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 new leader in It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?, at The Book Date.
What a week it has been! I curled up and read FIVE books, with reviews for all of them. I haven’t had that great of a week in a while. Yesterday I was reading My First Book of 2016, the event hosted by Sheila, at Book Journey, and visiting other First Books throughout the Blogosphere. What fun! This year was the THIRD event, and I look forward to many more.
Today, it’s back to the routine…with Saturday errands, but first I’m posting this, drinking lots of coffee in my new coffee pot that I had to buy midweek when the old one died. It is just a plain old Mr. Coffee, but it’s RED, which I always enjoy.
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Let’s take a look back at this past week…
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Sunday Potpourri: Post-Christmas Chat
Let’s Celebrate the Last Monday of 2015!
My Year in Books: 2015 via Goodreads
Tuesday Potpourri: “Behind Closed Doors”
Morning Moments: Excerpted from “Interior Designs”
Hump Day Potpourri: “Don’t You Cry”
Monthly Wrap-Up: December Was Amazing!
Review: Straight from the Heart (e-book), by Barbara Delinsky
Review: A Slight Change of Plan (e-book), by Dee Ernst
Review: In the Mirror (e-book), by Kaira Rouda
Review: Like Family: Living in Other People’s Houses (e-book), by Paula McLain
Review: All Dressed in White, by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke (First Book of the Year!)
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
No books in the mailbox!!
But I downloaded two e-books…
Better Off Without Him (e-book), by Dee Ernst
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The Empty House (e-book), by Rosamunde Pilcher
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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Currently Reading: The Black Widow (e-book), by Wendy Corsi Staub
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The Swans of Fifth Avenue (e-book), by Melanie Benjamin (NetGalley – Release Date – 1/26/16)
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The Opposite of Everyone, by Joshilyn Jackson (Amazon Vine)
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That’s it for my week…what did yours look like? Mine also included some bowls of popcorn while I read and watched some movies…and a mimosa…OR TWO!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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SERENDIPITY 
I like your new red coffee maker. Looking forward to your thoughts on the new Jackson book. I’ve enjoyed a couple of hers. Have a good week!
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Thanks, Mary, red appliances cheer me up! LOL. I am also looking forward to the Jackson book.
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Coffee, the stuff of life. 🙂 Always nice to have a new one! And 5 books- very nice. I didn’t read any (hides) but there’s always this week… LOL. A little break, I’ll call it. Hope your holidays were great, and happy reading this week. Now that the holidays are over it’s kinda gray around here- January in Michigan. 🙂 Hope you’ve got sunshine!
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Thanks, Greg, and you are right about coffee….and there is nothing worse than expecting coffee and finding the pot has not delivered! So glad I live near Target…LOL.
You apparently needed that break…happy reading whenever you get the chance.
Our weather is mild, with some sun…but I keep expecting the fog, which usually descends this time of year. I’d rather have rain!
Thanks for stopping by.
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Happy New Year! My week was nice and slow. I spend time on my blog and read as much as I could. Wish this week could go on for a view days longer.
It’s my first time on the Sunday Post and I’m super excited to read all these posts. So much fun..
I love your coffee maker.. great color! Enjoy your week!
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Oh, welcome, Maureen! I am glad you could join us here…you will find that we are a friendly lot. Thanks for stopping by, and I love the coffee maker, too. Especially since the coffee tastes especially good from a new pot…LOL. Enjoy your week!
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Yay for a new RED coffee machine! Good job on five books this week. And you can’t go wrong with a mimosa … or two! Have a great week!
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Thanks, Grace, I love RED! And purple, but they don’t make purple coffee makers…LOL. Those five books were good….and so were the mimosas. Enjoy your week!
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Ah coffee, there is nothing it cannot solve, I am mainly a black coffee girl but I got coffee syrups at Christmas so I have been experimenting with them!
Have a great 2016!
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You are right, Heather…and I like mine black, too. Sometimes with a dash of brandy…LOL. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your 2016!
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Popcorn and mimosas sound like a good way to bring in the new year! I love Rosamunde Pilcher though I don’t remember The Empty House. I’m sure I’ve read it but obviously rereading it is order. I love your new coffee maker! It’d make me happy every time I used it. Have a great week!
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Yes, they are perfect together…but I may have overdone the popcorn…LOL. I have never read The Empty House, either, so I’m eager to dive in.
I feel cheerful when I go into my kitchen and see red things….Thanks for stopping by, Katherine.
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Happy New Year, Laurel-Rain! I hope 2016 will be a fantastic year in every way 🙂
Your new books look great, especially The Opposite of Everyone and Better Off Without Him!
Have a great week ahead and happy reading.
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Thanks, Lexxie, I am looking forward to them all….hope you enjoy your New Year, too.
