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.
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Another great week in which I read and reviewed three books. I only wrote five blog posts, but I had fun watching movies and shows, finishing up the final episode of And Just Like That and beginning Season II of Sweet Magnolias on Netflix. I also finished the fourth season of Ozark.
During the week, I grabbed Lyft and went to a dental appointment. Not a fun trip, but it was an outing, of course. I do enjoy the staff at the office and love catching up with them. That’s what happens when a Pandemic keeps us so isolated! We are grateful for every little thing.
I continued rearranging my rooms…and tell myself that I’m cleaning house, LOL. It’s true, though. Changing up the interiors can morph into housework. I still enjoy having my own washer and dryer again, too, which means that I don’t mind doing laundry.
Now let’s take a closer look at my week.
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Monthly Wrap-Up: Welcome, February
Bookish Friday: “The Younger Wife”
Review: Jackie: Her Transformation from First Lady to Jackie O., by Paul Brandus
Review: The Maid, by Nita Prose
Review: The Overnight Guest, by Heather Gudenkauf
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Author Review Book: Asylum, by Susy Smith
Lily Harford’s Last Request, by Joanna Buckley
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CURRENTLY READING: Enough Already, by Valerie Bertinelli
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That was my week! Good books, good movies, and an outing to the dentist! Below is my book cupboard, now in my bedroom. In it are my unread print books.
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
I’m not sure if my comment went through, so I’m tryin again. 🙂 I love your home! Your book cupboard is lovely! Your post on The Maid made me even more eager to read it! 🙂
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Thanks, Mia, I am happily settling in to my new home, even though I am still working away at making it feel just right. I always enjoy unique objects, like shelves and cupboards.
I hope you enjoy The Maid, too.
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I have the Maid on my list. And I think I started Ozark once upon a time. Should revisit it.
Hope you are having a nice and relaxing weekend!
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Thanks, Greg, I enjoyed The Maid…and Ozark, too, although there is always such a lengthy period between the seasons, IMO, so it takes me a while to get back into the groove of the show.
Enjoy your week.
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Mind you Laurel, we are now happy to go to the dentist to talk with the staff! Who would have guessed lol
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Enjoy, Sophie! I especially like how they talk about things that interest me. That might not happen in every dentist’s office, but I am lucky with mine.
Enjoy your week.
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Rearranging rooms can work wonders for the psyche. I remember when the snow really got to my spirit and I cleaned and rearranged furniture and I tricked my mind into thinking I was somewhere fabulous.
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Thanks, Trin, rearranging furniture for me feels like buying a new look!
I also love looking at design books and magazines…I get ideas that spur me on.
Enjoy!
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I need to star Ozark season 4. Have really enjoyed the other seasons.
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Thanks, Emma, I have enjoyed this show from the beginning, although I often forget where we left off, since there is so much time between seasons.
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Nice to be up and about, even with Lyft! I mean to start Ozark on Netflix. I heard it’s full of action! Have a great week.
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Thanks, Harvee, Ozark is definitely full of action. And Lyft is a lifesaver for the transportation challenged! Enjoy your week.
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Am also watching Sweet Magnolias season 2. I alternate between saying an appreciative aaawww at the tender scenes and hollering “spare me” when they seem too saccharine. I think it’s not the show, but the mood I’min.
This week is starting off very “bookish.” LOL
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Thanks, Rae, our moods do dictate how much we enjoy a show. Have a great week.
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The Maid was a very good read. I wonder if my book club might like it.
My big outing this week was to the eye doctor. I was happy to hear that I needed to get new glasses. Isn’t it crazy that I’m so excited about new glasses?!
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Thanks, Deb, your eye doctor appointment was probably more fun than the dentist, although the dental appointment was just a cleaning, so no pain involved, LOL.
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I’m watching the second season of Sweet Magnolia’s as I blog hop 🙂
Wishing you a great reading week
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Thanks, Shelleyrae, I enjoyed it and finished all the episodes!
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Sounds like you had a good week. I love your book cupboard. Your books all look good. I hope you have a great week!
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Thanks, Yvonne, my cupboard has housed trinkets, books, and even linens at one point. I like a versatile piece of furniture. Enjoy your week.
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A week of good books, good movies, and an outing, even if it was to the dentist, sounds pretty great to me! Take care and happy reading in the coming week. 🙂
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Thanks, Jessica, I hope to enjoy some more outings, and perhaps there will even be a lunch at some point. Have a great week.
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Ozark is on my long list of shows I need to watch.
I really need to rearrange and purge things in my house. I wish I’d stop procrastinating on this.
Have a good week!
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Thanks, Alicia, I enjoy the rearranging and even the purging…so much that I like digging into it whenever I can.
