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.
What a week! It was too hot to go anywhere, so I holed up inside…and when I looked up again, I discovered that I had read and reviewed FIVE books. My Read the Books You Buy Challenge now totals 56. One of my reads was an “Old Dusty TBR book” (from 2014), so it didn’t count for this challenge.
I started a new Netflix show called The Doctor Blake Mysteries….and I’m not sure about it yet. I am loving Season Three of Broadchurch, on BBC-America. I watched the first two seasons on Netflix a while ago.
Since I’ve been indoors most of the week (not counting supermarket visits!), I need an outing, so I’m planning to see the movie The Hero, with some oldies like Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross (remember her from The Graduate?), and someone more current: Laura Prepon, from OITNB.
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Early this morning, I recorded a movie I always love to watch over and over: The Company You Keep, with Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie…and Sam Elliott. Younger characters that may be familiar to some of you: Shia LaBeouf and Anna Kendrick. I also have the book…but haven’t read it yet.
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So…looking forward to the weekend. Now I’ll grab some more coffee, and share what happened last week…in more detail. I wrote TEN blog posts.
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LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:
Tuesday Potpourri: “New Release” Obsession…
Tuesday Excerpts: “The Bookshop at Water’s End”
The TBR Jar: Dusting Off the Old Unread Books…
Hump Day Reading: Current, Past, & Future Reading…
It’s Time for Coffee…and Bookish/Not So Bookish Thoughts…
Friday Potpourri: Staying Cool….
Hello, July! Monthly Wrap-Up….
Review: The Sunshine Sisters (e-book), by Jane Green
Review: Watching the Detectives (e-book, #5), by Julie MulhernReview: Talking as Fast as I Can, by Lauren Graham
Review: Any Day Now (e-book), by Robyn CarrReview: What Remains, by Carole Radziwill (TBR from 2014!)***
INCOMING BOOKS: (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)
Empty mailbox! I did download two purchased e-books…and a freebie from Kindle First.
The Child (e-book), by Fiona Barton
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The Bookshop on the Corner (e-book), by Jenny Colgan
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Freebie:
Mrs. Saint and the Defectives (e-book), by Julie Lawson Timmer
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WHAT’S UP NEXT?
Currently Reading: The Bookshop at Water’s End (e-book), by Patti Callahan Henry – (NG – 7/11)
And then…
The Summer House (e-book), by Hannah McKinnon
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The Comfort of Secrets (e-book, Book 2), by Christine Nolfi (NG – 7/18)
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That was my week…what did yours look like? And to tempt you further, my favorite dessert from a previous weekend, which I didn’t share…
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RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS 