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.
Even though it is 76 degrees right now, the temperature will rise to the 90s for the weekend…and Monday. Sigh. Luckily the AC is working, and I have lots of books and movies to enjoy. This week I read and reviewed THREE books, all unique and engaging. I also enjoyed a new series on Netflix: an Australian tale called Sisters. I finished Season I…and we don’t know if there will be another season, but the cliffhanger is begging for more of this story. A doctor performs IVF in his clinic, and for many years, secretly uses his own sperm with the patients! He outs himself, and then a media circus follows. DNA tests lead to three women turning out to be sisters. But there might be more to the story.
On Amazon Prime, I watched The Children Act, with Emma Thompson. Based on the book by Ian McEwan.
I may have solved the problem with the Amazon passcodes! Apparently I did something while creating the account that calls for extra security. I changed my password and did not click that box…and today my review went through with no issues. What I don’t understand, though, is how this only recently became an issue, since I’ve had the account since 2006!
Perhaps I will not probe too deeply into the issue lest it comes back to haunt me. LOL.
So…let’s have more coffee, and take a closer look at my week.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Rainy Day Excerpts: “A Year of Extraordinary Moments”
Coffee Chat: Heating Up Again…
Bookish Friday: “When Life Gives You Lululemons”
Review: The Lies We Told (e-book), by Camilla Way – (NG-10/9)Review: Fear: Trump in the White House (e-book), by Bob WoodwardReview: Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties (e-book), by Camille Pagan
INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
No books in my physical mailbox, but I received ONE library book, and downloaded one purchase:
When Life Gives You Lululemons (e-book), by Lauren Weisberger
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I Know You Know (e-book), by Gilly Macmillan
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WHAT’S NEXT?
Currently Reading – Library Book: When Life Gives You Lululemons (e-book), by Lauren Weisberger
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And then…Watching You, by Lisa Jewell
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What did your week look like? Are you enjoying crisp fall days, or is the summer hanging on with a persistence that seems unrelenting? This slice of Key Lime Pie is reminding me that I need another one…soon!
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That is kind of funny about your security issue! I am going to start Watching You in minutes! I liked the Lululeon book, too! We are finally enjoying really cool weather! We have windows open and are just relaxing and reading! Enjoy your weekend! Black Panther is new on Netflix…is that for you? Heeheehee!
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Thanks for visiting, Patty; enjoy your cooler weather. I will pretend it’s cooler as I sit inside with AC.
I can’t figure out how the Amazon issue cropped up suddenly, in the last few weeks. I have now changed my password at Amazon, in order to make sure that the extra security feature was not checked!
If Black Panther was about the 60s party, maybe…but not this particular series. LOL.
Enjoy your weekend reading.
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Thank you! I knew you wouldn’t go for Black Panther.
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I’ve seen Watching You around and it looks like a great book. I’d love to read it sometime!
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Happy Reading! ♥
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Thanks, Stephanie, I love Lisa Jewell’s books…and I’ve been waiting to read this one. Enjoy your weekend.
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We finally got a cool down today but it was in the upper 80s and 90s all week with high humidity. No one told our neck of the woods that it was fall. Looks like you have some good books coming up and I may have to look into Sisters because it sounds quite interesting. Right now we are watching The Purge on USA each week and I’ve been recording Mr. Mercedes Season 2 and am dreadfully behind.
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Whenever I watch shows on USA, I notice scenes from The Purge. I’m very curious. Thanks for visiting, Barb, and have a great week.
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Ya, key lime pie, yum. Fall started early(1st Sept) but Happy Fall! Of course, it snowed too, but we’ve had some sunny breaks from the dense fog lingering around for the most part of the week. grrr. Summer was really short for us.
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Thanks for visiting, Jackie; we seem to have long summers and short fall seasons. Sigh.
Enjoy your week and your reading.
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I can’t wait to hear about Watching You. That cover really caught my eye. Our temps went to the low 40s last night and didn’t get out of the 60s today. The sun is shining on a perfect Saturday. But due to recent rainfall we have a late crop of mosquitoes that make being outdoors almost impossible. I hope they go away with a good freeze one night soon.
Have a good week!
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Oh, yikes, Mary…mosquitoes are the worst! I hope they go away.
I love Lisa Jewell’s books, and I’m happy to finally be ready to read Watching You. I’ve noticed that reading physical books is a more challenging exercise for me these days, but I do like being able to flip the pages back and forth.
