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.
Here we are, turning the page on another week. I did read and review three books this week, so that was good. And I wrote seven blog posts.
I am hoping to enjoy the weekend. I started watching a Netflix movie, Behind Her Eyes, which is based on a book I enjoyed. So far, I’m loving it.
Let’s grab some coffee and take a closer look at the week:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Tuesday Excerpts: “Forgive Me”
Tuesday Potpourri: Filling My Shelves…
Hump Day Potpourri: A Valentine’s Day Celebration…
Coffee Chat: Sweet Goodies, Etc.
Bookish Friday: “The Paris Library
Review: The Push, by Claire McGowanReview: The Perfect Guests, by Emma RousReview: Every Waking Hour, by Joanna Schaffhausen
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INCOMING BOOKS:
I received one Author Review Request book in the mailbox…and one NetGalley ARC. I also downloaded three e-books.
Careful-ish, by Hone y Parker
Overeating. Oversharing. Overindulging. Over it all. Video chats. Not enough distancing. Alcohol. What could go wrong? And what are people doing when they think nobody is watching? Meet six friends who are COVID quarantining in The Greatest City On Earth.
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Thief of Souls, by Brian Klingborg – (NG – 5/4/21)
In Brian Klingborg’s Thief of Souls, the brutal murder of a young woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing—but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim.
Downloads:
Let Her Lie, by Bryan Reardon
The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles
Consent, by Vanessa Springora
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CURRENTLY READING:
Hadley & Grace, by Suzanne Redfearn
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That was my week! What did yours look like? Here is a peek of my Valentine’s Day dinner: Stuffed Chicken Breast.
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Looks like a great book week. Hope the viewing continues to be good. Are they letting you outside at all or are you confined to room and dining room?
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Thanks, Kathryn, and sadly, we are confined to the courtyard, our apartments, and the dining room. It has been almost a year since I even left the community…except one time in October to visit the doctor!
I’m glad I have some good books!
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You’ll have forgotten what the outside world looks like. 😦
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hey Laurel : I’ll have to check out that movie you mention. I’m enjoying being in Southern Cal now — it sure beats the frigid cold of Canada. We are one step closer to moving my folks to a really nice senior care village — though its independent living within it. It’s been a lot of work! But I appreciated your helpful advice last week about how to go about the whole thing.
I’ve heard a bit about that Consent novel …. sounds Quite intense right? I wonder if it’ll be too much for me. Good luck with it. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, Susan, and while I was not happy to come to this senior residential center almost two years ago, I am grateful to be here during the Pandemic, and have already received both vaccinations.
Enjoy your books and your week!
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Yes…another week has flown by.
You will love THE PARIS LIBRARY, Laurel.
LET HER LIE looks good.
Have a great last week of February.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am definitely looking forward to all my books. Enjoy yours!!
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Looks like a delicious Valentine’s Day dinner! Great haul, too!
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Thanks, Alexis, it was a delicious dinner…and I am excited about my new books. Enjoy yours.
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Ooh i love the look of your books! Let Her Lie especially looks like something I’d read.
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Thanks, Greg, I am definitely eager to read Let Her Lie. Enjoy your books and your week!
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I haven’t seen Behind her eyes yet, as it is still on my audible TBR!! I first want to listen to the book. The Paris Library does sound so good, can’t wait for it!
That stuffed chicken looks delicious. I am busy with Sunday lunch preparation and blogging in between.
Have a good week and take care!
Elza Reads
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I am loving Behind Her Eyes, and read the book in 2017. But there will be enough surprises to keep me intrigued.
I did love that stuffed chicken, Mareli. Thanks for visiting and enjoy your week.
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I have been hearing good reviews about Behind Her Eyes, the book and the adaptation. I might have to check it out myself soon. Enjoy your books and stay safe!
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Thanks, Gayathri, I hadn’t thought about the book until I saw the show on Netflix. Then I reread my review and got very excited about it.
Enjoy!