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I love your new coffee maker! Mine is on its last legs. Looks like you got a lot of good books last week. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Angelized1st. I love it, too…especially since it produces great coffee…LOL. My old one was slowly dying and then did fizzle out.
I love looking forward to new books for the week and the year. Enjoy yours!
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Happy New Year!
You had a great week! The Wendy Corsi Staub book looks really good.
Hope you have a great week!
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Oh, it is good, Yvonne…there are alternating storylines, with a perpetrator carrying one of the narratives, and she is creepy/good. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Happy New Year to you as well! The Black Widow sure looks good, Laurel-Rain. I hope you are enjoying it. And I’m looking forward to reading Joshilyn Jackson’s latest.
You’ve got me craving popcorn now. 🙂 I wonder if I can talk my daughter into watching a movie today . . . One besides her two favorites. LOL
Have a great week!
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I am addicted to the popcorn with movies, ever since my son and DIL were here in the summer….Now I think of how much fun we had with our popcorn and movies and I wish they could come back soon. But I know it will be a while.
Thanks for stopping by, Wendy, and enjoy your popcorn/movie time with your daughter.
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Happy New Year! I’m so jealous you were able to read 5 books and write up their reviews. I had finished the last 2 books I needed to meet my Goodreads goal for 2015 so now I have to write up reviews. I hope you have a great week and enjoy your next book =)
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Thanks, Kathy, and I don’t often read and review five books…I was on a roll. Usually two or three are my speed. And for the next few weeks, I might be doing less reading as I try to achieve some balance…(My word for the year).
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I got the Swans of Fifth Avenue at BEA last year, but have yet to read it. Will look for your review. You read so fast. Five books in a week in quite impressive!
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Thanks, Laura….I am definitely looking forward to the Swans book…and some other NetGalley books, like Missing Pieces and The Widow. Enjoy your week!
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Happy New Year! Glad you had a great reading and reviewing week. The Swans of Fifth Avenue sounds really interesting.
Have a fantastic week!
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Thanks, Christina T….it was a great week, and I am definitely eager to read The Swans of Fifth Avenue. Enjoy your week, too.
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Nice to curl up and read. Love the red in the kitchen! I haven’t heard of that Rosamunde Pilcher book, so will be going off to look it up as have enjoyed her books in the past.
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Thanks, Kathryn, and the Pilcher book is new to me, too. I thought I had already read them all! Enjoy your week, and thanks for stopping by.
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I’m looking forward to reading The Opposite of Everything 🙂
Have a great week Laurel
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Oh, so am I, Shelleyrae…enjoy your week, and thanks for stopping by.
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Looks like you had a great reading (and reviewing!) week. Nice to finish the year with a flourish. I hope 2016 is a great year for you in life and reading. 🙂
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Thanks, Martha, I am definitely looking forward to good books and good blogging…enjoy your week and the New Year, too.
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Haha! I love your red coffee maker! 😀 I hope you enjoy your new books!
Here’s my Weekly Recap!
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Thanks, Tracy, as you can see, the toaster is also red. I used to have a red microwave, but the newest one is stainless steel. Enjoy your week!
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Happy new year! I always admire people who can read so quickly or can read more than one book at once. I can’t do that unless the books are totally different–usually fiction and nonfiction.
Hope you have a great week.
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I don’t often read more than one at a time, and when I do, they have to be quite different as well. Less chance of getting them confused! LOL.
Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl, and enjoy your week.
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Hi Laurel, The Opposite of Everyone looks like my kind of read. Hope you have a productive reading week!
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Thanks, Myra, I am really looking forward to The Opposite of Everyone…it’s been a while since I read this author’s books. Enjoy your week, too!
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The Black Widow sounds interesting! Is it a good read so far? Happy New Year, and enjoy your books!
My It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? post.
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Thanks, Majanka…it was so good that I kept reading until I was finished. One long sit! LOL.
Very suspenseful….hope you enjoy it if you take it on. Thanks for stopping by.
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Happy 2016! You had a great reading week. Plus, I love how your toaster and coffee machine match – such a pretty colour!
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Thanks, Sam, I am a big fan of red, which seems to show up all through my home in accessories, etc. It makes me feel cheerful…LOL.
Enjoy your 2016, too!
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You sure had a great week – 5 books, wow!! I’ve never seen a red Mr.Coffee, but that color would make me smile every morning:-)
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Thanks, I was on a roll last week…and as for my Mr. Coffee, It does make me smile, too, JoAnn…and I have had a red one before, but my last one was stainless steel…not as cheerful. LOL.
Enjoy your week!
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I got a new coffee maker also. My kerig died and I am one of the few that hated that thing. My family wanted to get me anothour one and I was like nooooooo it only makes a cup at a time AND you cant program it. So they got me a somewhat fancy coffee pot for Christmas.
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Oh, good to know! I have eyed the fancy machines a time or two, but the price tag keeps me going back to Mr. Coffee…LOL.