Enjoy your week!
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Okay what’s the story of the movie version of The Children Act ? Is it good? Worth seeing? Thanks it looks pretty good so I’m hoping to get to it. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, Susan, I loved it, but some might not like the quiet story of a judge who has to make difficult decisions in family court…while struggling with her marriage. Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci star.
Enjoy your week.
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Ha ha yes sometimes things just resolve themselves, and it’s best not to dig TOO deep! I’ve found that myself a few times.
Sorry to hear it’s still hot there. It’s 64 here right now and for the next week they’re calling for 60’s and 70’s. I’ll take it I think. 🙂
Watching You and I Know You Know both look great. I feel like I’m falling behind on Lisa Jewell lol- I haven’t read her last one and now this one! I better get cracking!
Yummy looking pie!!
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Thanks for stopping by, Greg, and I’m almost afraid to even mention that the Amazon glitch may have resolved itself (or I resolved it by changing my sign-in). In a way, I’m worried that the next time I try to post, I’ll be faced with the same old passcode problem. I’m hoping not, though.
I do love Lisa Jewell’s books, and it always takes a while for them to be delivered, since I buy the hardcover versions. In fact, the e-book version is not yet out.
Have a great week!
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You have some good books in your reading line up. I just checked on Woman Last Seen… on GR and I already had it on my TBR but have no recollection of why! I won’t put in a request yet at the library but will keep it in mind when my library list runs low!
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Enjoy, Kathryn, I am not sure why I decided to download it, since I’ve never read the author…but someone on a blog gave it positive marks. I’m glad I got to read it!
Have a great week!
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Oh gosh, never mess with Amazon-it’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned in a while. Changing any part of your account can cause you to lose whole gift cards! And the list of every book you’ve ever read on a kindle through your library system.
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Wow, you’re scaring me a little, Trin Carl…LOL. But I just changed my password and my sign-in.
Enjoy your week!
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Gad you were able to fix the Amazon issues 🙂 and that show on Netflix sounds pretty crazy xD
I hope you have a great week 🙂 that pie looks amazing 😀
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Thanks, Evelina, in the first episode of Sisters, I thought: this is crazy! But then I enjoyed watching, and was soon hooked.
I hope the Amazon issue stays “fixed”!
Enjoy your week, and that was an amazing pie.
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Ooh, I’d forgotten about a movie version of The Children Act! Loved the book, so I hope this was a good adaptation. Glad things worked out with your amazon account, too. As long as it works, sometimes it’s best not to delve too deeply into the cause or the solution, lol! Have a good week 🙂
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Thanks, JoAnn, and I agree and hope that the issue is now a thing of the past. Whew!
I did enjoy The Children Act’s adaptation…Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci were great together, and I’ve always admired their acting.
Have a great week!
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So glad the issue resolved itself! Crossing my fingers that it stays that way.
Have a great week!
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Thanks, Shannon, I hope the changes I made were a permanent fix. We can hope!
Enjoy your week and your books.
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We have had some nice fall temps the past two days! I woke up today freezing, and not from the air conditioning this time. Lol. I am glad that your issue seems to be resolved! Technology is so temperamental. 🙂
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Thanks for visiting, Erin, and I do love fall! We’re not quite there, but soon…I hope.
I find temperament is the least of technology’s problems…but I don’t want to even ponder other possibilities, like cyber-attacks. Yikes!
Enjoy your week.
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Lululemons looks like such a fun book. I have a copy of it here…if I ever get time to read it!
I’m also very interested in Fear. I want to stay alert and knowledgable about what is going on in the larger world.
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Thanks for visiting, Deb, and Lululemons is fun so far.
As for Fear, I do believe that knowledge and awareness of things do empower us. I hope you find the book satisfies those needs.
Enjoy your week!
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I too seem to have some issue while posting reviews on Amazon.com. However, I can post on my country’s Amazon. Don’t know what’s the issue. I am glad your issue solved though.
These books are new to me but I hope you enjoy them.
Have a lovely week and happy reading!
My wrap-up: https://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/09/weekly-wrap-up-2/
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Thanks for stopping by, Sim, and I hope you resolve your issues, too. What I find most challenging is how hard it is to find a suitable way to contact those Amazon folks. They hide their information, or they don’t clearly mark the ways to access them.
Enjoy your week!
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Watching You looks like a pretty cool read.
