I won’t be able to get to it until I finish a few that are ahead of it in the queue…but it’s like a little reward waiting. Have a great week.
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Hope 2012 is good to you 🙂 I’ve got The Bungalow, hope to get to it real soon. Have a great week & happy reading!
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Thanks, Teddyree…I hope you have a great year, too! I’m also looking forward to reading The Bungalow…soon!
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