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 leader in It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?, at Book Date.
It was a good week, with some great reading. Three books read and reviewed, and my total on Read the Books You Buy Challenge is 49 books!
After slightly cooler weather (90s) for a few days, it’s back to triple digits. I was planning to see a movie today, but will wait until tomorrow.
Today is my daughter’s 40th birthday! She is on a cruise right now, but earlier in the week, she and I had a celebratory lunch. Yes, I was invited on the cruise, too, but I already had my mini-vacation from August 1-4…so I bowed out.
Today I wrote a post in honor of her birthday: A Journey with Heather: Happy Birthday!
I also did some Netflix viewing this week, finishing up Season 4 of Wentworth. Now for a long wait until Season 5. Meanwhile, I found a new show: Vexed.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Tuesday Potpourri: “The Couple Next Door”
Curl up with My Newest Bookish Pick…
Hump Day Reading: Current, Past, & Future Reading
Back to the Beginning: A Journey
Bookish Thursday #25: Serendipitous Moments
Bookish Friday: “The Truth-Teller’s Lie”
Review: Blood Defense (e-book), by Marcia Clark
Review: Truly Madly Guilty (e-book), by Liane Moriarty
Review: The Couple Next Door (e-book), by Shari Lapena (NetGalley – 8/23)
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Received one book in the mailbox, and a review book from NetGalley. Then I went a little crazy and purchased some downloads.
I Found You, by Lisa Jewell (Purchased Print Book)
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Faithful (e-book), by Alice Hoffman (NetGalley -11/1)
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Purchased Downloads:
Behind Closed Doors (e-book), by B. A. Paris
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The Book That Matters Most (e-book), by Ann Hood
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Family Tree (e-book), by Susan Wiggs
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Firefly Summer (e-book), by Nan Rossiter
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The American Girl (e-book), by Kate Horsley
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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
My moods will dictate what I read next, but I’m thinking along the lines of summer reads…while it lasts. Like these:
Mystic Summer (e-book), by Hannah McKinnon….and Forever Beach, by Shelley Noble
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What did your week look like? Let’s chat….I think I’ll have another glass of iced tea….
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When it gets that hot even the movie theater AC has trouble keeping up, at least in my experience. At least around here. Happy birthday to your daughter! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend. After The Girls in the Garden I’m curious about more Lisa Jewell. I Found You looks nice.
How is Wentworth? I’m sorta inbetween Netflix shows…
Firefly Summer has a nice cover.
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I loved Wentworth…I think I liked it even more than OITNB. Maybe it’s the Australian accents….I am a big fan of anything British or Australian. LOL.
Thanks for stopping by, and I have enjoyed several Lisa Jewell books….my first one was The House We Grew Up In, which I highly recommend.
Thanks for stopping by, Greg.
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Great purchases. Hope you enjoy them all!
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I think I will, Catherine! I do love finding new books by authors I’ve read and enjoyed…that makes it more likely that I’ll love the books. Enjoy your week!
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I am curious about The Book that Matters Most. You picked up some good books this week. Enjoy!
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Thanks, Heather, and I love Ann Hood’s books, so I’m eager to read The Book that Matters Most. Enjoy your week.
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Those temperatures must make it impossible to do anything except sit. I know you are in USA somewhere but whereabouts? So I can avoid it !
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Ha-ha. Yes, I’m sitting on the couch with the AC on as low as it can reasonably go…LOL. I’m in California’s Central Valley, and I think we’re the hottest part of the state. However, the valley does extend for many miles, from Bakersfield to Stockton or so. I think Sacramento is officially in Northern California.
Thanks for visiting, Karen, and enjoy a cold drink while you’re thinking of our temperatures…
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Happy Birthday to your daughter! That must feel strange… We celebrated my oldest’s 21st b-day this summer, and I have trouble understanding that she’s an adult now 😀
Your new books look fantastic! All of them.
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading.
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Thanks, Lexxie. Since she’s my youngest, it feels especially strange. I remember being her age and starting over again as a single mom. What years those were, but there were some good times.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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It’ll be back up into the triple digits tomorros (Sunday) for us here. I’m not looking forward to it. Happy birthday to your daughter! She’s slightly younger than I am (and I just realized this means my brother turns 40 this year!). 🙂 Your birthday post to your daughter was beautiful, Laurel-Rain.
