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.
Another great week has flown by! A belated Mother’s Day lunch was enjoyed on Tuesday with my “daughters.” They include my actual daughter and the two honorary ones that lived with us on and off when they were teenagers.
My eldest grandson graduated from U.C. Berkeley last weekend. He is the first of the grandchildren to earn that honor. Here he is with his dad, my son Brett.
I had a dental appointment this week, so there went an afternoon. I did enjoy a dinner at Marie Callender’s afterwards, where I continued reading my second book of the week. Yes, only two books read and reviewed.
The Handmaid’s Tale’s second season has taken us to some dark places. But I am hooked.
Today I plan to see Book Club, with a great cast of some of my favorites:
What else happened this week? Well, I wrote seven blog posts and two reviews. Let’s grab some coffee and check out the details:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Rainy Day Excerpts: “The People at Number 9”
Tuesday Potpourri: Books, Outings, Etc.
Coffee Chat: A Plethora of Good Things…
Bookish Friday: “The Smell of Other People’s Houses”
Friday Potpourri: Tidbits on My Day…
Review: The Garden of Small Beginnings (e-book), by Abbi WaxmanReview: Every Note Played (e-book), by Lisa Genova
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Click Covers to Link to Amazon)
Empty mailbox, and I haven’t bought any books this week! I did download two NetGalley review ARCs…(Left to Right: Release Dates – 6/12/18 and 8/14/18)
and another library book:
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WHAT’S NEXT?
Currently Reading: Beach Bliss, by Joanne DeMaio. Loving it!
And then…
The Perfect Mother (e-book), by Aimee Molloy
And maybe this one:
I Am I Am I Am (e-book), by Maggie O’Farrell
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That was my week. What did yours look like? On Thursday evening, I had this favorite of mine: Pot Pie with Caesar Salad…
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Looks like your week was good overall 🙂 And all of your books look really good. I hope you enjoy your new reads.
My STS: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/05/stacking-the-shelves-24/
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Thanks, Sim, I am loving my books so far. I seem to enjoy them more when I mix up the genres a bit.. Have a great week!
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I loved the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale (even though it scared the crap out of me) and I’ve only checked out 2 episodes of the new season. It freaks me out too much. lol
My STS
Happy Reading! ♥
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Thanks for visiting, Stephanie, and while Season II does freak me out, I keep hoping for an escape down the road. Sigh.
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I love the way you are making such great use of your library!
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Thanks, Patty; I have just enough books on hold to get one every week or so.
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Congrats on your grandson’s graduation! How cool. And glad you had a nice Mother’s Day as well. I am looking forward to watching Handmaid’s Tale S2 at some point- well looking forward to might be the wrong word lol- it gets so dark!- but I have to check in on Offrd and Ofglen and horrible Aunt Lydia lol.
The Book Club looks good, my mom and aunts who were visiting her went to see it last night and loved it.
Pot pie and Caesar salad sounds fab…
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I just got back from Book Club, and laughed so much. I can’t wait to see it again!
Yes, enjoyment is not the right word for Handmaid’s Tale, but definitely addictive.
Thanks for visiting, Greg; have a great week!
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Ooo you have to let us know if you like Book Club. Dental appointments ugh! The lunch with your daughters sounds lovely. I hope you have a wonderful week.
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Thanks, Kimberly, Book Club was fabulous! Funny, poignant, and so REAL.
I’m loving my books and still remembering the special time with family this past week. Have a great week!
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I want to see The Book Club – the cast is great. Enjoy your week 🙂
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Thanks for visiting, Maree Jane, and I hope you love Book Club as much as I did! Enjoy your week.
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Congratulations to your Grandson, have very proud you all must be.
I always enjoy the food pictures you have on your weekly updates. 7 posts weekly is amazing!
Angelica @ Paperback Princess
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Thanks, Angelica, and I guess what I missed out on with my reading I made up for in blog posts…LOL.
It’s hard to believe my first little grandson is now a college graduate! Of course, the grown-up grandchildren are much harder to hang out with these days.
Enjoy your week!
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Your son and grandson look amazing 🙂 you must be super proud!
