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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After a quiet New Year’s Eve, I hunkered down with my First Book of the Year and finished it in two days. I also did some viewing of movies and shows: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Ginny and Georgia, Season I of Echoes, and The Best of Me. I only wrote three blog posts, but I read a second book.
I then waited for an eagerly anticipated mail delivery…and it arrived on Wednesday. The replacement Mary Engelbreit cookie jar that I have been missing since my move of 2019.
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Here are details about the week:
COFFEE CHAT: A RAINY HUMP DAY…
BOOKISH FRIDAY: “SLEEP NO MORE”
Review: A Good Neighborhood, by Therese Anne Fowler (First Book of the Year)
Review: The Disinvited Guest, by Carol Goodman
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INCOMING BOOKS:
Sleep No More, by Jayne Ann Krentz
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That was my week. What did yours look like? I am currently reading Ms. Demeanor, by Elinor Lipman, and it is already fascinating.
I think the rain has slowed down for the next couple of days, so I can hurry and take the garbage out! I hate sloshing through puddles.
Other than reading, not much will happen today, but I will find some more movies and shows to view.
Happy First Week of January!
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AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
Northern California is getting so much rain. I hope you are all coping with it well. Good indoor reading weather. Keep warm!
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Thanks, Harvee, so much more rain than usual. It’s good to hang out indoors.
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Okay more rain than usual, hope its not causing too many problems, rain is good but too much can cause damage. We have had it but where I am its been okay but it cut campers holidays short up north.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I hate windy rain. When that happens, patio furniture falls over, including my umbrella. So far, nothing has broken, though.
Today had only a light rain, which I prefer, of course. Enjoy your week.
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Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice one. I love thye look of the Krentz book. Hope that rain taprs off!!!
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Thanks, Greg, I did love my quiet New Year’s Eve and Day. I haven’t read Krentz in a while, so I’m looking forward to it.
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Mine was a relaxed one as I was on holiday! That jar is beautiful by the way!
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Thanks, Sophie, I am such a fan of Mary Engelbreit trinkets. I even have a large book of her decorations in one of her houses.
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That cookie jar is adorable! My mom loved Mary Engelbreit as well. I have a teapot that my mom gave me when she moved that is Mary Englebreit – it is so colorful and cheery!
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Thanks, Erin, I used to find items in one of our shops here, but haven’t been out to search lately. E-bay is where I’m finding things nowadays!
Enjoy your week.
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It’s so funny to hear all these people talking about rain. It’s below zero Fahrenheit here. 😊 Happy week!
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Thanks, hibernators library, we used to be very dry, with little rain, so I guess it’s a good thing. But when it storms and things are knocked over and/or destroyed, not so good.
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Love your cookie jar.
Enjoy this new week of reading – stay dry and safe.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I do love finding “treasures” that I lost in the 2019 move. Enjoy your week!
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Yay for getting your replacement cookie jar! I got a lot of reading done this first week myself. Here’s to a second week with lots of good reading!
https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2023/01/08/weekly-wrap-up-101-january-8th-2023/
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Thanks, Lisa, I hope you have a great new week!
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I hope Northern California hasn’t floated away this week. It seems crazy from I hear on the news. That cookie jar is the cutest thing! Did you ever watch the series Bad Sisters (i think on Apple+)? We finished it a couple months ago and it was pretty entertaining. Have a great week.
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Thanks, Susan, I do hate all the rain, especially when it is a windy rain. Sigh.
I am very happy about my replacement cookie jar, and hope to enjoy the new week. I will look for Bad Sisters.
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The cookie jar is so cute! I don’t mind a day or two of rain because it makes such good reading weather but I can only take so much! I hope it is drying up a little and you have a wonderful week!
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Thanks, Katherine, I don’t like windy rain, as it can be so destructive. Sigh.
I am so happy to have my replacement cookie jar again. ME trinkets are my favorites. Enjoy your week.
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Love the cookie jar. It is adorable.
I’ve been busy, so not much reading going on. Your books sound great.
Hope you have a wonderful week.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2023/01/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and_8.html
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Thanks, Cheryl, I do hope to enjoy my reading…and I love my replacement cookie jar.
Enjoy your week!
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Where you get rain, I get snow! Wanna trade? I enjoyed Sleep No More and hope you do too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kathy, and I think I’ll skip the trade, lol.
I am looking forward to Sleep No More.
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Sleep No More looks like an interesting book! I hope you enjoy it.
Majanka @ I Heart Reading
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Thanks, Majanka, I hope so, too.
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We binged the Netflix show about Bernie Madoff over the weekend. Wow. I need some light viewing after that! I hope the rain stays gentle this week. California has really had a lot lately!
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Thanks, Mary, I think I’m going to try the Madoff one, too; I noticed it in my queue.
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Happy New Year! I am also enjoying Ginny & Georgia – excited that season 2 finally came out!
Sounds like some good reading for you this week.
Enjoy your books and stay dry!
Sue
Book By Book
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Thanks, Sue, after the way the second season ended, though, I was hoping there would be another one. But I haven’t seen it listed as coming up in the future. Sigh.
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The cookie jar is adorable!
I hadn’t heard that Eleanor Lipman had a new book, I’ll have to check it out
Wishing you a great reading week, stay dry!
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Thanks, Shelleyrae, Mary Engelbreit trinkets always cheer me up!
Enjoy your week.
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Ms Demeanor looks so fun! I’m looking forward to seeing your thoughts.
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Thanks, Kaitlin, I am enjoying it!
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Glad you enjoyed your first book. I enjoyed mine too.
I hope you get the rain California needs without the flooding.
And rain is a nice reason to snuggle in a warm place and read.
Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Martha, the rain we’re having is too windy, but luckily, the flooding here is minimal. I am staying indoors, though, and reading and viewing.
Enjoy your week.
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Quick read to get off to a good start to a new year. Congrats. Here’s my first review of the year. Happy reading.
http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2023/01/first-review-of-year-mystery.html
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Thanks, Lyn, I do like choosing a quick First Book. Enjoy your week!
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This is the cutest cookie jar I have ever seen!
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Thanks, Emma, I am a big fan of Mary Engelbreit trinkets.
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