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.
Soon we will finally close the door on 2020, but the after effects will last much longer. Hopefully a vaccine for the virus will soon be available to many…and while our lives won’t return to the “old normal” any time soon, we might carve out a new one.
This week I actually read and reviewed three books, an improvement for me lately. I wrote six blog posts.
After discovering that HBO Max is now available as a part of my Amazon Prime HBO subscription, I had fun exploring shows and movies. I started watching The Flight Attendant, based on Chris Bohjalian’s book that I read a few years ago; and I enjoyed a movie starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Diane Wiest, called Let Them All Talk.
Today I am enjoying some coffee and a small breakfast while I write this. Join me in virtual coffee while we take a closer look.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Tuesday Excerpts: “Goodnight Beautiful”
Tuesday Potpourri: Bookish Treasures…
Coffee Chat: Goodbye, Doldrums…
Review: Christmas Shopaholic, by Sophie KinsellaReview: The Girl in the Mirror, by Rose CarlyleReview: Goodnight Beautiful, by Aimee Molloy
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Empty mailbox! I did download five e-books.
Layla, by Colleen Hoover
The Push, by Claire McGowan
The Cousins, by Karen M. McManus
The Arrangement, by Robyn Harding
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CURRENTLY READING:
Clear My Name, by Paula Daly
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That was my week. What did yours look like? This Time Magazine Person of the Year award made me happy!
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THE PUSH and THE ARRANGEMENT look good.
I agree….the effects of 2020 will linger.
Take care…..I am thankful I have my books and my bookish friends.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, our books and bookish friends are a blessing!
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Interesting downloads. Enjoy them.
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Thanks, Rae, I am excited about them!
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Nice downloads.
I love that Biden/Harris were named Person of the Year. Time has class it seems.
Maybe our country can begin to heal after the nut leaves the WH.
Have a great weekend!
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Thanks, Linda, I agree, and I have high hopes that the nut becomes irrelevant at some point!
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So do I. Enough of him already. Him and the rest of his minions.
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I need to download Layla, too, I just need to finish the KU book I’m reading right now first 🙂 As I have several KU books I haven’t read yet, but that aren’t in KU anymore…
I’m rather happy 2020 is almost over, even if 2021 won’t be what we see as ‘normal’ hopefully, some things will get closer to that than what we’ve had this year.
Have a wonderful weekend, Laurel-Rain 🙂
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Thanks, Linda, I do like that there might be hope for all of us down the road, with the vaccine coming. Now we just need to keep safe until the light at the end of the tunnel shines.
Enjoy your books, and I hope to enjoy Layla.
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Yes, I will be so happy to have 2020 in the rear view mirror lol! Let’s hope 2021 is better!
Claire McGowan sounds familiar, seems like I’ve read something of hers before…
I hope you enjoy the Cousins. I really liked it.
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Thanks, Greg, good to know. I’ve seen The Cousins around. Enjoy your week.
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Yes that Time cover gives us our hopes for the future. I can’t believe just how dumb Trump is still being. One month to go. The vaccine is great that it will be started to roll out all though I think it will take many months for it to take significant effect for countries. Good to see you getting through some satisfying reading and finding new shows to view.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I am also feeling hopeful for the future. I still wonder how so many people can support Trump still!
Enjoy your week and your books, and yes, the vaccine will take a while. But while we wait for its effects, we can breathe easier, perhaps.
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Love Colleen Hoover!! Hope you have a great week 🙂
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Thanks for visiting, Bookish Star; I am looking forward to this newest CH book.
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We’ll all be happy when 2020 finally reaches its term, even if 2021 is still uncertain. Those books you downloaded are appealing, enjoy 🙂
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Thanks, Iza, I am eager for the books on my shelves…and for a New Year!
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I cannot wait to leave this year behind and start working towards a better tomorrow.
Nice downloads! Enjoy
My Week In Books & BBH
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Ditto, Angelica. I am also eager, and in the meantime, we have great books to read. Enjoy!
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I totally agree that the life won’t return to usual immediately. But I really hope that it does sometime soon. Stay safe until then!
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I hope so, too, Gayathri! We could use the hope of it to get through the upcoming weeks.