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Nice looking books.
I enjoyed Hadley & Grace.
Have a wonderful week!
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Thanks, Linda, I do love the books on my shelves right now! Enjoy yours, and I’m glad you enjoyed Hadley & Grace.
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I like the look of your two books Careful-ish and Thief of Souls – both very different, but they both are extremely intriguing. And your meal looks yummy:)). Have a peaceful, healthy week, Laurel.
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Thanks, Sarah, I wish the same for you! Enjoying our books helps make up for the things we cannot do.
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Oh, it’s an absolute lifeline, Laurel:))
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Your Valentines meal was much nicer than ours, I’d forgotten about it when I planned the weeks shopping and meals so we just had an ordinary dinner.
Your new books are an interesting mix. I’ve read The Paris Library and I know you’ll love that one.
Wishing you a great reading week
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Thanks, Shelleyrae, I am looking forward to my new books. The Valentine’s Day dinner from our dining room is another way the staff here are making up for all the things we have to do without…like going places and visiting family and friends.
Enjoy your books and your week.
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Good morning! This is my first time seeing The Paris Library. I read up on it and it sounds good. I have added it to my TBR. I don’t do review copies any longer, so also did not know about Thieves of Souls, but I look forward to seeing what you think of it. I hope you have a wonderful week.
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Thanks, The Herbal Toad…I don’t do a lot of review books…so I hope to enjoy the ones I have chosen this week.
Have a great week.
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Thief of Souls looks like a good read! I love the cover.
That stuffed chicken breast looks delicious. Glad you had a great Valentine’s dinner.
Have an awesome week!
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Thanks, Marie, I do love how books can help make up for the things we have to do without.
Enjoy your week!
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So many good titles on your blog this week. Push must be a fabulous one, as you rated it so highly. I will be interested in seeing what you think of Careful-ish. I predict there will be lots of books about 2020 out soon. I even downloaded Love in Lockdown, though I haven’t read it yet. And I definitely intend on reading The Paris Library when I get a chance. It may be July before I get around to it, though.
What a delicious meal for Valentine’s Day. I’ve never made Stuffed Chicken Breast, but I’m making a mental note to look for a good recipe and try it soon.
Have a lovely week!
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Thanks, Deb, I am very happy to have books that speak to us during these challenging times.
The food was definitely a treat.
Enjoy your week!
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Careful-ish grabbed my attention. I haven’t heard of that one before. I look forward your review of it. All the books on your list look like good ones. Your dinner looks yummy! Hope you have a great week!
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Thanks, Yvonne, I stumbled on Careful-ish and just had to grab it. I hope to enjoy it.
Have a great week, and enjoy your books, too.
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Careful-ish sounds great. I have had a great book week and I’ve taken a lot of risks and lived the most of the week as i could. cheers.
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Thanks, Trin, I am looking forward to my books and the week. Enjoy yours!
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You had some great reads this week. I also got Thief of Souls as it looked pretty interesting and a bit different. I like the look of you Valentine’s dinner; green beans are a favorite for me. Stay safe and well!
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, I got the notice about Thief of Souls and took some time before deciding on it, since I have never read the author. I hope to enjoy it!
Have a great week!
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I hope you enjoy The Paris Library as much as I did. I need to remind myself to watch Behind Her Eyes. I liked that book. Have a great week, Laurel!
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Thanks, Mary, I hope to love The Paris Library…and I hope you enjoy Behind Her Eyes. Have a great week.
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Lovely looking Valentine’s Day dinner. I’m still eying your Paris Library book. https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2021/02/sunday-salonbirthday-edition.html
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Thanks, Anne, I loved the dinner, too! And I can’t wait to read The Paris Library. Enjoy your week.
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It looks like you have had a busy week. I’m yet to read a book set during covid. Careful-ish sounds like a good read.
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Thanks, Veronica, I am eager to read Careful-ish.
Enjoy your week and your books!
