WEEKLY UPDATES: MY READING MOJO WENT MISSING…FOR A BIT

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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.

The week started off great, with two fabulous reads.  Then I seemed to be stuck between two books that just didn’t grab me.  As I went back and forth between them, I feared that I would not find anything more to engage me this week.  After I tossed them aside (DNF), I picked up a review ARC from Amazon Vine, and started in.  I was a little hesitant, as it had 498 pages.  But I finished it…loved it!  It kept me thoroughly intrigued throughout.

Warm and then cooler weather followed us…and ended up being pretty perfect.  This weekend, I will run some errands…and hopefully see a movie.

Let’s grab some coffee and take a look at the rest of the week…

 

 

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LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:

That’s a Wrap:  Read-a-Thon Is Over!

Interior Thoughts:  A Precarious Balance

Tuesday Sparks:  “Lies & Other Acts of Love

Hump Day Potpourri:  Waiting for “The Hopefuls”

Bookish Thursdays #11:  A Potpourri of Events

Feeding My Bookworm…and Thoughts About Changes

Bookish Fridays:  “Three-Martini Lunch”

Saturday Sparks:  More Family Fun

Whew!  Where Did April Go? — A Wrap-Up

Review:  The Obsession (e-book), by Nora Roberts

Review:  Buried in a Bog (e-book), by Sheila Connolly

Review:  Three-Martini Lunch (e-book), by Suzanne Rindell (Amazon Vine)

 

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AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE:

Check out Lexxie’s Up Close & (un)Conventional:  Keeping Track of Ideas

Over at A Little Time to Read, Kristilyn wrote about The Fine Art of Letter Writing

 

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INCOMING BOOKS:  (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)

Nothing in the mailbox!  But I received a review ARC from NetGalley…and I purchased three downloaded books.

 

Cruel Beautiful World (e-book), by Caroline Leavitt (NetGalley – 10/4/16)

 

 

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The Excellent Lombards (e-book), by Jane Hamilton

 

 

 

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Scandal in Skibbereen (e-book, Book 2), by Sheila Connolly

 

 

 

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The Other Typist (e-book), by Suzanne Rindell

 

 

 

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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)

Currently Reading:  Lies & Other Acts of Love (e-book), by Kristy Woodson Harvey

 

 

 

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And then…perhaps one of these:

 

Don’t You Cry (e-book), by Mary Kubica (NetGalley – 5/17)

 

 

 

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What We Find (e-book, Sullivan’s Crossing), by Robyn Carr

 

 

 

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That’s it for my week…what did yours look like?  Let’s have some coffee….or a mimosa, and chat.

 

 

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