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 week has slipped by, with some great books read! I also enjoyed more blogging this week, which usually means that I have spent a lot of time on the computer. Some of that time I was glued to my laptop streaming shows. I am now rewatching The Good Wife, a series I haven’t seen since it was on the networks a while ago.
I have also been online ordering things from Amazon, some practical things for the household and other items to spark some fun during my ongoing lockdown.
Here is a cute bag that reminds me of my more bohemian days: It will arrive tomorrow.
Let’s take a closer look at my week…after another cup of coffee:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Sunday Potpourri: Odds & Ends, Tidbits…
Tuesday Potpourri: Hoarding More Books…
Tuesday Excerpts: “Three Perfect Liars”
Hump Day Potpourri: Reflections…
Another Book Hiding Out on My Shelves…
Review: Girls of Summer, by Nancy ThayerReview: Little Disasters, by Sarah VaughanReview: Unfollow Me, by Charlotte Duckworth
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Empty physical mailbox! But I did download three e-books.
Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
Custody, by Nancy Thayer (A reread)
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CURRENTLY READING:
Final Cut, by S.J. Watson
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That was my week. What did yours look like? I am sharing a photo of a pleasant surprise I had for dessert this week: Pumpkin pie a la mode…and wine!
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I am so intrigued by Anxious People. I have seen it everywhere and now I want to read it so so badly!
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I have been eyeing it for a while, and can’t wait to read it.
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I loved it. Just reviewed it on my blog!
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Wine with a meal sounds like a great idea. Glad you had a good week and wishing you more in the months to come!
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Thanks, Harvee, wine helps make up for the isolation and inability to go places and do things, lol.
Enjoy your week!
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I haven’t read Sue Miller in quite a while. I hope you enjoy her new book, Laurel, and have a good week. Cute handbag, by the way!
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Thanks, Mary, Sue Miller is a long time favorite author, so discovering her newest one made my day.
I can’t wait to carry my new bag to the dining room, the only place we actually get to go. LOL.
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I just finished the audiobook of Anxious People – SO GOOD 😀
~ Corina | The Brown Eyed Bookworm
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I keep hearing that, Corina, so now I am ready to set aside several titles to get to this one. Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting.
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I so love the pocket book you bought. It’s beautiful. I loved the Good Wife when it originally aired. I wasn’t thrilled about the final season, though. I bought a few practical things from Amazon this week too. Your books look good. Enjoy them and have a great week!
My Sunday Post is here.
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Oh, yes, remembering some tragedies at the end of The Good Wife, too, so it is hard to watch happy times knowing what lies ahead. Sigh.
The new bag is packed and ready for my short time in the dining room. Wouldn’t it be great to have “normal” outings again someday?
Even the practical things from Amazon feel like Christmas gifts. LOL.
Have a great week, Yvonne, and stay safe.
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Your week went well, Hon.
Mine was ok too, mainly because I got a lot done. The online teaching is slowing down a bit, which helps a great deal! I’m caught up with grading again and don’t have another assignment coming in until the 16th. Hooray! That leaves times for visiting blogs and reading a few reviews..
The week ahead promises to be busy with good/fun things! I’m also getting a good deal of reading done
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Sounds like a good plan, Rae, and I hope you enjoy the upcoming week. Sounds like a busy one!
Thanks for stopping by.
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I did a little streaming as well this week, it felt good to get back to some shows. Hope you’re having a good weekend…
Final Cut looks promising. I love thrillers lately…
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Thanks, Greg, with shows to watch and books to read, we are settled in for the duration. Hope to enjoy the week…stay safe, and enjoy yours.
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Just come from a lovely review for Anxious People by Shellyrae at Book’d Out. I will purchase it I think, or check the library reserve list. Hope that bag is exactly one that brings happy memories. Hope you are not too near those Californian fires, they seem rather capricious.
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Thanks for visiting, Kathryn, and the fires are worrying, albeit an hour or so away. We still get the smoky drift, however. What’s next, right?
I am hearing good things about Anxious People, so I will probably read it sooner rather than later. Enjoy your books and your week.