Have a great week.
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I want to read The Maid and The Overnight Guest. I’m trying not to go out at all right now.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Thanks, Anne, I do enjoy staying in, so my items are usually shipped to me. That makes the process safe, IMO.
Enjoy your week.
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A good week. Yes Covid gives me too an appreciation for every human interaction. Also for you having had changes you appreciate things we often take for granted, like out washing machines.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I definitely appreciate the things I once took for granted. There were a lot of years living in apartments without a washer and dryer, so I have always been grateful.
The same is true about the human interaction. The past two years have really tested us.
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I really enjoy watching Valerie Bertinelli co-host the Kids Baking Championship with Duff Goldman. I didn’t know she had a memoir. I should look into. I might enjoy it.
My Sunday Post
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Thanks, Jennielyse, I haven’t seen Valeriie’s shows, although recently I saw her on a talk show (the Drew Barrymore show).
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Ah yes, you know we’ve been isolating too long when a trip to the dentist turns into an exciting outing!
I think rearranging furniture counts as cleaning! I need to do both, so I’m impressed by your efforts!
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Ha-ha, so true, Melinda. I do love being able to go out and about these days, even to the dentist, but this week, maybe I’ll go out to have lunch. Enjoy the rearranging and housework! And your books.
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I am waiting for the library’s copy of Enough Already, it looks good. Have a nice week
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Thanks, 15 and Meowing, I hope you find it! Enjoy your week.
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I wish I could get you over at my house to arrange the furniture and the decorations. Enjoy your new week. My Sunday Salon post
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Thanks, Anne, I used to wish for a job doing just that, rearranging and designing, but I would probably not have satisfied customers, as I would arrange things in my style, LOL.
Have a great week!
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I’m glad you had another good week of life and reading.
Nice book cupboard (and I see one of your dolls there too).
Here’s hoping you stay on a roll of good weeks.
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Thanks, Martha, and yes, my bookshelves everywhere here include trinkets and dolls.
Enjoy your week.
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Fun to see different parts of your place. Have a good week.
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Thanks, vvb, I am glad you enjoy peeking into my interior world.
Enjoy your books!
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Sounds like a solid week – except for the dentist! lol My first Book Date Monday is up at my blog. Have a great week. – Lyn
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Thanks, Lyn, and yes, I can think of more fun places to go, but the dentist works for me, too. LOL Enjoy your week.
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Your incoming books all look good. I need to look for the new season of Sweet Magnolias. I read a few of those books and enjoyed the previous season. Have a good week, Laurel.
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Thanks, Mary, I binge-watched the whole second season! Enjoy!
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I am going to start the new season of Sweet Magnolias today I think. I have some laundry to fold and I am dropping kiddo off at my mom’s for a little bit…so I think I will fold and watch. LOL.
Have a good week!
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Thanks, Erin, and folding and watching sounds like a plan!
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So glad you are getting so much accomplished. I won’t tell you how much housework I need to do right about now.
Valerie Bertinelli’s memoir looks great. I’ve always liked her.
Thanks for sharing.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and.html
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Thanks, C.C., I also love Valerie. I tell myself I’m doing housework while I rearrange the furniture. LOL.
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I’m glad you’re enjoying your new house! I love your book cabinet. I wish I had more space for things like that.
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Thanks, AJ, I am happy to finally have a little more space now…that studio apartment I was in for two years didn’t cut it. Although I did have that cabinet there, and filled it with towels in the bathroom.
Enjoy your week.
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Love your little book cupboard! And I’m curious about Asylym.
Have a great week and happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I am looking forward to it!
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Your outing sounds just as exciting as mine (blood draw at clinic). I’m glad you had a good week. You tempt me to rearrange something. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, only after two years of a Pandemic does a dental appointment count as an outing! LOL.
Enjoy your week.
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Nice bookshelf! Now on my way to your review of The Maid.
Have a great reading week
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Thanks, Emma, I hope you enjoy your week and your reading.
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I have to go to the dentist too soon. It’s a bit of dread and wanting to get it done. I’m glad you liked the Maid novel. Have you watched the movie CODA yet? You might like it … if you get it. I think it’s on Apple + … Have a great week.
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Thanks, Susan, I don’t have Apple +. I might need to check that out!
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It sounds like you had a nice week. I hope the dentist visit went well. The people at my dentist’s office are always so friendly. I hope you have a great week and enjoy your reading!
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Thanks, Wendy, it was!
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Yes! Having your own washer and dryer makes such a huge difference. It sounds like you had a good week. I need to watch Ozark.
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Thanks, Carole, I spent years having a washer and dryer handy, so when I moved into a residence without access to either, it was distressing! So glad to have the convenience again.
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