Your summer reading choices both sound good. I’m enjoying my current book, The Whiskey Sea. Love the writing.
Have a great week, Laurel-Rain!
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Thanks for stopping by, Wendy, and it seems like just the other day that I was 40 as well. But…I am enjoying retirement and not having to get up early every day. LOL. But I still find myself wide awake early, only slightly later.
The triple digits are difficult, but thankfully, there’s AC. Today I am thinking of going to the movies and enjoying their AC, which is always colder than mine, for some reason. Enjoy your reading!
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Happy birthday to your daughter, will check out the post in a moment. I love that you wrote a post to celebrate.
Enjoy the Lisa Jewell book, I know I always do!
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Thanks, Tricia, and I do love to celebrate special moments and special days.
I also adore Lisa Jewell’s books, so I’m eager to read this one. Enjoy your week, and thanks for stopping by.
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Happy birthday to your daughter!!! My whole family loves Wentworth but i haven’t watched it yet. I have to give it a try. I am starting Behind Closed Doors soon and have heard good things. Hope you enjoy all your new books and have a great week!
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I just stumbled upon Wentworth a while ago, and was hooked right away. Hope you give it a go. I am very excited about Behind Closed Doors, and I hope we both enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by, Grace, and have a great week.
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I’m very interested in the new Ann Hood book. And, happily, I brought an ARC of it home from BEA this year.
Here’s my Sunday Salon!
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The American Girl and Faithful sound great — I hope you enjoy them. Also, happy birthday to your daughter. I will have to check out your post. Have a fantastic week!
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I agree, Whitney…I feel very fortunate to have found so many books to look forward to. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week!
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Happy belated birthday to your daughter. Hope she’s having fun on the cruise. My wife’s been watching Wentworth and enjoying it. We just finished watching Lovesick (unfortunate title at first: Scrotal Recall), which was surprisingly good, and are looking forward to watching The Get Down, both on Netflix too.
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Thanks, Bryan, and I’m sure she is having fun. She seems to know how to enjoy every moment.
I’m now curious about Lovesick, and will check it out. Hope you have a great week, and thanks for stopping by.
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Glad to hear you had cooler temps (LOL) this past week. So did I. I’m not looking forward to the higher temps this coming week. Especially since I head back to work. The heat makes it hard for the kids to settle down for a new school year. This starting before Labor Day thing is stupid!
Happy Birthday to your daughter! It’s nice she planned something nice for her 40th birthday. I hope she has a wonderful time. Too bad you didn’t get to go, but I’m sure you’re loving the pictures she’s probably sending you. Enjoy your week!
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Thanks, Angel, and I am looking forward to the pix, which I’m sure she’ll send soon! LOL. She is too busy having fun to go on FB, even.
I didn’t have anything special for my 40th birthday, but I’ve had a few good ones since then.
Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting.
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How lovely to celebrate your daughter’s birthday and glad the weather gave you a little respite. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the Lisa Jewell 😊 And the other’s look good too!
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Thanks, Cleo, there are so many lovely authors I’m enjoying since I began blogging. Of course, our TBR stacks are impossible, aren’t they? I loved the slightly cooler weather, and I’m eager for my daughter to get back and share her photos, etc. Thanks for stopping by, Cleo…
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Family Tree is on my wishlist. I always enjoy Susan Wiggs’ books.
I love Wentworth, but I didn’t know season 4 was out. Now I have something to watch 🙂
It’s been hot and humid here. I’m enjoying the a/c 🙂
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I realized Season 4 was out when I was at the beach and scrolling Netflix on my son’s Blu-Ray…so it probably had just come out.
Of course it didn’t take long to watch all the episodes!
I am really looking forward to Family Tree.
The AC at the movies today was awesome. Until I stepped outside and the temperature was 113!
Back at home, I’m cooler again, but not as icy cold as the theater. Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting, Yvonne.