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Lovely to hear you have been reading and blogging more – I’m afraid I have been the opposite due my return to full time work. Also pleased you’ve been enjoying a comforting re-watch of an older show and doing a bit of shopping 😊 Take care and happy reading! 😃
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Thanks, Jessica, I do love the comfort of watching shows I enjoyed, and especially when I don’t have to wait a week for new episodes as we did on network shows.
Enjoy your week and your books!
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Thank you 😊
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Anxious People was great. I just reviewed it on my blog!
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I am glad to hear that, Davida…I love eagerly anticipating good books! Enjoy your week.
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I love the Good Wife and it was a good show. I need to grab Anxious people soon. Have a safe week ahead.
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Thanks for visiting, Gayathri; I also now love the newest show with some of the characters from The Good Wife: The Good Fight. I like the Diane Lockhart character, and wish they would bring on Alicia Florrick, too.
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Oh that is new to me. I will check it out.
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You have had a great blogging week, Laurel! I love the look of the pumpkin pie, and I am very envious of that fabulous bag – it’s just my style:)). Have a great week.
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I carried it with me to the dining room today, lol; it was a first outing for the bag.
I love pumpkin pie, and can’t get enough of it.
Enjoy your week, Sarah, and thanks for stopping by.
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Always fun to have a new bag – glad it got its first outing:))). And yes, I haven’t had pumpkin pie very often – it isn’t a thing here, but I did love it.
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I’ve enjoyed the Fredrik Backman books that I’ve read so I’m excited to get to Anxious People! I sometimes feel like the only person in the world who isn’t in love with pumpkin everything. I’ll eat pumpkin pie if it’s my only option for dessert but I don’t get excited about it. My poor husband loves pumpkin and he’s stuck with me! We have a pie shop back home that serves “pie flights,” 3 slices of pie with a side of ice cream. We would split that so he could get his pumpkin fix that way. Enjoy your week! Stay safe!
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I hope to love Anxious People…and the grandmother book of his, too.
I do love pumpkin….sorry you don’t!
Enjoy your week, Jen, and thanks for visiting.
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The grandmother book is great! The Britt-Marie book is a spinoff, so make sure you read grandmother first.
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We order everything online now. We always have to keep a watch to see when things are delivered. Nothing arrives in a timely manner, sadly. Almost everything comes later than expected.
I love the purse. I have reminders of my bohemian days, too.
Girls of Summer looks good. It might be too late for summer stories for me. I just put my autumn wreath on the front door.
Look at that pumpkin pie. I need to make a pie. It’s been too long.
Have a good week!
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I am so ready for pumpkin delights, Deb; and I am enjoying my new bag, too.
I seem to always have something coming to me by mail…and so far, nothing is too slow in coming, except for the occasional cleaning products.
Even my meds are coming promptly, thankfully!
Enjoy your week and your books.
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I loved The Good Wife. I’ve only seen the first two seasons though. I definitely still like to see the rest. But well.. life.
Have a great week and happy reading.
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I highly recommend seeing the other seasons, Maureen. I found it on Prime.
Enjoy your week!
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My new goal is to read more Frederick Backman books and to find an equally cute new purse. Have a good week. My Sunday Salon post
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I hope you find what you are looking for, Anne; I do love getting books and goodies in the mail, which helps make up for the other horrible things happening…COVID and wildfires!
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I like the new colorful bag. And I hope you enjoy the new Sue Miller novel …. I hope to get to it too. It looks good. How is the air out your window? Is it gray smoke there too? I hope all the smokes & fires will go away! It’s so sad to see. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, I love the bag, too. I have read everything I can get my hands on from Sue Miller, and have been a fan since the 1980s…I think.
Enjoy your week, Susan, and stay safe. It is impossible to spend time outdoors now, as the air is smoky and I have asthma. Sigh.
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That bag is indeed gorgeous Laurel! Very BoHo chic!
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I love it, Sophie, and thanks for visiting. Enjoy your week!
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Oh I love the colors of your new purse! And I like its style too. I’m curious about Anxious People. I’ve been seeing it everywhere. Enjoy your reading week.
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I love finding bags that are colorful and reminiscent of my favorite times.
Enjoy your week and your books, Laura.
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Love that bag you ordered! I received some Amazon gift cards for my birthday and was thinking of going on a shopping spree I want to change the theme in the bathroom. And maybe buy some new books too. 🙂
I hope you enjoy your new books! I really want to read Anxious People. Monogamy looks good as well. I hope you have a great week, Laurel-Rain!
