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 Sheila in It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?, at Book Journey.
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Wow, what a week! I think I have my reading mojo back, with four books read and reviewed…the mailbox had goodies…and I saw a fun movie today: The Intern, with Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, etc.
And the Berliners are safely home…ready to pick up their normal lives again. They are missed!
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Reclaiming My Interiors: A Bittersweet Day
The Party Is Over: Finish Line Post (Bloggiesta)
Rainy Day Reading & Bookish Thoughts
Serendipitous Tuesdays: “Pretending to Dance”
Hump Day Potpourri: “A Place We Knew Well”
Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts: Soup & TLC
Inside My Interiors: An Ordinary Thursday
Bookish Friday: Excerpting “The House of Memories”
Moving from My Interiors to the World Outside….
Saturday Sparks: A Summer of Travel
Review: Scared Scriptless (e-book), by Alison Sweeney
Review: Pretty Girls, by Karin Slaughter (Amazon Vine) (Release Date – 9/29/15)
Review: Pretending to Dance (e-book), by Diane Chamberlain (NetGalley – Release Date – 10/6/15)
Review: House of Glass (e-book), by Sophie Littlefield
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INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
In my mailbox were THREE review books and ONE book I purchased; I downloaded two e-books.
The Good Goodbye, by Carla Buckley (Amazon Vine)
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A Place We Knew Well, by Susan Carol McCarthy (Amazon Vine)
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Snow Deer & Cocoa Cheer, by Joanne DeMaio (Publicist Request)
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The Nesting Place, by Myquillyn Smith (Purchased)
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Downloads:
Forever (e-book), by Judy Blume (For Banned Books Week)
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The Dance Begins (e-book, Prequel to Pretending to Dance), by Diane Chamberlain
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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Currently Reading: The Good Neighbor (e-book), by Amy Sue Nathan (Net-Galley – Released on 10/13/15)
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Forever (e-book), by Judy Blume
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Rainy Day Sisters (e-book), by Kate Hewitt
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The Good Goodbye, by Carla Buckley (Vine)
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And that’s it for this week! What did yours look like? Let’s have some coffee and move along….
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RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS 
Yay for 4 books- guess you do have your mojo back! Hope the movie was good- I haven’t seen a movie at the theater in a bit and I think it’s overdue. 🙂
Enjoy your downtime
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Thanks, Greg, and I loved the movie. DeNiro has always been a favorite, I enjoyed Rene Russo, and Anne Hathway’s portrayal engaged me as well. I am also looking forward to my books for the week.
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Definitely sounds like your reading mojo is back! I want to see The Intern! It looks so good. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it. Your mailbox looks like you’ve gotten some fantastic new additions. I really want to read Rainy Day Sisters. It looks like a me kind of book. Have a great week!
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Thanks, Katherine, and I am excited about my mailbox books…and the ones on my stack that I’ll be tackling next. Enjoy your week!
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Wow a huge blogging week and good reading week as well. I’ve seen previews for The Intern and think it looks great.
Love the look of some of your recent and new reads too Laurel!
Deb
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Thanks, Deborah, and I am very eager to read the books on my list this week…and then get to the new ones as well. Enjoy your week!
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So back to normal with all the visitors gone and happy memories stored. Love the covers of all the books. I have The Good Neighbor to read too and seen good reviews so coming to it with positiveness.
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I am loving The Good Neighbor so far…it seems to be easy to engage with it, and the MC is a blogger, so that appeals to me.
Enjoy your week, Kathryn, and thanks for stopping by!
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Great to hear you have your reading mojo back – hopefully I’ll find mine soon! I have The Good Neighbor to read soon too so will be looking forward to your thoughts on that one.
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I am loving it so far, Cleopatra; the MC is a blogger, single mother, and has an elderly neighbor who is inspirational….thanks for stopping by, and enjoy!
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Yay for getting your mojo back!!! That is a great reading and reviewing week! Hope you enjoy your new books and have a great week!