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Wentworth? Haven’t heard of it…But will have a look! A new Alice Hoffman???!!!!!!!! Oooooh, I love love her work. Will keep an eye out for that one. Wishing you a great week ahead. Here’s my Sunday Post: http://marelithalkink.blogspot.co.za/2016/08/the-sunday-post-you-have-no-idea.html
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If you liked OITNB, you would probably enjoy Wentworth…the Australian version, I guess you could call it. And yes, I was happy to get the new Hoffman from NetGalley. Enjoy your week, Mareli.
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Happy Birthday to your daughter. Looks like she’s having fun on her cruise. It’s been like a monsoon here this week but the fun is back today, finally. Enjoy your new books. I see a few new ones I’ll check out:)
Laura’s Sunday Post
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Thanks, Laura, and I see that my daughter posted some photos from the cruise, which I’m going to add to my collection. Enjoy your week!
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It’s been crazy hot here, too, and so much humidity. I can’t imagine having temps in the 90s being the cooler days. Yikes! Belated happy birthday to your daughter. SO nice that she invited you to go on the cruise, too, even if you decided not to. Stay cool this week!
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Yes, I thought about going…for about five minutes. I’m not a fan of being “contained,” whether it’s on a boat or in a plane. LOL.
But I’m glad she enjoys that kind of thing.
Today was back in the triple digits, and so was yesterday. Thanks for stopping by, JoAnn…enjoy your week!
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Happy Birthday to your daughter! It’s hot here again and I hate having to go outside. A movie theater is a nice place to stay cool but you have to step out into the heat to get there lol. There are so many shows I want to watch on Netflix but we’ve been watching the Olympics. Hopefully I’ll get to Netflix once the Olympics is over. I hope you stay cool and have a nice week! Happy reading!
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I almost didn’t go to the movie, thinking about walking through the heat before and after. But I did go. It was a good movie with Meryl Streep: Florence Foster Jenkins.
Thanks for stopping by, Kathy, and thanks for the birthday wishes. Enjoy your Netflix and reading.
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Some of those books you got look really interesting. I hope you enjoy them!
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Week in Review
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Thanks, Stormi, I completely agree! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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I wish your daughter a very happy birthday and hope she enjoys her cruise! I want to do something special for my 40th in a couple of years but I get motion sickness so I think I’ll stick to dry land 🙂
You have several books on your list that look good to me, especially the one by Lisa Jewell (which I think I’d have to buy from Book Depository) and Family Tree. I liked Mystic Summer.
Hope you have a great week and are able to stay cool. I’ve been complaining about temps in the low 90s here.
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I prefer dry land, too, although I love looking at the water, or sitting next to it.
I hope you find the perfect venue for your 40th birthday….I don’t remember doing anything special for mine, but I’ve had some other birthdays that were very celebratory.
Thanks for stopping by, Christina, and I always enjoy Lisa Jewell, now that I have discovered her through blogging.
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Heather looks beautiful as always, but don’t be insulted if I say that I like her current hairstyle the most 🙂 -she is, after all, a hair pro!
I have most of your titles on my wishlist to read sometime. I enjoyed Blood Defense and Faithful too. Have a relaxing, and hopefully cooler, week.
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Oh, of course the current style is better! I don’t know what we were thinking in the 70s and 80s.
I’m glad she learned to style hair, as I also benefit from her expertise….she does my cut and color regularly.
Enjoy your week, Rita, and thanks for stopping by.
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Forty is quite a milestone birthday!
I remember driving through Utah in August and being just flattened by the incredible desert heat. We certainly don’t get heat like that in the Pacific Northwest, I think my city would grind to a halt!
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Oh, yes, I’ve been through Utah as well. Desert heat is dry, and the way it looks there enhances that heat, IMO. Our heat is bad enough…but we have good AC here…LOL. And it’s not a desert.
Still…if I hadn’t settled in here, and been here so long, I would also love to retreat to cooler climes. Even rainy ones! Thanks for stopping by, Jane, and yes, 40 is a milestone, and I’m sure my daughter felt the same way many of us did: oh, no, I’m no longer young, so let’s party until we forget about that part.
Hence the Fab Forty Cruise she arranged for her friends.
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your cooler weather.
