Good morning! Today’s post will link up to Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post, and Book Journey, for Weekly Updates.
**Mailbox Monday is now hosted at the home site: Mailbox Monday.
Grab some coffee (or a mimosa!), and let’s talk about our weeks.
Today I enjoyed a relaxing brunch. You can’t really see the Santa Fe Omelet, which I loved with that Bloody Mary:
It was a great week for riveting books:
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Blue Mondays: Musing About Reading Influences
From the Interior: Waiting on “A Week at the Lake”
Hump Day Potpourri: Anticipation…
My Bookish (and Not So Bookish) Thoughts: Losing Things, Gaining Things
Friday Potpourri: Book Beginnings/Friday 56 – “Where They Found Her”
Creative Saturday: From Childhood to Adulthood
Bookish Saturday: A Great Week
Review: My Dearest Friend (e-book), by Nancy Thayer
Review: What You Left Behind, by Samantha Hayes
Review: Under a Silent Moon (e-book), by Elizabeth Haynes
Review: Hush Hush (e-book), by Laura Lippman
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Three books came in the mailbox from Amazon Vine; and I downloaded one book, a vintage one, from an author I love.
Someone Is Watching, by Joy Fielding (Vine)
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Summer Secrets, by Jane Green (Vine)
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The One That Got Away, by Bethany Chase (Vine)
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Download:
Cold Spring Harbor (e-book), by Richard Yates
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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Currently Reading: Where They Found Her, by Kimberly McCreight
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In the Blood (e-book), by Lisa Unger
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The First Wife (e-book), by Erica Spindler
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What I Remember Most, by Cathy Lamb
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day coming up! Happy reading!
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RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS 
Oh yum that brunch looks delicious! Hope you enjoy your new books and your week.
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Thanks, Sharon, I do plan to do just that! And the brunch was such a nice treat. Enjoy your week!
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So, is that a new book from Richard Yates? I missed that.
Love that fabulous brunch!
Here’s my Sunday Salon!
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It was first published in 1987, and then came out on Kindle in 2013. I love all of his books….Thanks for stopping by, Deb, and the brunch was fabulous. Happy reading!
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Happy reading and I’m sat here coveting that brunch!
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Yes, I do try to treat myself now and then….probably a lot more than I once did, now that the kids are grown, etc. Enjoy your reading, and thanks for visiting, Cleopatra.
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Lovely brunch and new books. Looks like a great reading week ahead.
My recap: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2015/03/weekly-book-recap-102.html
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I am enjoying it already, Catherine! Thanks for stopping by…and I took that lovely muffin from the brunch home to have this morning. Happy reading!
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Great books! Where They Found Her looks interesting and Lisa Unger is on my authors I want to try list. I hope you enjoy your new reads and have a great week!
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Oh, I love both Kimberly McCreight and Lisa Unger…great page turners. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week, too, Katherine.
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Your talking omelets and bloody mary’s and all I see is that chocolate muffin?? LOL Unger is good, and I look forward to your thoughts, Enjoy your week!
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Yes, that muffin was good…I brought it home and had it this morning. Thanks for stopping by, Kimba.
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Did my comment get eaten?
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No….sometimes they don’t show up right away…I get frustrated, as even when I respond to a comment, it doesn’t show immediately, and I have to refresh the page several times! Thanks, Kimba.
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Summer Secret sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy and have a great week.
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It does, doesn’t it? Can’t wait! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi.
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Wow how did you come across the Richard Yates book?! I have not read that one yet. He writes some pretty dark, depressing stuff but Revolutionary Road is a classic. Enjoy your St. Pat’s Day!
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Thanks, Susan….and I got an e-mail from Amazon…they seem to track our every movement, and sometimes that’s a good thing. I also loved Revolutionary Road.
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Your books always look so good. The Jane Green book is on my list to read.
Have a great week!
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Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne…and lately, I have devoured the Jane Green books.
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Great haul. I really need to read a Jane Green Book.
My Sunday Post http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/sunday-post-10.html
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Oh, you should, Megan…thanks for stopping by!
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Summer Secrets is on my radar. I need to wait a few weeks and hope its still offered from vine when I have time to read it. Enjoy your new books!
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It sounds so good, doesn’t it? Thanks for stopping by, Mary.
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You got some really nice looking books to review. 🙂
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I think so, too, Stormi….thanks for stopping by.
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Oh that brunch looks yummy. That must be a new Jane Green? I have that Cathy Lamb book on my tbr shelf, hope to get to it this year!
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Yes, the Jane Green is new….and I am very excited about it. The brunch tasted good, too, Kathryn. Thanks for stopping by.