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That ‘Flight Attendant’ book sounds great. I remember giving a ride share to someone who may or may not have worked at the airport, because they were on their way and hadn’t packed any luggage and he was so young. but i don’t know why he wouldn’t want to admit working there. I’m enjoying the Queen Gambit, it reminds me of the Bobby Fisher story.
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Thanks, Trin, and I have The Queen’s Gambit in my queue. Hope to try it.
Enjoy your week!
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Yeah Biden/Harris deserve Time’s people of the year after all the bull they’ve gone thru and are still going through! I’m worried what #45 will try next. That’s good to know about HBO Max being on Prime … I think we get it. Right now we’re on Season 3 of Good Fight, Season 2 of The Terror: Infamy, and Season 1 of The Undoing. We’re finished & enjoyed The Crown Season 4 … I think the actor who plays Lady Di did very well. Charles is pretty despicable in it …. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, Susan, I am sick of #45 and his antics, but hopefully he has run out of steam. I read that he and the wife are packing to leave the WH! Yay!
I love The Good Fight and The Crown…and enjoyed The Undoing.
I hope you have a great reading and viewing week.
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I am looking forward to 2021 as I’m sure everyone is. Let’s hope that it is for sure a much better year for everyone! . I just started a new book blog so I am just getting started again. I had a book blog before for many years. If you are interested I have a post on my blog. I hope you have a great week reading!
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Thanks, Jamie, I hope you enjoy blogging again, now that you have returned.
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You are right about having a new normal Laurel. I just hope we won’t get a repeat with another virus one of these days!!! Have a great week .
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Oh, I hope so, too! We don’t need a repeat of this year.
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I received an ARC called The Push this week, but it’s by a different author, (Ashley Audrain), I wonder if the plots are similar? I’m picking up The Cousins for my daughter for Christmas
I bet Trump is p’d off that Time has snubbed him again!
Wishing you a great reading week
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Oh, now I am curious about your book The Push. I’ll be watching for your review, Shelleyrae.
I am happy about Time magazines snub of Trump…lol.
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It sounds like you had a lovely week. Your reading picked up a bit this week. I’m on a holiday reading spree myself, finishing The Twelve Dates of Christmas yesterday and working on In a Holidaze today. Maybe Christmas Shopaholic next?
I’m so happy to see the persons of the year, too. Maybe things will settle down now that the Supreme Court has spoken.
So looking forward to 2021!
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Thanks, Deb, I am so looking forward to a brighter year ahead! Enjoy your books and your week.
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Did you enjoy The Flight Attendant? I liked the book!
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I did love the book, Mary, and I’m enjoying the show, too.
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I love your positive outlook, Laurel. Looks like you’ve got some great reading coming up. I’m discovering new shows too. Enjoy your reading week.
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Thanks, Laura, I do love my books and my viewing. Enjoy yours, too.
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This has definitely been a crazy year.
I’ve heard about The Flight Attendant. What did you think?
Have a great week and happy reading!
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I really loved the book The Flight Attendant, and I’m enjoying the show so far, Maureen. Enjoy your week.
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I was wondering about The Flight Attendant. It looks good. I love the Time cover.
Hope you have a great week and enjoy all those good looking books.
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Thanks, Yvonne, I loved The Flight Attendant, both the book and the show so far.
Enjoy your week!
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Watched the first episode of The Flight Attendant and look forward to continuing with it. I did not read the book, so it will be all new to me. Always look forward to a Colleen Hoover book.
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Thanks, Nise, I loved the book The Flight Attendant, and I’m enjoying the show, too. Have a great week.
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I do hope that we find a new normal very soon. I think that there are many things that will be forever changed but I know that this has been hard on so many people. I hope that you enjoy Layla and The Cousins sounds really good. Have a great week!
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Thanks, Carole, it will be hard to carve out a new normal, since we cannot step back into our old lives.
Enjoy your week and your books.
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Well I haven’t read any of your books this week which is unusual, obviously I’m falling behind. I was also thrilled with the Time Person of the Year award. Have a lovely week!
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, it is great to see recognition for the good people we will now have in charge.
Enjoy your books and your week.
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I started The Cousins too. Enjoying it so far. Have a great reading week!
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Thanks, Harvee, I am looking forward to it!
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All new to me. Enjoy your week and reading!
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Thanks, Martha, enjoy your books for the week!