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Mmm you did go a little crazy on the buys, hope you enjoy them when you reach them. I am liking my first Shelley Noble book that I am listening to. I’ve seen Behind Closed Doors about a lot and I reckon it just might be your kind of read!
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Yes, crazy clicking for me, Kathryn, and I really must get busy reading more of them! I’m sure Behind Closed Doors will be one I read soon. Thanks for stopping by, and for hosting. Enjoy your week!
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We got some very uncomfortable heat this week, and also some thunderstorms. The rain was a nice break! I’ve been eyeing Behind Closed Doors and The American Girls recently, I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them. Happy reading!
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Thanks, Kay, I am definitely looking forward to those two…and the rest as well. Enjoy your week, and thanks for stopping by.
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Happy birthday to your daughter! Sorry it’s getting stinking hot again though. I hope you manage to stay cool.
Your books look like you’re in for an interesting week ahead. I love some of those covers too! So pretty.
Here’s my weekly round up : #IMWAYR
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Thanks, Di, and I’m definitely eager to stay indoors in the AC and read! I did go to the movies yesterday, and it was chillin’ in there…but then the heat hit me afterwards, and it felt as though I hadn’t been cool at all.
Enjoy your week….thanks for visiting.
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Happy birthday, Heather! I am going to see a movie today – it’s too hot to do anything outside. All of your new books look great!
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Thanks, Kathy, and what did you see? I also went, and saw Florence Foster Jenkins. It was different than anything else I’ve seen with Meryl Streep, and I’m still trying to sort through my feelings on it..
I will read today…and maybe go out to check the mailbox for more books ( I have a PO box, so I have to drive there). Enjoy your week.
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I hope your daughter has a good birthday, and I hope you enjoy your new books!
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Thanks, AJ, judging from the pix she’s been posting on Facebook, I’d say she’s having a good time…LOL.
I am loving my books. Thanks for visiting.
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I have to check out these shows you are talking about. Great looking list of books. Have a great week.
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Thanks, Serena, I don’t know how I managed before Netflix…LOL. Enjoy your week.
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I love Netflix, but honestly, I don’t watch a ton of tv because the kid and the husband use it most often.
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You added some nice looking books to your stack. I don’t think I could deal with your weather. Hitting 90 is sort of rare where I live. Here is my weekly report. Happy reading!
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Thanks for stopping by, Kathy, and I guess your cold winters balance things out. Enjoy your books!
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I finished Behind Closed Doors this morning. Yikes, what a creepy yet addictive read! Hope you enjoy it! And I mean that in the best possible way, LOL.
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Oh, good, Mary! I love creepy yet addictive reads. Thanks for sharing…and for stopping by.
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Happy birthday to your daughter. Savor every moment you have together. You got some great books this week. I read a great review for Behind Closed Doors, and I am thinking of reading it.
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Happy birthday to your daughter! What a sweet tribute. 🙂 I hope you have a great week. 🙂
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Thanks, Kathy, I enjoy doing little posts like this one on the birthdays of my kids. Thanks for stopping by.
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Happy 40th to your beautiful daughter. I’ve been frustrated with the lack of outdoor reading due to the heat and humidity. Guess I will plan on reading outside this fall! Off to see what you thought of Blood Defense.
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Thanks, Nise, it’s hard to believe she has reached that milestone already!
I am definitely looking forward to fall, too, although it never seems to last long enough here. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy your week.
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Looks like a lot of great books for you. Ann Hood was our keynote speaker one year at the WriteAngles Conference at Mount Holyoke College. Nice lady.
Hope you enjoy all your new books.
http://www.thebusymomsdaily.com/2016/08/mailbox-monday-august-16.html
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I really enjoy her books, Cheryl, and would love to hear her speak. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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I’m reading Family Tree now and am absolutely loving it!
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I am excited about reading it soon, Vicki….thanks for stopping by.
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A cruise does sound lovely!
We have a few of the same books — Faithful and Behind Closed Doors, which I hope to get to soon.
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Yes, and both are books I hope to read soon. Thanks for stopping by, Leslie, and I always think cruises sound lovely, but I am stymied by all that water…LOL.
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