Good morning! Today’s post will link up to The Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves, for weekly updates.
**Mailbox Monday is hosted at the home site: Mailbox Monday.
And let’s join Kathryn, our leader in It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?, at Book Date.
What a great week! Not only did we have lots of sunshine, but I read and reviewed FIVE books. Strange, since my reading is usually best when it is raining. Three of the books were NetGalley ARCs, so that felt good. Two were library books, using my new Libby Overdrive app.
Finished Bloggiesta ….click the link to see what I accomplished.
Not much else going on, though; the reading consumed me. I did watch some TV, and a little Netflix (Life Unexpected), and Season II of Doctor Foster. On CBS-All Access, I am regularly watching episodes of The Good Fight.
Today looks like a nice sunny day…time for a good walk. Or not. LOL.
Let’s grab some coffee and talk more about the week.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Rainy Day Excerpts: “Her Every Fear”
Tuesday Potpourri: Curtailing Some Impulses…
A Great Hump Day: Savoring the Books…
Coffee Chat: Books, Movies, Etc.
Bookish Friday: “Saints for All Occasions”
Monthly Wrap-Up: March Is Gone!
Review: Map of the Heart (e-book), by Susan Wiggs
Review: The Good Liar (e-book), by Catherine McKenzie – (NG – 4/3)Review: Other People’s Houses (e-book), by Abbi Waxman – (NG – 4/3)Review: Her Every Fear (e-book), by Peter Swanson 
Review: After Anna (e-book), by Lisa Scottoline – (NG – 4/10)
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Nothing in my mailbox!
A Vine book came on Saturday!
Vine Review:
Go Ask Fannie, by Elisabeth Hyde
Library Book:
Saints for All Occasions (e-book), by J. Courtney Sullivan
Download:
The Garden of Small Beginnings (e-book), by Abbi Waxman
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WHAT’S NEXT?
Currently Reading: Sometimes I Lie (e-book), by Alice Feeney
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Then…my May ARCs…plus my library book, Saints for All Occasions.
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That was my rather stellar reading week…I don’t anticipate the same this week, since it was kind of a fluke. Today I want to run errands…and maybe grab something good to eat…like this:
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
We were thinking about key lime something or other this week! Have a restful weekend!
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Thanks, Patty, after I wrote this, I got a Vine book in my mailbox: Go Ask Fannie. Enjoy your key lime something…and your weekend.
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5 books is amazing! I managed one, I think. I hope you like The Garden of Small Beginnings as much as I did!
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Thanks, Mary, after loving Other People’s Houses, I had to get her first book. I knew that you enjoyed it.
Have a great weekend!
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Five books! Wow 🙂 Hope you enjoy Sometimes I Lie! I’ve got that one on deck, too. And how are you liking Life Unexpected?? I remember watching it while it was still on air and had enjoyed it!
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I had to keep checking my list, where I write down my books…because I couldn’t believe I’d read five books! LOL.
Thanks for visiting, Kaila.
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Sometim es we do have a fluke week and read more than we expect. Ah sunshine – I hear you, lovely that you are getting some your way. I read The Garden of Small Beginnings last year and did enjoy it.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I couldn’t believe that I had read so many…way more than my usual. But the list and the reviews were there…I didn’t dream those books! LOL.
The books were so good that the pages flew by.
Loving the sunshine…and I need to clear the leaves off of my patio. Have a great weekend.
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Ooh glad it was a good week- and 5 books!! Wow that’s pretty awesome. Glad you’re having nice weather too. You can send some this way if you want. 🙂 It’s raining and gloomy here!
Sometimes I Lie looks awesome. How could it not, with a title and tagline like that lol?
Yum as usual!! And I don’t even like pie lolol
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Ha- thanks, Greg, it was definitely a good reading week here…and the sunshine is a nice bonus.
Enjoy your week, and have a good one!
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Great week for you! I hope this one is a good one too. Oh that pie! Looks delish! Have a great week!
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Thanks, Yvonne, I am eager to keep up the reading rate, but I somehow doubt that I’ll be able to match this week, which was a combination of factors.
Enjoy your week!
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Saints for All Occasions looks like a good one and so does your pie 😉 now I feel like pie.
