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 busy week has flown by, with numerous appointments…and great books. I read and reviewed three books, all of them NetGalley ARCs being released on August 6, and loved them all. Four blog posts almost brought me to my previous level of connecting with other bloggers. Now I am in a countdown to my surgery, tentatively scheduled for July 22…but first I have to pass a couple of additional tests.
Meanwhile, my granddaughter has been helping with my interiors…and enjoying lunches, too. Here is one of my favorite photos of her at lunch at one of our special places, California Pizza Kitchen:
Back at my little apartment, she hung the rest of my photos. Here’s a favorite version of my entry way. Note the Elvis handbag on the hall tree. We emptied documents out of it in our shredding exercise, and the photos above the table were snapped by my eldest son when he was living in Ireland:
Now…let’s take a peek at my blogging while sipping an additional cup of coffee:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Coffee Chat: Finishing Touches and Engaging Books…
Bookish Friday: “The Escape Room”
Review: The Perfect Wife, by J P DelaneyReview: Keeping Lucy, by T. GreenwoodReview: The Escape Room, by Megan Goldin
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Empty mailbox…but I downloaded one e-book.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, by Abbi Waxman
The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone’s radar.
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own…shell.
I love Waxman’s books…and can’t wait to meet this wonderful character.
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My next ARC is Because You’re Mine, by Rea Frey (Release Date – 8/6)
An “insidious, suspenseful tale” (J.T. Ellison) with a “shocker of an ending you won’t see coming” (Michele Campbell), Because You’re Mine by Rea Frey, the author who “brings to mind Jodi Picoult” (Booklist) and “will appeal to readers of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen” (Sally Hepworth) is a novel about how the truth will set you free.
But it’s the lies that keep you safe.
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That was my week. What did yours look like? Last night I enjoyed Tiramisu. Delicious!
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I hope you have a great week and hope the surgery goes well for you. Happy reading.
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Thanks, Jenea, I hope you enjoy your reading, too.
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This sounds like a good week, hope those tests go well in the final countdown for the Op. Great to see those five star reads. I have just started listening to Nina Hill and finding my way with it.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I am excited about Nina Hill. Enjoy!
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I hope the surgery will happen as scheduled, and that all will be well and go easy.
Your place is really taking shape, I love it! And how nice of your grand daughter to help out 🙂
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading.
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Thanks, Lexxie, me too! I love when I can check things off the list.
I do have the best granddaughters! One is too far away to help, but the one I have here is just enough.
Enjoy your week!
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I hope your surgery goes well! It’s wonderful that you have a close relationship with your granddaughter. I love spending time with my grandparents. I lost my Nana recently and she was like a second mother to me. I will always cherish the memories I have of her going to lunch (we use to go to Chili’s and Mimi’s Cafe a lot,) as well as Barnes and Noble. She gave me my love for reading. Have a wonderful week 🙂
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Thanks, Lindy, I also loved my relationship with my grandmother. She was a great role model for grandparent relationships.
Enjoy your memories. Their gifts to us (moments together, love of reading) are priceless.
Enjoy your week.
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I hope that all goes smoothly with the surgery and those tests, Lauren. In the meantime, you have clearly waved your magic with your new home – you do have an amazing eye! Lovely that you’ve been able to spend time with your granddaughter getting the place organised:).
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Thanks, Sarah, I do love styling my interiors…and then enjoying them afterwards. My granddaughter is the best!
I, too, hope to put that surgery and recovery behind me.
Enjoy your week.
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Good luck with your surgery. Your home looks nice and inviting and it sounds like you had a great reading week.
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Thanks, Nai, I had fun with the interiors…and I’m loving my books. I can’t wait to put the surgery and recovery in my rear view mirror.
Enjoy your week.
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I need to focus on getting the Netgalley books off my reading pile. I’ve fallen a bit behind. 😦 Clearing off 3 in a week is good!
I hope the additional testing in the run up to your surgery goes well so that it doesn’t need to be rescheduled. Fingers crossed you read some more good books this week to distract from it.
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Thanks, Nicci, amen to those thoughts!
Enjoy your week and tackling your NetGalley books.
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Tiramisu is in my top 3 desserts 😀
I hope you pass the tests and are able to get this surgery behind you.
I’ll watch for your review of the Frey book.
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Thanks, Mary, I love delicious treats like Tiramisu…and it had been years since I had a taste of it.
Enjoy your week, and I am echoing your thoughts on the surgery.
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I’m eagerly looking forward to reading Bookish Life. I can’t wait to see what you think of it.
