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 reading/blogging week, with three books read and reviewed and five blog posts written. My bookshelves are filling up…and I am happily arranging/rearranging the books.
On Netflix, I have been watching What If...and grabbing the occasional Prime movie.
Today I celebrated granddaughter Fiona’s 23rd birthday at California Pizza Kitchen…
...after which they took me to the grocery store. My fridge is now stocked up again.
Let’s grab some coffee/tea and take a closer look at my week.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Tuesday Excerpts: “The Red Lotus”
Coffee Chat: Celebrations, Etc.
Review: You Are Not Alone, by Greer Hendricks/Sarah Pekkanen – (NG-3/3/20)
Review: Perfect Little Children, by Sophie HannahReview: The Wives, by Tarryn Fisher
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INCOMING BOOKS:
One book purchased as a replacement copy came in my physical mailbox…and I received a review ARC from NetGalley. Then I downloaded one purchase.
White Oleander, by Janet Fitch (replacement copy, Oprah’s Book Club)
Big Summer (e-book), by Jennifer Weiner – (NG-5/19/20)
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Purchased Download:
The Other Mrs., by Mary Kubica
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CURRENTLY READING: Dead to Her, by Sarah Pinborough
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That was my week. What did yours look like? Today I celebrated lunch with Birthday Girl Fiona and her boyfriend Dylan (above), and I had my favorite Baked Potato Soup.
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
Mmmmm I love CPK soups!!! Happy Birthday Fiona!
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Thanks, Jinjer, it was delicious! Fiona had a happy birthday!
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Isn’t it fun arranging/ rearranging bookshelves? 🙂 And ooh California Pizza Kitchen! Sounds so yummy… 🙂
Yummy looking soup too lol.
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Thanks, Greg, and I did find your comment in the spam folder! Thanks for the heads-up.
I do love the soups at CPK, and celebrating birthdays there is a lot of fun.
Enjoy your week.
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I ate out twice this weekend alone. Friday took my husband to lunch for Italian at Olive Garden, and today, Saturday, the sun finally came out, and we did a little retail therapy down the highway and had Mexican at Gringo’s. I am ridiculously full and have no idea (nor do I want to know) how much weight I gained. Grrroooaaan.
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Thanks, Rae, when we are enjoying food, we definitely don’t want to think of weight!
I do love Olive Garden and our delicious Mexican restaurants around here. Enjoy your week and your books.
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Well that seems like a well balanced and enjoyable week on the whole. Nice to get out and celebrate a family birthday. I find family sure touches us in a rewarding way.
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Thanks, Kathryn, family birthdays are the best…with friend birthdays forming a close second.
Enjoy your week!
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It sounds like you had a wonderful week, Laurel-Rain! And yay for that new Jennifer Weiner book, I can’t wait to see what you think of it 🙂
Happy birthday to Fiona! I’m glad you got to spend some time with her.
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading.
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Thanks, Linda, I was surprised to get the new Jennifer Weiner book…I can’t wait to read it.
I agree that time with Fiona is the best.
Enjoy your week and your books.
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Happy Birthday to your granddaughter, Fiona and baked potato soup sounds amazing! I hope you have another great week! 🙂
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Thanks, Jessica, I loved the celebration, too. Time spent with Fiona is like a treasure.
Have a great week.
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Your celebration of your granddaughter’s birthday looked lovely – I’m particularly taken by the idea of baked potato soup, which looks scrummy! Have a great reading week, Laurel:)
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Thanks, Sarah, I do love that Baked Potato soup…and celebrating with Fiona. She is my favorite relative, I think. LOL
Enjoy your week!
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No wonder you had such a lovely time with her:)). And I hope that you, too, have a wonderfull week.
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I too read ‘White Orleander’ it was a great one for sure.
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Thanks, Trin, I also recommend the movie! I’ve watched it numerous times with my granddaughter, who adored it.
Enjoy your week.
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Laurel it seems to me that you have read and ordered very interesting booksè The Wives for one and also White Oleander have all my attention! Good to know your fridge is now stocked LOL Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Thanks, Sophie, a stocked fridge is so necessary, as I don’t like most of the food they serve in our dining room here! LOL
I do enjoy the breakfasts, though.
The Wives was definitely twisted.
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Wow you had a really good book and blogging week! I hope you have a great week ahead as well 🙂
My Sunday Post, if you’re interested: https://thewordyhabitat.wordpress.com/2020/02/23/the-sunday-post-short-updates/
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Thanks, Sumedha, I did enjoy the week. I hope you have a good one!
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I love to rearrange things! I’m always tinkering about. And that soup looks so good!!
And happy birthday to your granddaughter! 🙂
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Thanks, Erin, I did enjoy the week. I have loved rearranging things for many years, mostly so that everything feels “new.”
Enjoy your week and that Yorkshire Pudding.