Enjoy your morning coffee…and your books, and thanks for stopping by, Hilary.
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Don’t you just hate it when a much needed appliance like your coffee pot or hairdryer dies like that? The Pilcher books looks really good – I hope you love it!
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Thanks for stopping by, Kathy, and yes! Those things always die on us at the worst time, like just when you’re really craving that first cup of coffee…or, with the hairdryer, when you have wet hair and you’re in a rush. LOL.
I was excited to see a Pilcher book I hadn’t read…looking forward to it!
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I love the red coffee maker and toaster! 🙂 I really need to try a Wendy Corsi Staub as her books sound good. 🙂
Stormi
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Thanks, Stormi, I love seeing those red appliances first thing in the morning, and I am really loving my coffee these days…and as for Wendy Corsi Staub, I have read three of her books recently, and I can’t seem to get enough. Enjoy your week!
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A mimosa or 2, love it 🙂 going to check out some of your reviews on the side, they are intriguing me.
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Yes, those TWO mimosas hit the spot…LOL. Thanks for stopping by, Marce.
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Enjoy your ebooks. Happy New Year!
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Thanks, Serena, I think I will! Glad you could stop by.
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Five books with the reviews! that is fantastic! Congrats for being so productive. Maybe it was the new awesome red coffee pot 🙂 Enjoy it 🙂
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Thanks, Daniela, and you may be right about the red coffee pot! Enjoy your week, too.
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I love your new coffee maker. I hope you enjoy your ebooks and I can’t wait to read your reviews for your upcoming books. I use to take part in the Monday post and then I stopped not sure why but I think i need to get back into it to keep track of what I am reading.
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Oh, so do I, Cindy…There is nothing like coffee from a new pot! I hope you do start coming back every week.
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Sounds like you had an awesome week of reading. Mine was kinda of slow with the Holidays and us being gone for 4 days while we went to visit the grandbaby’s.
You can see mine here; http://theresaraymer.blogspot.com/
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Some weeks are like that, Theresa…mine were slow during the summer and fall. Thanks for stopping by.
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Nice looking coffee pot, that happens and none too soon to get a new one.Enjoy!
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Yes, I just wish I could anticipate it ahead of time, Mary Ann. Enjoy your week!
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Love your red coffee pot and toaster.
Nice week.
I love Rosamond Pilcher…is that a new book? I HAVE to check it out.
Happy Reading, and enjoy this first full week of the new year.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am loving the new pot, plus the Crock pot I got for Christmas. Enjoy your week!
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What a beautiful coffee maker and how lovely to spend some dedicated time reading and reviewing – 5 books is going some!
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Thanks, Cleopatra, I didn’t get much exercise while doing all that reading, though. I guess that’s part of the “balance” I am seeking.
I love the coffee maker, too…a very cheerful color.
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I like the red for the appliances, pretty! Happy reading and got to love a mimosa 🙂
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Thanks, Naida, I love red in my home…and mimosas. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great reading week for you. Love the red coffee maker. My husband gets a new one when he thinks the one he is using is dying! Can’t wait to read the new Joshilyn Jackson book. Have another lovely week.
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Thanks, Nise, and that sounds like a good plan…I probably should have realized it was on its last “gurgles” when it made a lot of noise while dripping…LOL.
I am eager to read the new Jackson book. Enjoy your week!
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I’ve read The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin and enjoyed it. The Swans of Fifth Avenue looks good too. Enjoy your week!
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I kept eyeing The Aviator’s Wife by Benjamin, but haven’t yet read it. But I did read another of her books called Alice I Have Been. I enjoyed it.
Thanks for stopping by, Jen.
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Coffee is essential! The red pot only makes it more fun. I just replaced my very old, reliable pot because it didn’t have an auto-shutoff and I am afraid one day I’ll leave it on and cause a melt-down.
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Oh, wow, you had good luck with that pot…my Mr. Coffee pots seem to last around three to four years. Constant use, I guess. LOL. Thanks for stopping by, Leslie, and I agree that the red pot is fun.
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5 books in one week? Wow, and you were busy on your blogs too. I like the red of your new coffee pot, snazzy. Enjoy!
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Thanks, Bea, and 5 books is more than I usually read, but it was a good week, with no slumps…LOL. Glad you could stop by.
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Love the red appliances! And 5 books in a week. Jealous! I think the only time I’ve done that was two years ago when I had surgery and couldn’t do anything else really!
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Thanks, Buffy….I don’t usually read that many either! This week, I’m only on my third book, and I’m very distracted by other things…Like today, I overslept! I got up at 10:30, which is unheard of for me….LOL.
Enjoy your week….
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Happy New Year belatedly Laurel. I was away last weekend but I’m back and see you got a spiffy new coffee maker. Red too, nice! Enjoy.
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Thanks, Susan, and I hope you had a great weekend…I am loving the red coffee maker! LOL
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