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Thanks, Evelina, I think they’re amazing! Enjoy your week, and have a great time reading.
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You had a busy week! I haven’t gotten into the Handmaid’s Tale yet because I haven’t been watching tv lately, but I plan on it. Glad you had a nice Mother’s Day!
I want to see Book Club, too. It’s interesting because the women are of “a certain age”, as they say so I can relate, lol. I read Every Note Played and loved it, as I do all Genova books. I also have the Scottoline book, Feared, but am holding off on reading it. Have a good week!
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Thanks for stopping by, Rita; I won’t be reading Feared for a while, either. I try to read them within a month of their release.
I LOVED Book Club…I laughed a lot.
Enjoy your week, and welcome back!
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Huge congratulations on your grandson’s graduation – you must be so proud! You clearly had a fabulous reading week again, Laurel and I hope the coming one is great – though the cover for Lying in Wait made me shiver…
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Thanks for stopping by, Sarah, and yes, I am a very proud Mom and Nana.
I agree about the cover of Lying in Wait….I am shivering here.
Have a great week!
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Congrats to your grandson, that’s wonderful! Book Club looks hilarious, I want to watch it. And the Pot Pie with Caesar Salad look yummy. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks for visiting, Nai, and I am bursting with pride here for my grandson.
Enjoy your week…and I hope you enjoy Book Club.
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Congrats on your Grandsons Graduation! I hope you like Lying in Wait, I thought it was pretty good! I am pretty excited to read The Perfect Mother. My copy came yesterday evening!!! Have a fabulous Sunday!!
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Thanks for visiting, Jenea, and I am very proud of my grandson.
I started reading The Perfect Mother. I’m going back and forth between that one and Beach Bliss.
Enjoy your week!
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Happy (belated) mother’s day! And Congrats to your grandson! 🐱
Those Snow White figures are gorgeous!
The Book Club looks interesting. They definitely went all out with that cast.
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Thanks, Shannon, I love my Disney collections, although some of them are in boxes and no longer on display…to cut down on dusting! LOL
I still display some of my favorites, though.
Book Club was a movie I’ll want to own, once the DVD or Amazon Prime version comes out. I loved everything about it!
Have a great week!
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Congrats to your son and grandson! What an achievement! Some interesting books 📚 too!
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Thanks, Harvee…how time flies!
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I don’t enjoy a dentist appointment but that chicken pot pie would make it bearable. Yum! Congrats to your grandson! What a great picture. I want to see Book Club. It looks like lots of fun. Have a great week!
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Thanks, Katherine, I have to give myself rewards for completing unpleasant tasks.
Enjoy your week.
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Congratulations to your grandson!!
Ooooo…..you are going to LOVE Lying In Wait.
ENJOY your week.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I do love seeing this wonderful moment in my grandson’s life. Lots of hard work has gone into the achievement.
I am really looking forward to Lying in Wait…glad you enjoyed it!
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I’m also loving this second season of Handmaid’s Tale! Congratulations to your grandson and happy belated Mother’s Day 🙂 I hope you have a lovely week!
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Thanks for the congratulations, J. J. I am also loving The Handmaid’s Tale…
Enjoy your week!
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Congrats to your grandson! That’s wonderful.
I really want to read Beach Bliss. That looks so good. I definitely have to see Book Club. It looks like a great movie. I hope you enjoyed it. Have a great week!
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Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne, and Book Club was so funny, with wonderful scenes and moments that spotlight the issues in the lives of “seniors.” It felt so real…and showed off the talents of these actors. I hope you enjoy it.
I am loving Beach Bliss. Enjoy your week!
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Congrats to your grandson! The Handmaid’s Tale is my favorite book ever, but I still haven’t seen the show. I’m a bad bookworm. Enjoy your new books!
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Thanks, A.J., I do love when the grandchildren have their special moments.
I do hope you try The Handmaid’s Tale…and enjoy your week.
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I am looking forward to seeing The Book Club, as well 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
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I LOVED it! Hope you do too, Megan. Enjoy your week!
