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Good morning! Today’s post will link up to The Sunday Salon and The Sunday Post 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.
The week was pretty uneventful. I did read and review two books and enjoyed a few older movies. No outings. Interesting how one week can be full of activities, while the next one is pretty quiet. I did enjoy having some time alone.
Let’s take a closer look at the week.
Tuesday Excerpts: “The Last House on the Street”
Monthly Wrap-up: Hello, December…
Bookish Friday: “What Happens in Paradise”
Review: Watch Her Fall, by Erin Kelly
Review: The Summer That Made Us, by Robyn Carr
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult
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Do I Know You, by Sarah Strohmeyer
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The Widow, by K. L. Slater
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CURRENTLY READING:
Wish You Were Here, by Jodi Picoult
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That was my week. What did yours look like? Check out the beautiful Christmas decor on a farmhouse I found in Country Living magazine.
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
I love rustic decor, especially holiday rustic. 🙂
Your books look good, especially the strohmeyer. I think I’ve read Slater once as well…
Hope you are having a nice weekend 🙂
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Thanks, Greg, I am looking forward to these books. Enjoy your week!
I also love rustic decor, especially at Christmas.
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I bought Wish You Were Here the other day. It will be awhile before i read it but good to have it ready when I am.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I was planning to wait a while to read the Picoult book, but I couldn’t find anything else that called to me as much…so I’m reading it now!
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I’ve read some good reviews for the new Picoult book in the past week. I hope you love it!
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Thanks, Mary, so far so good! Enjoy your week.
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I love the holiday decorations! It beautifully fits the house as wel. You have so many interesting looking books listed that I don’t even know where to start! Have a wonderful week and enjoy your reading!
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Thanks, Katherine, I could flip through magazines all through the seasons, enjoying the decor. I have a few books with photos that I enjoy looking at.
I like trying to mimic the photos I see.
Enjoy your week!
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The only book I have read by Jodi Picoult is The Plain Truth, and that was many years ago.
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Thanks, Billy, I think I have read all of her books. Some I’ve enjoyed more than others, but I am loving this one. It is so timely, with its focus on the Pandemic in the lives of the characters.
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I love the look of all your books this week. To sure where I would start. Probably Jodi Picoult as I’ve never not liked her books x
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Thanks, Emma, I love how Picoult can spotlight real life moments, some of which resonate with us.
Loving Wish You Were Here.
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Now where is that farmhouse?! Looks idyllic. No weekly update ? I hope all is well. Next week I hope to start decorating for Christmas …. I’ll find a tree and wreath … hard to believe we are into December. When did it sneak up on me!
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Didn’t you notice the weekly update, Susan? Just blog posts and reviews, I guess.
December did sneak up on us, and I don’t like that January and tax preparation time follows! Sigh.
Enjoy your week.
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One of these days I might have a decorative Christmas theme, it’s kinda ‘last minute $2 shop’ right now.
Wishing you a great reading week
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I have some miniature Christmas trees, Shelleyrae, but they are tucked away in bins…and I think my granddaughter put them somewhere! Perhaps on a shelf? I may not bother this year. LOL
Sometimes I just enjoy the holidays by looking at movies, books, and magazines.
Enjoy your week.
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Love that decor, that definitely gets me right into the Christmas Spirit! I also have The Widow waiting on my Kindle for me, should probably get to that sooner rather than later. I hope you have a lovely upcoming week 🙂
Juli @ A Universe in Words
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Thanks, Juli, I have never read K. L. Slater, so when I saw a blurb from the book, I thought “why not?”
Enjoy your week!
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Wow, I love the rustic motif. I read somewhere that parents should make the holidays memorable for kids so that they have something to hang on to. My mother was queen of the holidays, Man, I miss her.
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I like your mother’s attitude. Mine was like that. I used to be more like that, but lately my decor has been minimal. I do love a lot of red, so that works, right? LOL
Thanks for visiting, Trin.
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I’ve heard lots of great things about the new Jodi Picoult book. I’m eager to see what you think about it.
We had always planned to build a cabin in the forest one of these days, but it looks like that will probably not happen. It is fun to see how others decorate, isn’t it?
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I love cabins in the forest, Deb. My second son had one for a few years and I loved visiting.
I don’t think I’ll ever have one, lol.
Enjoy your week!
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Well there is nothing like a quiet week with good books. I am not likely to have that until maybe later in the month. I was running at top speed last week other than our zoo outing and it looks similar this week.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, I do love a quiet week. Enjoy yours!
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After all the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving week, I was glad for a few quiet days at home, too! It’s been interesting for me to see how holiday decorations vary around the country… they really play up the tropical down here. We have dolphins pulling Santa’s sleigh, Santa wearing a grass skirt and doing the hula inflatables, and all the lights in the palm trees look spectacular. So very different from upstate NY!
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Thanks for visiting, JoAnn, and I love the sound of your tropical decor.
Enjoy the week!
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Your books all look so good. Enjoy them and have a great week!
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Thanks, Yvonne, I am enjoying them! Hope you have a great week, too.
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I tend to enjoy my quiet weeks. I have been really curious about Jodi Picoult’s new book. I hope that you have a great week!
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Thanks, Carole, I loved reading Jodi Picoult’s new book…it was just what I needed. Have a great week.
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It’s okay to enjoy a quiet week, I think.
Lovely country decorations. Your books look good too.
Have a good week and Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, I was ready for a quiet week. Now I want to go out a bit!
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DO I KNOW YOU and THE WIDOW look good.
I read your marvelous review of WISH YOU WERE HERE…thanks.
Have a great week, Laurel.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, after the lockdowns and isolation of the past two years, I wasn’t sure I was ready. But I was! And I was even ready to read about it in Wish You Were Here.
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I love that photo! I get that magazine too. Lol.
I always enjoy a quiet week after a busy one. 🙂 It’s nice to settle down before things get busy again. 🙂
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Thanks, Erin, Country Living is the only magazine I still get after all these years. I do love the photos!
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Yes! I am such a country girl at heart. Just living here in the burbs outside Detroit. Lol.
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What a pretty Christmas photo. I really wish I had the talent for decorating.
All your books sound good. Hope you enjoy them. Have a nice week.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2021/12/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and.html
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Thanks, Cheryl, I love decorating…and I also enjoy looking at photos of decor. Have a great week.
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Sometimes a quiet week is just the thing. It is especially nice since likely busier weeks as the holiday season approaches are likely. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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I think so, too, Kathy. Looking forward to quietly reading and watching movies. Enjoy your week.
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I wonder why I’m not seeing your posts anymore. 🤔😕
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Are you signed up to follow my blogs? I know some things changed in the last few months, and I’m not sure why!
Thanks for visiting, Laurie.
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I’m going to check that. For some reason your posts are not in my feed.
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I want to read Jodi’s newest book and I am interested in reading Robyn Carr, but have not read anything by her. Have a great week. https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/12/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-10.html
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Thanks, Cindy, I have enjoyed several books by Robyn Carr. I hope you connect with this one.
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It’s nice to have a quiet week and have more time to read. Hope you have a great week!
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I hope so, too, Jamie. Have a good one!
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My week is going great. TODAY (12/9) I saw the pulmonologist to get scan results and neither the nodules or the tumor have grown or changed! PTL!
Now watchful waiting until January . I am soooo grateful for alll of you who prayed for me.
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Thanks, Rae, such good news! May the good continue!
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