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Thanks, Grace, and I definitely plan to try to hang on to my mojo through the new week! Enjoy yours….
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Aw Forever, that book brings back memories! I still have my original copy somewhere, when I was a teenager it was one of the very few YA books around. Glad to hear the reading slump is gone! And that’s interesting that there is a prequel to Pretending to Dance, I didn’t know that but I’ll make sure I get both together.
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I wish I’d remembered about the prequel before reading Pretending to Dance, but I suspect that I will enjoy it just as much now. I didn’t read any of Blume’s YA when I was young…or even later. I did enjoy her adult books, so I’m looking forward to Forever. Thanks for stopping by, Trish.
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THE INTERN looks great, my husband and I will catch it when he gets back from Germany. Thanks for the great post and link!
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Thanks for visiting, Steph, and I hope you enjoy the movie…I teared up in a couple of places, but mostly I just savored it.
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Four books in a week? Yes, I’ll say you have your reading mojo back!
Here’s my Sunday Salon!
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Thanks, Deb, even week before last, when the house guests first left, I couldn’t seem to read much…morose, I guess. LOL. Now I hope I’m on a roll.
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Somewhere this past week or two, I lost my reading mojo as I only finished one book and that was early in the week. However, I did get some book culling done so I wasn’t ignoring books completely. 🙂
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Ah, yes, book culling….Even though I have purged a few hundred books, I still have too many…so I’ll be back to that again soon. Thanks for stopping by, Bryan, and good luck with it!
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It looks like you’ve been really busy! Lots of posts. Is it just me or has September flown by?
Have a great week,
Amy x
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I know….I don’t know where September went, but with October looming, well, you know what that means! Christmas will be here too soon! Thanks for visiting, Amy, and enjoy.
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I know what you mean! I’m trying to get all my Christmas crafting done now because it’ll be December soon enough! X
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Yay for getting your reading mojo back. 🙂 I want to see the intern it’s looks really funny. Have a great week.
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Yes, The Intern had lots of funny moments, and a couple of potentially sad ones….DeNiro and Hathaway did a great job! Thanks for visiting, Megan.
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Wow, what a rebound – you sure did get your blogging and reading mojo back! I’m hoping to get my husband to the movies one night this week or next weekend. The Intern looks so good.
Just love the cover of A Place We Knew Well, but have read a couple of lukewarm reviews this week. I’ll look forward to your opinion… you’ve never steered me wrong!
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Oh, thanks, JoAnn…and I hope to love A Place We Knew Well, as that time in my life was so poignant.
Enjoy your week, and thanks for stopping by. Hope you love The Intern.
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I keep hesitating about that book, too…the one with the girl with the poofy hair…I am relaxing…my guests just left…we are putting the house back together and unwinding…the kitties had a bit of a rough time because my sister’s husband detests kitties.
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My recent obsession with Mad Men reminded me of that poofy hairstyle and how I didn’t really like it, primarily because my hair wouldn’t “poof” appropriately…LOL.
My copy of the book came with the ugly cover…sigh.
Sorry that your brother-in-law wasn’t happy with the cats…I know how tense that can be.
Thanks for stopping by, Patty.
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I’ve heard mixed things about The Good Neighbor so will be interesting to hear your thoughts. I like the idea of the nesting place and the philosophy. Have a good week!
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Thanks, Emma, and I’m loving The Good Neighbor so far. I am looking forward to The Nesting Place, perusing it and savoring it.
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A Place We Knew Well looks and sounds like a good one for one set in the 60s. I’m keeping it in mind. I saw the trailer for The Intern and it looked like a fun one indeed. Have a good reading week.
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Thanks, vvb, glad you could stop by…enjoy your week, and I’m eager to begin reading my new books.
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I thought I was here earlier, but I guess not. How are you liking The Good Neighbor? I found the premise a little overdone, but liked all the blogging stuff and the wisdom of the neighbor.
