Welcome to Thursday, a day that once seemed lost, with nothing exciting happening anywhere. But then that changed, and today I am celebrating a couple of the bookish events around the blogosphere, like Lexxie’s Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts; and Christine’s Bookish (and not so Bookish) Thoughts.
Today’s Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts excerpt comes from The Book That Matters Most, by Ann Hood.
When Ava’s husband Jim left her for another woman, she decides to try to restart her life, which includes joining a book group. At the first meeting, Ava approaches the wine and cheese table.
The book group ladies were at that table, plastic glasses of wine in their hands, munching on Camembert and grapes.
Relax, Ava told herself. She took a deep breath and went to join them.
As soon as Ava got a glass of wine, a slender, ancient blonde in a beige Chanel suit came up to her and said, “Are you the one taking Paula’s spot, (in the book club) Cate’s friend?”
“I am,” Ava said.
“Glad to have you. I’m Penny Frost, the grande dame here. Which just means I’m older than everyone else.”
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The Providence book group sounds good to me, as their plan for the year is for each member to pick the book that mattered most to them in their life.
The wine and cheese sound pretty good, too.
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My Bookish and Not So Bookish Thoughts this week:
- The week has been one of great reading, with two books read and reviewed so far. (Click titles for reviews). The Excellent Lombards, by Jane Hamilton, was not my favorite from this author, but it was still a good read. Behind Closed Doors, by B. A. Paris was truly a riveting read.
- Currently I’m reading The Book That Matters Most, by Ann Hood, excerpted above.
- The rest of the week has been busy with errands, and I also took a little break for dinner earlier tonight, at the neighborhood Marie Callender’s.
- My youngest son’s birthday was today. However, we just texted, as we had our celebratory dinner earlier in the month. He sent me some gorgeous photos of the beach where they kicked back to relax. His wife is pictured below:
- A couple of nights ago, I rearranged the dolls in my bedroom, the ones on a couple of the shelves. Just so the oscillating fan wouldn’t blow the hair of the hippie dolls…yes, silly, right?
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- Check out my post My Interior World: Books, Dolls, Etc. Here is a stack of print books I’ve purchased recently.
- I am on the final season of Doc Martin, on Netflix, and I’m hoping to find another show to binge-watch when that one is done.
- I also have some shows to watch on my DVR. Has anyone been watching Guilt? The Monday night episode had a startling end, and I suspect it will not resume until next summer.
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That’s my week…what has yours been like so far?
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Love your book “haul” as we say on BookTube. I have acquired quite a few print books this summer too. I made some space on my shelves and want to start supporting some more local authors.
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Thanks, Karen, I have acquired mostly e-books, but my print stack has definitely grown. Thanks for stopping by.
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I find it IMPOSSIBLE to walk past a cheese platter 🙂
Your dinners out always look so delicious.
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Thanks, Kate, and I got in the habit of photographing my dinners out when my son and DIL were visiting last year. She was an avid photographer of everything around her, in her first visit to the US. It was delightful to see her eagerness.
I picked up the habit, and it’s fun!
I love cheese, too, and wine…LOL.
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I love the sound of ‘The Book That Matters The Most’ – sounds like it will be one heartfelt book club! My week’s been a little slow, as I only managed to read one fiction book.
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Thanks, Annette, and I still have slow weeks. I am eager to continue with The Book That Matters Most, loving the characters, settings, and premise.
Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting.
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Enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for sharing your photos. They are terrific!
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Thanks, Pat, and I love having finally found a meme for Thursday. It was always such a blank day in the week. Thanks for stopping by.
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I love all of that sand-smoothed driftwood on the beach. Glad you and your son had your own individual celebrations. We used to have a Marie Callander’s in Daly City but it’s long gone. Her pot pies were very popular. Costco sells them in mini form.
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Thanks, Stefanie, and I am always sad when a restaurant or shop I love goes away. We have lost many favorites around here, too.
Loved the birthday celebration…and thanks for stopping by.
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Good to hear you enjoyed Behind Closed Doors – it was riveting indeed and it had me wondering what on earth would happen next!
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Thanks, Cleo, and it will definitely be a favorite for August. Thanks for stopping by.
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Cheese, wine and new friendships. I hope this was the start of something positive for the MC, Laurel-Rain 🙂
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Oh, I think it was, Lexxie…I just finished the book last night, and I’m still thinking about how much it affected me. Thanks for stopping by…and for hosting.
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