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Thanks, Wendy, I am really looking forward to my new books…and I am definitely loving shopping for things to enjoy…like the bag. LOL.
Have a great week.
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As you know I loved Anxious People, I hope you do too. I just received an ARC of Unfollow Me, I’m looking forward to it.
Wishing you a great reading week, love the new bag
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Thanks for visiting, Shelleyrae, and I am even more excited now about Anxious People. I hope you enjoy Unfollow Me.
Have a great week!
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Nice looking books. I’ve been spending some time shopping online this week too. I need clothes that fit. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, although I like buying most clothes in person, these days that is not possible. Enjoy your shopping, your books, and your week.
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I love Nancy Thayer’s books but I haven’t read Custody. (Actually I have quite a few of her backlist titles to read).
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Custody was one of my favorites from back in the day, Donna. Enjoy!
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What a neat bag? I am so scared of buying anything too unusual. I’m way too basic. 🙂
I’ve been wondering about Anxious People. I’m eager to read your thoughts on it.
Hope you have a great week. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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When it comes to unusual things, I tend to buy handbags that are fun and different. Even quirky.
Enjoy your week and your shopping, Cheryl. I am looking forward to Anxious People.
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Your virtual mailbox has some good books in it! And your pumpkin pie and wine combo sounds delicious to me!
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Thanks, Gilion…who knew that pumpkin pie and wine would go together? LOL
I am loving my books! Enjoy your week.
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Oh that’s funny, I was just thinking this morning I’d like to rewatch The Good Wife! Your new books look good, I want to read Anxious People at some point. Have a great week and happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I’m not sure why I decided to binge-watch The Good Wife, but I scrolled past it on Prime…and thought “why not?” Now I’m hooked.
I am also eager to read Anxious People. Enjoy your week.
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I’m glad you had a pretty good week with books. My friends are excited about Anxious People, It’s cooled off here but it’s still warm enough that ice cream looks good. Have a lovely week!
Anne – Books of my Heart Here is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, it is great that Anxious People sounds like such a winner with many. Enjoy your week and your books.
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I love the bag! Very colorful. I need to read anxious people because I’ve loved all the Fredrik Backman books I’ve read so far. I hope you have a great week!
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Thanks, AJ, I have only read one Backman book so far, but I have another one waiting in the wings, too (about the grandmother).
Enjoy your week.
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Yum, pumpkin time again. Have a good week.
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Thanks, vvb, I say yum, too!
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Ooh I love that bag! Online shopping is so easy. I wonder what we would have done in lockdown 30 years ago. I’m keen to read Final Cut. It sounds like a great read.
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I don’t want to imagine isolation without online shopping and streaming, Veronica! Hopefully we won’t ever have to experience that. LOL
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I don’t think your boho days are behind you. 🙂 That is a cute bag! I love seeing what people are buying online these days.
I am glad that you had a great week, and I hope this one goes just as well.
Stay safe!
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Thanks, Erin, that’s good to know!
It’s been a great week so far. Enjoy yours and stay safe.
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It sounds like another good week for you. The bag sure is cute.
You have some good books you picked up this week. Final Cut looks good to me.
I hope the fire smoke is not troubling you. All those fires are so distressing.
Nice dessert treat. Have a good week and Happy Reading!
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Yes, the fires are definitely troubling. Even though we’re an hour or so away from them, the air is very smoky, which is difficult for those of us with asthma and other respiratory issues.
I try to avoid going outside these days, which is challenging at this time of Pandemic, when we are encouraged to go outside to avoid close contact with people. Sigh.
Enjoy your week, Martha, and stay safe.
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Fantastic mailbox, I have seen a lot of people post about Anxious People. I recently read A Man Called Ove by the same author and loved it, might add Anxious People to my TBR.
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Thanks Mrs. D…I also really enjoyed A Man Called Ove…and I’m looking forward to Anxious People.
Enjoy your week.
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Looking forward to what you think about THREE PERFECT LIARS.
Hope your week is good….I’m just getting to visiting blogs. 🙂
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am eager to read it! Enjoy your books.
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