Check out what I got this week – Ashley @ Oh Hey! Books.
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Thanks, Ashley, I am so looking forward to it!
Enjoy your week.
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Congratulation on solving the Amazon mystery. It’s always that little thing. After an iOS update, I couldn’t comment on my own blog. So annoying.
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Thanks for stopping by, Sam, and I have noticed glitches on various apps when iPhone makes updates. GRRR. My issue was completely mysterious; as I discovered, finally, it was a “sign-in” issue!
Enjoy your week!
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Sisters sounds good. I’ll have to check it out. Watching You looks really good. Hope you have a great week!
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Thanks for visiting, Yvonne…I am eager to watch Crossing Lines. Enjoy Sisters.
Have a great week!
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I wish we had some of that heat here….we are back to a bit chilly.
I have I KNOW YOU KNOW and WATCHING YOU.
Have a good week.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, isn’t it wonderful to find books to love?
I’d send you some heat…if I could!
Have a great week.
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I am glad you were able to get the Amazon situation worked out. I probably wouldn’t want to dig any deeper either for fear it would happen again! Haha. It sounds like you are having a nice weekend. Ours has been fairly calm over all. We did have rehearsal Saturday, but today is free. Well, except for grocery shopping. Have a great week, Laurel-Rain!
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Thanks for visiting, Wendy, and I am enjoying a quiet weekend…reading and getting ready to binge-watch more Netflix.
As for Amazon, I don’t know why it is so hard to communicate with them…finding a quick and easy way to write and ask about issues. I had to figure mine out by myself! LOL
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I like the pic of the key lime pie and your book, enjoy! And fun title on When Life Gives You Lululemons. Fall is here it seems, this weekend was sweater weather.
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Thanks, Nai, I’m loving the Lululemons book…and the character of Emily from The Devil Wears Prada.
Enjoy the weekend!
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It’s going to be in the 90s here, too. I am not amused. Fall should be cold. I’m glad you had a good reading week!
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Thanks, AJ, I would love some cooler weather…and soon! We had a few days in the 80s, and I was ecstatic. But then it went up to the 90s again. Sigh.
Enjoy your week.
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Three five star reads – now that’s good reading. Hope you have another good week with Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, I don’t often have all 5 star reads, but when it happens, I know it’s been a wonderful week. Enjoy yours!
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I’d not seen that show but that’s happened a few times now in real life I believe and been in a number of tv police shows over the years. People do such crazy things.
Hope you have a great week! Ugh on the temp going back up. Ours keeps switching it up, too.
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Thanks, Anna, I have discovered that I really love shows (and movies) that are off the charts unusual, or that really bring out issues from the headlines.
I also love reading books like that, too. Have a great week, and let’s hope for cooler weather.
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Key LIme pie looks yummy and so does Lululemons. Have a good week.
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Thanks, vvb32, I am looking forward to another great reading week!
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Watching You sounds good! That’s definitely one I’ll want to read. I’ve also received I Know You Know this week, I’ve enjoyed her previous books so I’m looking forward to it.
Hope you have a great week, happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I always get excited when I find a new book from a favorite author, and I do love Macmillan. The same is true for Lisa Jewell.
I’m glad you could stop by; enjoy your books and your week.
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The heat has definitely been lingering here in the south, but I think we are going to see a break in the temperatures (but also rain). Check out what I read this month at Girl Who Reads
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Thanks for visiting, Donna, and enjoy your week and your books. I am hoping for the weather to cool down, but it is usually pretty warm into October. Sigh.
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It’s finally cooler here! I’ll have to check out Sisters. Yay for three great reads. I have find time for FEAR.
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Thanks for visiting, Candace, and may FEAR give you hope, despite the ugliness in that White House. Chaos can only blow up…or get better by action from someone like Mueller…or the Congress, finally.
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Our weather is about 30 degrees cooler than yours. I like yours better! I hope you enjoy this week’s reading choices. I’m taking a break from review books to lower TBR mountain this week. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Ooh, I like the sound of your weather, Kathy. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the books you pluck off the mountain.
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All those books sound so good! When Life Gives You Lululemons cracks me up though – my kids are obsessed with their clothes.
My list!
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Thanks for stopping by, Aymee, and Lululemons is fun! And I like “seeing” Emily again, from The Devil Wears Prada.
Enjoy your week.
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Okay, now I really need to pick this book up! 🙂
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I don’t mind the heat too much but the humidity this year has been killer.