I hope you are able to go ahead with the surgery and finish the recovery process. Fingers crossed for you.
Three five star reads! Wonderful.
Have a great week!
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Thanks, Deb, I couldn’t believe how those books all ticked my boxes for super reading.
I, too, hope to put the surgery behind me.
Enjoy your week!
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A busy, busy week. So glad you are back in the swing of things.
You are going to love BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE. 🙂
Here’s to another great week for you, Laurel.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am loving Because You’re Mine…and I can see myself curled up with it all afternoon.
Enjoy your week!
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Glad you enjoyed your granddaughter’s visit, and I love that tiramisu too! Have a great reading week and hope you pass your medical tests with flying colors.
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Thanks, Harvee…I am hoping to finally settle into some kind of routine that doesn’t include numerous doctor visits and procedures!
Enjoy your week.
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Glad you had good books last week! And good luck with your tests. I hope your week is a good one.
I love your entryway! And California Pizza Kitchen looks sooo good. I want one lol.
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Thanks, Greg, I am happy that I could bring my favorite things to my new TINY space.
Enjoy your week, and I do love California Pizza Kitchen.
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Your granddaughter looks so much like you! I’m glad you ladies had some time to catch up.
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Thanks, Trin, I do enjoy spending time with Fiona. I’ve heard others comment on the resemblance, although I always think she looks like my son (her father), who looks like his dad…I think. LOL.
Enjoy your week..
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Congrats on getting ahead! I’m behind already this week and it’s only Monday.
Waxman’s book is on my reading wishlist, if I can get ahead on my review pile!
Have a great reading week
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Thanks, Shelleyrae, I love Waxman’s books. Enjoy!
Have a great week.
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Hope things go well with your tests. Your place is looking cozy. The Abbi Waxman one looks like a good one. Enjoy.
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Thanks, vvb, I hope so, too….and I’m feeling more at home now.
Have a great week, and I am excited about the Waxman book.
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Laurel I am so happy that you got your reading and blogging mojo back! Your granddaughter seems a real pearl 😉 Fingers crossed for your future surgery!
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Thanks, Sophie, I think moving goes a lot better with good helpers, and my granddaughter is the best.
Enjoy your week!
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The California Pizza Kitchen closest to us closed a few years ago and the closest one now is 30 miles from where I live which isn’t that far but I rarely go to that area. I have The Bookish Life of Nina Hill on my list to read. I would probably like Because You’re Mine. I love Tiramisu! Have a great week!
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Thanks, Vicki, how sad about CPK…it is so much fun to be close to favorite places. Now I’m farther away, but only about 15 minutes or so.
I am really loving Because You’re Mine.
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Good luck with the surgery. The Secret Life of Nina Hill sounds fun.
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d’oh The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.
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I am eager to read it! Thanks for stopping by, Joanne, and I’m holding all those good wishes close.
Enjoy your week.
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Sounds like this was a really good week for you. I hope the surgery happens as scheduled. I’ll be sure to remember to send good vibes … the 22nd id also my birthday 🙂
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Thanks, JoAnn, and the fact that your birthday is on the 22nd seems like a good omen, doesn’t it?
Have a great week, and enjoy your books.
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Glad things seem to be going along well. Three five star reviews is a lovely thing. Hope you continue with good reading!
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Thanks, Martha, it was a great week!
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Your apartment continues to shape up nicely. My week in review
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Thanks, Sarah, I’m enjoying the process.
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Sounds like you’re settling in. I’m glad you have help.
I’ve seen Waxman’s book on a few blogs lately. Hope you enjoy it.
Good luck with your surgery. I pray all goes well.
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Thanks, Cheryl, I appreciate the good thoughts.
I expect to enjoy the Waxman book.
Have a great week.
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It looks like your new place is coming along nicely! The new Waxman book should be good – I really liked her first one.
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Thanks, Kathy, I hope to love the Waxman book…I’ve enjoyed two of her creations.
Have a great week!
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And now I want tiramitsu! 🙂
I’m glad to know you enjoyed Escape Room, I definitely plan on reading it when it comes out.
I’ll send positive thoughts your way for you surgery. Have a good week and happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I loved it, and tiramisu was wonderful!
Enjoy your week.
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I laughed out loud at The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. I hope you enjoy it too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, I hope to love it!
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Abbi Waxman can be hit or miss for me, but I do love books about books, so might need to give this one a try. Have a great week.
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Thanks, Susie, it checks all the boxes for me.
Enjoy your week.
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Because you’re Mine sounds like my type of read. I will have to keep my eye out for that one.
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Thanks, Veronica, I really enjoyed it.
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