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I’m keen to read the Colleen Hoover and Robyn Harding books. I’m glad you enjoyed The Girl in the Mirror. I loved it too! So glad we are almost through 2020 and I’m hoping that 2021 brings much more calm and cheer to the world.
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Thanks, Veronica, I feel the same way about 2020 and moving past it. I am also looking forward to the CH and Robyn Harding books.
LOVED The Girl in the Mirror.
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I’m very excited for a vaccine. I had so much stuff I wanted to do this year, and I couldn’t do any of it! I hope you have a great week!
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Thanks, AJ, won’t it be great to finally start moving past this evil virus? Enjoy your week.
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The vaccine is such big news – I cried watching the news the other day. (and while my state has been crazy this year, I was proud of its role in the vaccine) My friend is a respiratory therapist in a hospital that has been hammered since March, and she is getting so weary. Her gear she has to wear, she looks like she is going to the moon. But I feel some sort of hope knowing these vaccines will be rolled out soon – will you be in the first wave?
Stay safe Laurel-Rain.
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Thanks, Erin, and yes, we have received word that we’ll be in the first group as senior citizens living in residential care! I fought so hard against coming to this place and leaving my independent life behind, but it has turned out to be a blessing.
Once we are beyond the Pandemic (hope, hope!), I will be able to come and go from this residence as I did before and reclaim some independence.
Our nursing staff looks like they are going to the moon, too. LOL.
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I think Time Magazine got it right this year too. I’m eager for wide distribution of the new vaccine. I’m in a second tier because of age and chronic conditions but I’m not in a big rush since I am staying at home and am not very likely to be exposed. I see my doctor for annual physicals in February. Hopefully, I’ll be able to be vaccinated then. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Oh, yes, Kathy, they did get it right this year.
Good luck on the vaccine and staying safe. I am pretty insulated here, as we are basically locked down and have been since March!
Enjoy your reading.
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Glad to see you were able to post more. Blogging is such a nice creative outlet.
I think 2020 will be one for the history books. It will be people talking of life before and after the pandemic and how things changed.
Your books look good. I really want to read The Cousins. Hope you have a nice week.
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Thanks, Cheryl, I agree that 2020 will be one to look at in the “before and after” sense.
I am enjoying my books. Have a great week.
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I will definitely be looking into some of the books you featured. I too have been on a go slow in reading – it’s not that I’m not reading, just that I seem to be doing it very slowly.
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Thanks, Louise, and I think of my slow reading as “savoring” the books.
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It has been such a long, hard year. I would like to think this coming year will be better but I’m afraid to expect too much out of it. I think it will be more the same for awhile for us. At least we’ll have a new President.
I may be subscribing to HBO/Max for a short while to see the new Wonder Woman movie coming out Christmas Day. I think my whole family (all three of us–anyway) are interested in watching it then. I am glad you are enjoying your subscription!
I hope you enjoy your reading and have a great week!
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Thanks, Wendy, I am happy about HBO Max, and I am also loving some of my books.
A new president can make all the difference!
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I loved Goodnight Beautiful as well! It just kept twisting in ways that I personally didn’t see coming. Enjoy your week!
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I felt the same way, Jen. I love when a book takes me hostage, lol.
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I’m late with my Monday visits (it being Tuesday) and was late putting up my own It’s Monday post. (I’m usually late to the linky party, but am not usually dead last.)
I’m listening to the new Louise Penny book, which is darker than I really wanted this week, but when the library loan came through, I didn’t want to pass on it. I’m trying to lighten up my reading a bit for the rest of 2020, so no more psychological suspense, etc. for a while.
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Thanks, Laurie, I love Louise Penny’s books, but I’m behind on the series. I do need some lighter books now.
Enjoy your week.
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I’m happy I get Time Magazine on my magazine subscription app, I really enjoyed reading about Joe and Kamala.
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Thanks, Heather, I should subscribe! Enjoy!
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Yes! 2021 isn’t going to be a whole lot better to start but I think mid to late 2021 will be so much better! Let Them All Talk is in my watch list. If you are into suspense at all I suggest The Undoing and a few true crime docs: The Vow and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark were both excellently done! I also just finished the third season of True Detective and that was great!
Love your ebook haul! I hope you enjoy reading them!
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I loved The Undoing, but now I want to watch The Vow and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. Thanks for the recommendations…and let’s eagerly await the part of 2021 that is so much better. Thanks for visiting, Stephanie.
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