I’m glad you figured out your password issue. I’d leave things alone, too, if I were you.
Have a great week!
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Thanks for visiting, Kathy, and I know that humidity would be a killer for me. I hate the thought of it, and imagine it would be hard to breathe, too.
Here’s hoping it moves on and you have better weather. Enjoy your week! I’m glad I was able to review a book last week with no issues. I’ll be holding my breath the next time I try to review, though.
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It is better not to question the overlord, Amazon. The sisters has been popping up on my Netflix account too. I am watching Chesapeake Shores currently.
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Thanks for visiting, Gayathri…and I try to tiptoe around the Overlord.
Enjoy your week, and I am also watching Chesapeake Shores…I don’t like that youngest sister, Jess. She is annoying. LOL
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You had a great week! How was the Trump book? I’m intrigued by them but I don’t want to spend time reading something that is awful.
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Thanks, Jordann, the book was wonderful! Bob Woodward is amazing.
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76 degrees sounds perfect. We went to the Ren Fest this weekend and bundled up for 60 degree weather. Hope you have a good upcoming week!
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Thanks, Hibernator…I love the sound of 60 degrees!
Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting.
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Fall is never crisp here but it is cooler. My weekly updates
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Thanks, Sarah, and “crisp” is probably just wishful thinking.
Enjoy your week!
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I love your book/reading pictures! I need to do more of that, lol. I always love seeing what other people are reading! I have Sisters on my Netflix queue. I wasn’t sure what to think of it – but it sounds intriguing! Have a great week!
Sherry @ Ubiquitous Grace
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Thanks, Sherry, I loved Sisters…and even went on to watch an Amazon Prime series called Forever.
Enjoy your week!
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I need to recheck reviewing on Amazon though I suspect they’ve just blocked me! We’re finally getting a bit cooler but I suspect it’s very temporary and it’ll be back up to 90 soon. The Lisa Jewell book is really calling me. I finally listened to one of her books earlier this year and I really loved it. I want more! Have a great week!
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Thanks, Katherine, good luck on Amazon! After more than ten years reviewing for them, they did this stupid passcode thing. But…I changed my log-in and password and managed to post one without problems. Let’s hope it continues.
I love Lisa Jewell’s books. Enjoy!
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I am in Melbourne and it is freezing cold for me that is!
Youve got a Lisa Jewell book. I must look that up.
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I can imagine freezing cold there…glad for the heat here, even though I prefer cooler weather. Thanks for visiting, Mystica…and I love Lisa Jewell’s books.
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Hopefully the Amazon glitch has righted itself! Nothing more frustrating than not being able to sign in.
I Know You Know look good. Have a great week.
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Thanks for visiting, Nise, I am looking forward to I Know You Know…and I’m hopeful that my posting on Amazon is once again an easy task.
Enjoy your week!
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I found Lululemons to be a really fun, light read. I envy you those warm temperatures. I want to live somewhere where it’s summer all year!
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Thanks, Susie, you would love California, then.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week. I’m loving Lululemons.
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We went right from summer into the middle of fall. It’s been cool these past few days and tomorrow will be rainy. Don’t think my fall garden will amount to much. Oh well. Watching You sounds great. Hope you enjoy your reading this week. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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Thanks for the return visit, Cheryl, and enjoy your fall reading.
I’m looking forward to Watching You.
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That show about the Sisters, I’m sure there was something in the news not too long ago about that actually happening! A doctor using his own sperm… All very creepy.
Autumn is in full swing here now… It’s gotten so cold so quickly that the heating has had to be turned on! I feel silly complaining about the cold when I’ve spent so long complaining about the heat but there’s no middle ground! lol
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Ha- so true about heat vs. cold. I do believe Sisters was based on some actual events. The man playing the weird doctor plays his part so very well…he is so strange that I couldn’t stand looking at him! But I liked one of the sisters.
Thanks for visiting, Nicci, and enjoy your week.
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I really enjoyed Lauren Weiseberger books, hope this new book is as good.
angelica @ paperback princess
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Thanks, Angelica, I am enjoying most of it, although it is pretty slow. Thanks for stopping by.
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Glad you got your problem solved. You’re probably smart for not delving too deeply—sometimes you just cause yourself more headaches that way. Enjoy your key lime pie! 🙂
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Thanks, Nicole, I am definitely enjoying a time free of glitches…for however long it lasts! LOL
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