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Richard Yates is a favorite and Cold Spring Harbor is very good, but like all of his books it’s on the depressing side. Not sure if you like literary biographies, but A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates by Blake Bailey is outstanding. It gets my highest recommendation!
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Oh, I do love literary biographies of favorite authors, so I’ll be checking that one out, JoAnn. Thanks for stopping by, and I’m eager to read Cold Spring Harbor.
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Lots of good books there this week (and a few I’ve read). As for your brunch, I’m impressed you got the bloody mary in. Well done!
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It took some maneuvering for a close shot of everything, Deborah…as you can see, the omelet got short shrift. Thanks for stopping by, and I will enjoy the books.
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Your brunch pic is making me hungry! The One That Got Away has me all curious now. I’ll have to look out for your review. Enjoy your reading week!
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Thanks, Laura, and seeing the brunch pic makes me hungry, even now, LOL. I like the look of The One That Got Away, too. Thanks for visiting.
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I do so like your books this week. Enjoy them all.
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Thanks, Mystica, I plan to enjoy them. Glad you could visit.
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I’ll be interested to read what you thought of that Jane Green novel. I enjoyed her earlier books, but her later books have been hit and miss with me.
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Oh, thanks for visiting, Melinda, and I’ve actually enjoyed the later books more.
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Happy St Pat’s Day! I hope you love Cold Spring Harbor – Richard Yates is one of my favourite writers.
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I love his books, too, Sam, so I was excited to find one I hadn’t yet read. Happy reading!
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Ooh yummy selection of books as always … I adore the cover of What I Remember Most, looking forward to your thoughts on that one. And your brunch looks yummy too lol … now I’m hungry and it’s almost bedtime here!
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Oh, dear, sorry about tempting you at bedtime! LOL. Thanks for visiting, Teddyree, and I am looking forward to all of the books, too. Happy reading!
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That looks delicious! I am a big fan of Richard Yates’ writing, I hope you enjoy Cold Spring Harbour. Have a great week!
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Me, too, Lindsay, and I did enjoy the brunch. Looking forward to all the books, and thanks for stopping by.
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Someone is Watching!!! This is one of my favorite Fielding books – I think she’s BACK with this one and I hope you love it as much as I did!!
Your brunch looked amazing. Have a fantastic week!
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Oh, I am happy to hear this, Brandie, as even though I love her books, some recent ones were a little disappointing. But not so much that I would stop picking up her books. Thanks for stopping by, and I am glad you enjoyed looking at the brunch…LOL.
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Wow, you found some great books on Vine! Enjoy!
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Thanks, Kathy…and yes, I was doing a happy dance—a ridiculous image! LOL. Glad you could stop by, and enjoy your reading.
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Your brunch looks so delicious! And so do some of these books! I hope you enjoy them all! 🙂
Here’s my Weekly Recap!
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Thanks, Tracy, I do enjoy going somewhere for brunch or lunch fairly often, especially since I live just around the corner from a great mall…and the movie theater is right there, too.
Enjoy your week and I’m looking forward to the new books.
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I’ve been eager to start The One that Got Away and Where they Found Her. Hope you enjoy all your new reads! Your brunch looks yummy 🙂 Have a great week, Laurel!
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Oh, I already finished (and loved) Where They Found Her. Looking forward to them all, and thanks for visiting, Lucy.
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Your brunch looks fabulous! Looks like you’ve had a great week. I hope next week is just as great.
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It was, Pat, and thanks for stopping by. Now that spring is officially here (I think!), I am enjoying my patio and feeling the breezes. Enjoy your week!
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Happy reading…these look good.
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Thanks, Serena…I am looking forward to them!
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Great books. In the blood looks awesome!
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I completely agree, Cynthia…love Lisa Unger!
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Your new books sound great, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Thanks, Mary Ann…enjoy your week!
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I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on Where They Found Her – I have it waiting for me on my Kindle, but have some others to get to first. I loved Reconstructing Amelia!
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I loved it, and my review is on An Interior Journey: http://laurelrainsnow.wordpress.com/
Thanks for stopping by, Sarah.
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Oooh, lots of good reading this week.
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Thanks, Leslie, I think so, too! Happy reading!
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Chocolate muffins and books, yum! I hope you have a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day!
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Thanks, Lark, it is already a great week. Hope you have a great one, too.
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You have some good titles.
ENJOY all of them. I am a bit late visiting blogs this week. Hope you are having a good week.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday</a
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Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth, it’s never too late for a visit! I am enjoying my books…hope you are having a great week, too.
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