Good morning and welcome to The Sunday Salon, that great big virtual reading room, where we gather to share our thoughts about life, blogging, and reading.
This past week has been busy, hectic, and satisfying in many ways, too.
Yesterday I did stay curled up reading for awhile, then I decided to take a break. I went to the neighborhood mall and saw The Lincoln Lawyer, which held my interest and attention all the way through.
I had a little lunch, and then went back to my reading.
This past week’s blogging yielded these posts, among others:
ROW 80 UPDATE — APPROACHING THE FINISH LINE
INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR MARJA MCGRAW
Now for the reading….
Books Read and Reviewed-Click Titles for Review:
1. The Easter Parade, by Richard Yates
2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, by Ruth Pennebaker
3. Now You See Her, by Joy Fielding
4. These Things Hidden, by Heather Gudenkauf
So that’s my reading, blogging, and life this week. Later today, I plan to resume watching the DVD collection of Family.
Hope you all have a wonderful day and a great new week. Stop by, if you like, and share your own thoughts….
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Hi Laurel,
Glad you enjoyed the movie. I would have enjoyed coming over for lunch. I’ve been cleaning my two blogs. I changed the design on one. Not sure about it. It’s bunches of grapes. I wish the grapes were purple but they are green. This is the Everything Has A Purpose blog.
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Oh, those changes sound lovely, Tea…I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for stopping by! That movie was so good that I stayed in my seat the whole time (even though I needed a bathroom break! LOL)
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Easter Parade was one of those family disaster stories that was painful for me to read. But true. And brilliant.
Here’s my Sunday Salon: Lent and Sacrificing Books.
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Yes, it was very sad….I think we can definitely conclude that it wasn’t a “happy ending” tale.
Thanks for stopping by, Deb.
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You always have such a wonderful diverse mix of books to share. NOW YOU SEE HER sounds so intriguing. I’ll have to add that to my wish list. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
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Oh, I loved that book, Mason….I read some mixed reviews on this one, but I had very good thoughts about it. Thanks for stopping by.
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As usual you make me want to read each one, Laurel-Rain, but that Easter Parade does sounds especially excellent. And I am sure I have it somewhere!
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Yes, I saw it on another blog and had to order it! Well worth the money…and it was a quick read. Thanks for stopping by, Clare.
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Some good reads here, Laurel! I love the cover and title of “Women On the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown” ~ That was ME last week! lol
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Ha-ha…yes, that title really caught my eye. I can relate to the stories within the pages, too. Thanks for stopping by, Becca.
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I read The Lincoln Lawyer and enjoyed it. I’ll probably wait for the movie to come out on DVD before I see it. I am interested in it, though.
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I should read the book, now…I guess I didn’t read it first because the author isn’t one of my faves….
Thanks for stopping by, unfinished person.
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I have Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough in TBR, but I don’t know how soon I’ll get to it. Looks like you had a great week book-wise – enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Thanks, Florinda…since it’s raining, I know I’ll be reading and watching DVDs.
Glad you could stop by, and enjoy your day and week.
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I’ll have to see the movie, The Lincoln Lawyer. Nice set of books! Have a great reading week.
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Thanks for stopping by, Harvee…I did enjoy the books a lot…and the movie. Have a great week!
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I’ve heard good things about Lincoln Lawyer. Your book list sounds very good. I want to read Women on the verge…
Happy Spring!
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Thanks for stopping by, Karen…Yes, now I’m eager to also read the book The Lincoln Lawyer.
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So glad you loved The Easter Parade as much as I did. It’s my favorite book of the year so far. Tried to leave a comment on your other blog, but couldn’t. Hope you have a great week!
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Oh, which blog was that?
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Thanks for stopping by, JoAnn…have a great weekend.
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The review of The Easter Parade on Miles to Go… think the comment may have gone to spam?
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I found it in the spam folder, where it had taken a “sabbatical.” I fixed it! Thanks for sharing….
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Oh, JoAnn…I will check that right now! Why does this happen? You and Diane (Bibliophile) end up there a lot! I check regularly, but sometimes I miss.
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Fixed it…see comment above!
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I almost went and saw The Lincoln Lawyer last night, but I pulled a muscle in my back and stayed home and watched Murder, She Wrote instead. Ah well, I’ll see it soon. Sounds like you had a great day!
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I debated about going, and it’s good I went yesterday, since it’s raining hard today! Thanks for stopping by, Jenn….
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The Lincoln Lawyer looks like a really good movie. I used to love the show Family. Enjoy it!
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Yvonne, I am so excited to have seen the movie and also to be watching Family. I read and then watched almost two discs today.
The actors in The Lincoln Lawyer were great….
Thanks for stopping by.
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My wife and I saw something on one of the entertainment news shows about The Lincoln Lawyer and it looks like something that we’d be interested in seeing. We’ll most likely wait for it come out on DVD and get it through Netflix though. 🙂
Thanks for dropping by my blog earlier!
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Yes, I think this was a movie worth watching…I probably would have waited for the DVD, but hadn’t gone to the theater in awhile…
Thanks for stopping by, Jeremy.
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Hi Laurel! My goodness, that’s a lot of reading! I’m impressed! 🙂 OMG! I never made the connection — Web of Tyranny is on my to-be-read list! I’m so sorry! I didn’t make the connection… I knew your name sounded familiar! Okay, going to hide under my keyboard now. 😐
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I’m glad I put those images in the sidebar, then, writesprite…LOL
And I’m glad that Web of Tyranny is on your wish list. It’s also available in Kindle.
Thanks for stopping by.
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