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Ha- Thanks for visiting, vvb, and I am hoping to love Saints for All Occasions…like I loved the pie!
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I love pie! All kinds of pie. LOL I usually read more when it rains too but I read outside a whole bunch this week. Have a lovely Easter:)
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Thanks, Laura, I need to clean up my patio so I can read outside! Enjoy your Easter…and your reading. And pie.
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Is that Key Lime pie? Yum! Happy reading 📚 week!
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Thanks for visiting, Harvee, and it is definitely Key Lime pie. So good! LOL Have a great week!
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Five books completed on a week with beautiful weather? Yes, that is amazing!
Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, Deb, and I still don’t know how it happened…but staying indoors and reading somehow seemed good for me last week. Enjoy your week, too.
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That’s a great reading week – AND sunshine as well! I’m so looking forward to having some warmth sometime soon… I hope the coming week is as good, Laurel – have a happy Easter weekend.
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Thanks, Sarah, and I’m not off to a great reading start this week, as I mostly ran errands and watched Netflix yesterday. Today might be a good reading day, though. Enjoy your Easter weekend, too.
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Thank you, Laurel:). Having a bit of a break from the reading can be restful, especially if you are curling up with some excellent TV programmes…
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wow 5 books is awesome! And I love Amazon Vine 🙂 mmmm key lime pie.
Have a nice week!
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Thanks, Nai, I don’t go to the Vine site very often, but when I went this week, I was pleased by the choices. Enjoy your week…and have some pie!
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Congrats on reading and reviewing 5 books. I actually have pie in my fridge right now, so I’m less envious of your pie this week. I hope you enjoy your new books. Have a great week!
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Thanks! Lucky you, AJ, with pie in your fridge. I do have some little mini puddings, though; dark chocolate, sugar free. LOL. Enjoy your week!
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I’m envious of your sunshine. I’ve had so much rain since Wednesday I’m worried I’ll grow gills!
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Thanks, Nicci, and gills are not the way to go! LOL. I hope you get some sunshine soon. Enjoy your week!
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You read 5 books this week, that is pretty amazing! I would love to pick up Waxman’s othe book, it sounds really good! Have a great Sunday.
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I am eager to read Waxman’s previous book, since I loved Other People’s Houses. Thanks for stopping by, Jenea, and have a great week!
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I got 3 done and two were audiobooks sooo you have me bet. I can’t seem to get it together. A lot of things going on at home right now I think and well a bit out of sorts I guess. Have a great week.
Mary my #SundayRoundup #12!
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Thanks for visiting, Mary; 3 books is awesome! Enjoy your week!
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Can you send some sunshine this way? I’m bored of the rain!
What a brilliant reading week and well done for knocking some of those arcs off the list.
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Thanks, Cleo, luckily, these ARCs were awesome reads! Enjoy your week.
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Five books – you rock! I just finished watching Santa Clarita Diet this weekend and while I loved it, I now miss it. Hope it’s renewed for Season 3. I don’t know what I’ll watch next. I’m getting reading to read Let Me Lie this week as soon as I finish my first #SpringIntoHorror book – Taste of Wrath. Hope you have a wonderful week.
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I’m watching Season 3 of Better Call Saul on Netflix, although I saw it a while ago on AMC.
I tried watching Santa Clarita Diet…but yuk! All that vomiting. LOL
Thanks for stopping by, Barb, and enjoy your week.
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I noticed all your reviews last week were 5 stars. You read some great books! I love weeks like that…
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I managed to find some good reads for the week! Thanks for stopping by, Laura, and enjoy the new week.
I do love books with engaging reads.
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Sounds like you had a great week of reading and good weather. Go Ask Fannie is going on my wish list. It sounds amazing.
Hope you have a fabulous week.
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Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl, and I thoroughly enjoyed my books this week. Hoping for another good week. Enjoy your week!
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Great week for you! I have been eyeing the Libby App for my phone.
Thanks for reminding me to pull The Garden of Small beginnings onto my MP3 to listen to.
The pie looks yummy.
Have a good week this week with Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, I’m loving Libby…and the pie was good. I hope you enjoy The Garden of Small Beginnings. I’m eager to read it. Have a great week!