Don’t bother with Knock on Wood that you read about on my blog. Bleh
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Thanks, Elizabeth, and so far I’m enjoying The Good Neighbor, but I set it aside to watch TV and go to the movies…getting back to it soon.
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I have a few Joanne Demaio books on my Kindle. I really want to read them – I just need time. This one looks good too. I hope you have a great week.
My Sunday post is here
http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2015/09/sundaymonday-posts-september-27th-and.html
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I have enjoyed all of Joanne’s books and I’m looking forward to this one, too. Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne….have a great week!
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I saw the trailer for the Intern, it looks great, I have a soft spot for Mr de Niro!
Have a great week!
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Yes, I love DeNiro’s performances, and he was especially good in this one. Thanks for stopping by, Heather.
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Hi Laurel, I’ve been seeing previews of the movie The Intern a lot lately . I like Robert DeNiro.
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Me, too, Jackie…hope you get to see it and love it. Enjoy your week!
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I’m glad the kids made it back safely. Enjoy all of your new books. The new DeMaio book is on my wish list!
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Thanks, Mary, and I look forward to all the new books, including the DeMaio book.
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I added The Good Goodbye to my TBR- thanks for putting it on my radar. I wanted to see The Intern this weekend but didn’t have a chance to. Glad to hear it’s a fun movie. Enjoy your week!
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Thanks, Lucy, and I hope you love the movie. I hope we both enjoy The Good Goodbye. Thanks for stopping by.
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You had a busy week on your blog and reading. I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Forever for Banned Books Week, it was one I considered reading. I bought Rainy Day Sisters a little while ago, really hope to get to it soon. Happy reading 🙂
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I hope to enjoy both books….and I love reading what others are sharing for Banned Book Week. Thanks for visiting, Teddyree.
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Glad you got your mojo back. That’s always a good thing😃
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Definitely! Thanks for stopping by, Rachel.
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Good to hear you liked The Intern. As a teeny-bopper I never read Blume’s Forever but I remember it was often banned. Juicy cover. Enjoy your week!
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Thanks, Susan, and when I was a teenager, I was not reading Blume, either…mostly classics, and definitely adult books. I am eager to read it now, though. And I loved The Intern.
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The Good Goodbye sounds really good! I’ve enjoyed the author’s “The things that keep us here” a lot, and I’ll definitely be looking forward to your thoughts on this one. Happy reading!
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I, too, loved that Buckley book…I am eager to read this one, knowing I will certainly enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by, Kay.
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Yay for your reading mojo!
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Thanks, Sam, and I hope to have it again this week!
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Love the covers this week.
The Experience book has a great title. 🙂
Last week was really busy for you…ENJOY this week.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am hoping to have a great week…hope you do, too.
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A Place We Knew Well catches my eye – I love that cover!
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Me, too, Kathy, it reminds me of our hairstyles in the early sixties….before we turned into creatures with long straight hair, no makeup, and wore nothing but tattered jeans…later in that decade…LOL.
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nesting place sounds like a good one
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I think so, too, Serena…I anticipate looking through the glossy pages on many occasions.
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Sounds like a fun movie, enjoy your books!
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2015/09/mailbox-monday_28.html
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Thanks, Mary Ann, it was! Glad you could stop by.
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Enjoy all your new reads! The Good Neighbor definitely has my attention! 😀
Here’s my Weekly Recap!
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Thanks, Tracy, and I enjoyed it…and look forward to my books.
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I finally got my reading mojo back, too, hence me being completely gone from blogs since Friday :O Many other bloggers were feeling kind of meh about reading this month, it’s strange, isn’t it?
I hope you’ll continue wanting to read, and that you’re having a great week, Laurel-Rain.
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Thanks, Lexxie, and I’m doing okay with the reading. One day, however, I kept picking up one book after another and failing to engage. And then I found just the right book! Whew!
Enjoy your week.
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