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Great reading week! Wonderful to celebrate a granddaughter’s birthday too.
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Thanks, Mary, I always lover spending time with Fiona…for the first four years of her life, she lived next door in my guest house with her parents. We developed quite a bond.
Enjoy your week and your books.
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Yay for birthday celebrations. 🎉 Mmm that soup looks tasty!
Wishing you a great reading week
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Thanks, Shelleyrae, birthdays are my favorite celebrations. I have another with a friend for tomorrow. Lunch at Pismo’s.
Enjoy your week.
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Yum pizza! And yay for all those 5 heart reads! But where’s the birthday cake? lol We are out of easy sweets and I’d love to bake today but I have too many goals to do it.
Have a great week and enjoy your new reads!
Anne – Books of My Heart Here is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, and our server brought her cake and ice cream with a candle.
Enjoy your week!
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Three five-star books is a fabulous reading week. I’m glad you got to read so many wonderful books.
And—oooh!—look at Dead to Her. That looks quite promising.
Happy birthday to your granddaughter! Have a lovely week!
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Thanks, Deb, I loved celebrating Fiona’s birthday with her…my other granddaughter just turned 23, too, but she’s in New Zealand for the year! So…no lunch with her, sigh.
Enjoy your week, and I’m loving Dead to Her!
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Happy Birthday to Fiona! Sounds like you had a nice celebration. So many books on your shelf – a few I have and a few I want 🙂 The Jennifer Weiner book looks good. I haven’t read her books in awhile.
I’ve been enjoying our shows last week. Both were good and I was so happy to see the secrets finally come out on both shows. Have a great week!
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Thanks, Yvonne, I love sharing birthdays with the grandkids…and as they get older, they can be even more fun. But…they are also busier, so the time spent is like a treasure.
I am loving the shows now, especially more since we are back from that horrible time of preemptions!
At first I thought Nelle might elude capture, but so far so good. Of course she probably has more terrible plans to unfold.
Enjoy your week.
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Sounds like you had a good week. Congratulations on your granddaughter.
And that soup looks delicious.
Have a great week and happy reading.
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Thanks, Maureen, I did love my week…and I’m enjoying Dead to Her.
I hope you have a great week of reading…and time with your baby girl.
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Mmm, soup. I’ve been eating a lot of that lately too. Happy birthday to Fiona. Have a great week!
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Thanks, AJ, I love soup!
We had a great birthday lunch.
Enjoy your week.
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Happy Birthday to your granddaughter.
I always have fun rearranging books when I have time!
Three 5 star titles is a good reading week.
I hope you have another one this week. Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, I do love having an all-5-star week of reading. It doesn’t often happen like that, but I always enjoy when it does.
Have a great week.
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Happy birthday to your grand-daughter. Baked potato soup — yummy! My weekly update
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Thanks, Sarah, a yummy day and good books ahead.
Enjoy your week.
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What more do you need than good books and good food!
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Thanks, Marg, it’s a perfect combo.
Enjoy your week.
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The Other Mrs is definitely on my to buy list. It looks good. Happy Birthday to Fiona. I have a daughter named Fiona, she’s 25. Enjoy your new reads!
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Thanks, Veronica, I love the name Fiona…and the girl, too!
Enjoy your books and your week.
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Happy birthday to Fiona! She seems like such a wonderful granddaughter. I loved White Oleander when I read it years ago.
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Thanks, Kathy, Fiona is delightful.
It has been a while since I read White Oleander, but I own the movie and have seen it many times.
Enjoy your week.
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Happy birthday to your granddaughter! I too loved White Oleander when I read it (lo those many years ago). I’m not sure I saw the movie.
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Thanks, Candace, I recommend watching the movie. I loved it so much! (Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman, and Renee Zellweger).
Enjoy your week.
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I think I remember reading White Oleander a long time ago and really enjoying it. That soup looks delicious! I wish the rest of my family liked soup as much as I do 🙂
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Thanks, Becki, I have enjoyed soups a lot in the last few years…I didn’t have to cook for anyone else.
I recommend watching White Oleander, the movie.
Enjoy your week.
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Baked Potato soup! Yum! Sounds like you had a good week and a great ending. I am still playing catch up. I wonder if I will learn better balance. Sigh…
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Thanks, Heidi, balance is a challenging thing. Enjoy your week!
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I love arranging and rearranging my books 😉 Happy birthday to your granddaughter! I hope you can stop by:
https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2020/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-22420.html
Colletta
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Thanks, Colletta, I do enjoy bookish activities. Have a great week.
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Yummy soups just right for this weather. Happy reading week!
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Thanks, Harvee, I could eat soups all year long!
Enjoy your week.
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That soup looked delicious. I remember reading White Oleander years ago. I hope you enjoy reading it.
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Thanks, Serena, I’m looking forward to a reread.
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