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That pie looks so good.Sounds like you had a great reading week. I like Libby too, it’s much more user friendly than the Overdrive app for patrons. I hope you have a great week.
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Thanks for visiting, Cricket, and I have never tried other apps…just landed on this one straight away. Enjoy your week!
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I’m still whittling away at my May review books. Our weather is missing the sun. They are even talking about a nuisance snow today and tomorrow. Oh well, it makes for good reading time. Between baseball and The Voice which happen to be on at the same time this evening my TV watching is getting complicated. Come see my week here. Have a great week!
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Thanks, Kathy, the TV shows on my schedule tend to clump together on certain days…like Thursdays and Sundays. Thanks to the DVR, though, I can spread them out a little.
Enjoy your week…stay cozy when it snows.
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I love being consumed by books! I think you’ll love The Garden of Small Beginnings.
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Thanks for visiting, Kathy, and I loved Waxman’s newest book, so I’m eager to read her first one. Enjoy your week!
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That’s really cool that you finished so many books, and ARCs included. Way to kickstart the spring reading 🙂 and your pie looks amazing. Jealous 🙂 enjoy your week!
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Thanks for stopping by, Evelina, and pie does make a day fun…along with reading. Enjoy your new week!
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I started Sometimes I Lie, but never finished it. Maybe I’ll give it another go. You really got a lot of reading in, even with the holiday weekend.
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Thanks for stopping by, Candace…the book is slow-moving. I hope it picks up soon!
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It’s April, can’t believe it! We need more sunshine and spring weather to make it feel like April. So happy to see Garden of Small Beginnings up there. I adored that book. It was so much better than Other People’s Houses.
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Thanks, Heidi, and while I enjoyed Other People’s Houses, I am looking forward to this one; I’ve heard really good things about Garden of Small Beginnings.
Hopefully you’ll have more sunshine in the weeks ahead.
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Your food choice is something I’d pick too 🙂
The Garden of Small Beginnings sounds lovely ❤ I sent a sample to my kindle to check out 🙂 Have a great week!
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Thanks, Christie, and I should try sampling more books in the future. I’m also borrowing from the library. Enjoy your week.
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I had key lime pie today. Have a good week. Come see what I’m reading
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Oh, I hope you enjoyed it, Sarah…have a great week, and thanks for visiting.
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Reading was very slow though I did catch up on a couple if reviews.
You’ve done a fair amount of reading though. Enjoy this week and hope your weather is good.
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Thanks, Mystica, I loved the books! I don’t think this week will be as impressive…LOL. I’m still on my first book. Enjoy your week!
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I usually read less in the sunshine, too. Great week for you!!
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Thanks, Jennifer, let’s hope for good days ahead!
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I certainly hope you went out for that pie! It was an awesome reading week for you to finish up March! My April reading may get off to a great start with the nasty weather we are expecting. Hope you have a great week.
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Thanks for stopping by, Nise, and I didn’t go for pie! I just kept watching Netflix…and then I was too lazy to get up and go out. LOL. Maybe today!
Enjoy your week!
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I just read Sometimes I Lie and mostly I really enjoyed it. A few things didn’t perfectly work for me but I’d still happily recommend the book, it was a good read. I hope you enjoy it too, and that your week of read is as good as the last! 🙂
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Thanks, Kay, the book is okay so far, but moving along slowly. Enjoy your week!
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Send some of that sunshine our way.
It is still snowing and cold here.
Nice week for you. Great on Bloggiesta.
Have a good week, Laurel.
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Thanks for visiting, Elizabeth, and I felt productive after Bloggiesta…and then had such a good week of books. This week is moving along slowly…although I did get a lot of spring cleaning done!
Enjoy your week!
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We need some sunshine around here! It’s been storming all night.
I just noticed your office area in the header – it looks so cozy!
Saints for All Occasions looks good! I will have to check it out!
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Also, I’m not sure where my wordpress account takes you. Lol. I think it is an old one?
Erin @ Quixotic Magpie.
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I wish that one was my office space; I got it from Pinterest. I do use my office space on some of my blogs, though…and also on my website. Thanks for visiting, Erin.
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my dad loves Key lime.
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Thanks, Serena, he has good taste! LOL
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