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Hi Lorraine,
We don’t tend to bother with Valentine’s Day any more, however your lovely meal did look delicious. I am getting a little sick of my own cooking I must say, it will be good when restaurants and cafes can open again.
Hubbie has had his first jab as he is vulnerable, however as I am in the regular 60-65 age group, I reckon I shall have to wait for another week or two. I must admit it will be good to see the world past the garden, but I shan’t be in too much of a rush to start mixing it in crowded places for some time to come!
You have a great mix of books featured this time – ‘The Paris Library’ is already on my radar and I really like the sound of ‘Let Her Lie’. I’m not sure that I want to read any books about Covid right now.
Have a good week and Happy Reading 🙂
Yvonne xx
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Thanks, Yvonne, and living through this past year of lockdowns, I realized that I am quite content not to go to crowded places. My favorite spots were quiet little places, and I usually went there early in the evening. No late nights for me! LOL.
Valentine’s Day is only significant in that I enjoyed the special meal.
Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting.
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The cover with the mask on the front is cute… and so timely! Have a feeling we are in for a slew of quarantine/lockdown novels. I’ll be curious to hear what you think of Hadley & Grace. I have that waiting on my kindle, too. Have a good week.
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I am really loving Hadley and Grace! I couldn’t put it down yesterday…and then had to charge my Kindle. LOL.
Enjoy your week, JoAnn, and I agree that we are in for some timely novels.
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I didn’t know the book by Vanessa Springora had been translated, but it’s been a shock here in France, everybody talked about it for weeks. I heard the style isn’t great but her testimony is powerful. I’d love to get your advice on the Chinese novel and The Paris library. Have a great week 😉
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Thanks, Izabel, now I am very curious!
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Your Valentine’s Day dinner is making me hungry for lunch! I’ll be curious to hear more about your thoughts on Careful-ish. I’m not ready to read about lockdowns in fiction, myself, yet! Too sick of it in real life still. Or psychological suspense yet — regular life is still feeling too stressful. When life gets back to normal, my reading probably will too! Right now, I’m mostly reading my first love — literary fiction. It’s not that it’s relaxing, but it’s not so overtly suspenseful as to get me too keyed up! Enjoy your week!
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Thanks, Laurie, and yes, it is hard to read books that are too close to reality. But I’m looking forward to the humor in the situation.
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I plan on watching Behind Her Eyes this week too! I’m looking forward to seeing how they adapted it. You have some interesting books this week once again, Let Her Lie looks good to me. Have a great week and happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I hope you enjoy your week; I’ve been loving Behind Her Eyes.
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Looks like you’ve been busy. Careful-ish sounds fabulous. The Paris Library is on my wish list.
Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a great week.
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I’ve been wondering when we were going to start seeing books about the pandemic. Enjoy your week.
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Thanks, RAnn, I like books that reflect what is really happening in the world. Enjoy your books.
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I got Thief of Souls this week too — along with scads of new audiobooks. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, I am excited about the new books available lately. Enjoy!
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I wish I could write 7 blog posts in a week. I’m such a slow blogger! It takes me 7 days to write 1 post. Have a good week!
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Thanks, AJ, I hope you enjoy your week and your blogging.
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My friend was raving about Behind Her Eyes, I must check it out!
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Thanks, Heather, it is an awesome show!
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I’m glad you had a good reading week!
I’ve seen Let Her Lie on several blogs this week.
The stuffed chicken breast looks good.
Enjoy all of your reading and watching too!
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Thanks, Martha, have a great week!
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Even though I’m rather tired of WWII fiction, I think I’m going to have to read The Paris Library. It looks wonderful!
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Thanks, Melinda, I am looking forward to it.
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Your dinner looks like it was delicious!!! And The Paris Library looks like a great read. 🙂
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Thanks, Erin, books and food are the centerpieces of my life these days, lol. I hope you are having a great week.
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I have to get started on The Paris Library. I’ve had it for a few weeks.
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I hope we enjoy it, Serena.
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