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Congratulations to your grandson. I have the Garden of Small Beginnings I need to load it to my MP3 so I can enjoy it. The Gunners looks interesting. That meal looks good as always. 🙂
Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, I am glad to have enjoyed The Garden of Small Beginnings, and I’m looking forward to The Gunners. Enjoy your week!
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It sounds like a lovely Mother’s Day together. I have some honorary sons. Congratulations on your grnadon’s graduation! And I love that you treated yourself after the dentist. LOL Beach Bliss sounds like a good summer read. And I want to see The Book Club. Looks fun and such a great cast.
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Thanks, Laura, it was a great week! I do like to treat myself after unpleasant things…LOL. LOVED Book Club, and hope you enjoy it, too.
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Congratulations to your grandson!! I have a dentist appointment in the morning – it’s early but I’ll be glad to get it over with. A friend wants to see The Book Club if we can figure out a time to get together. The cover of Lying in Wait is super creepy!
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Thanks for visiting, Kathy, and for the congrats on Alec’s graduation. I hope you love Book Club as much as I did! I agree about the cover of Lying in Wait…but I’ve heard such good things about it.
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I really want to see Book Club!! I hope you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by, Erin, and I LOVED Book Club. I can’t wait until I can own a copy (DVD, Amazon Prime), so I can pause and rewind!
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I’ve read the Handmaids Tale but haven’t seen the TV series. Is it good? The book was quite dark but I myself was let down by lack of world building ans the slow pace… Happy reading 🙂
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Oh, yes, I am loving it! I hope you do, too, Ambi, and thanks for visiting.
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I’ll be eager to hear what you think of Lying in Wait. I love the cover. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Oh, so do I, Kathy. Can’t wait to read this one. Enjoy yours!
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Congrats to your grandson. Sounds like a great week of good food and books. My kind of week!!!
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Thanks, Jolene, it was as a perfect week!
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Congrats to your grandson and what a nice Mother’s Day lunch. Sorry for visiting late this week. I sort of took an unplanned hiatus from the computer this week. I guess I didn’t realize I needed a break. Now Im trying to catch up with some of my favorite blogs.
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Thanks, Barb, sometimes we need to take a break. Enjoy!
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A week to remember indeed, sounds fab (apart from the visit to the dentist)
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Thanks, Cleo, and even the dentist was one that ended with good things…no major work ahead, for one.
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Congratulations to your son. My weekly update
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Thanks, Sarah, I am pleased and proud for him. Enjoy your week!
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I love to see what you enjoyed at Marie Callender’s! Congratulations to your grandson. The movie looks great and I hope to get to it this weekend.
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I hope you enjoy the movie, Nise. It was great.
I love the food at Marie Callender’s.
Have a great week.
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You were so productive!!! I think batch-writing will be my thing in June- sounds like it works and frees up time to read, since you got quite a bit of that done too! I honestly didn’t know there was an actual Marie Callender’s- we only get it in the freezer up here!
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Thanks, B Mooney, I do love a mix of writing blog posts and reading. Sorry you don’t have a Marie Callender’s restaurant. I enjoy the frozen entrees, but they’re not the same as fresh meals. Sigh.
Enjoy your week!
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I love the cover of Lying in Wait! Hope you got a chance to see the movie.
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Thanks, Candace, I love that cover, too! And I LOVED the movie. Enjoy your week.
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Lying in Wait sounds good!
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I think so, too, Serena….can’t wait to read it!
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Wow congrats to your grandson — at UC Berkeley, great photo!! How was the Book Club movie? The Gunners novel looks quite good; I hope to get to it. Enjoy.
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Thanks, Susan, I am happy for my grandson…and impressed that he went to Berkeley.
I loved Book Club…and want to see it again!
I haven’t started The Gunners yet, but I’m hoping to love it.
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Book Club looks to be so funny! Some friends from work want to go see that so I’ll probably end up checking it out with them.
Congrats to your grandson!
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Thanks, Nicc, I LOVED it! I’m also proud of my grandson.
Enjoy the movie and your weekend.
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Sounds like a really great week, especially with the graduation! Thanks for stopping by! Happy reading!
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Thanks, Louisa, it felt like a good and balanced week. Enjoy your upcoming week.
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