The past week was a good one. I’ve been reading some wonderful books – actually, 2012 has been a great year for fiction, hasn’t it? I posted my thoughts about Love Anthony by Lisa Genova. For fun I listened to an older Lisa Kleypas novel. I also read Joanne DeMaio’s lovely Whole Latte Life for an upcoming blog tour.
Earlier in the week I drove across state to visit my parents. The fall colors were fantastic. Here are a couple of pics my dad took:
The house on the right is where I grew up
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A view of the back yard. See the green space after the sidewalk ends?
There was a swimming pool in that spot for thirty years!
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What have you been reading lately that you recommend? If you’re in the path of Hurricane Sandy, stay safe!
Bookfan 
The color of the leaves on the tree in the front yard are so gorgeous!! I grew up with an in-ground swimming pool too. It’s not there any longer either!! Sounds like you had a restful week and I’m so glad that you were able to spend some time with your parents!!!
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It was just getting too much for my dad to maintain so when a new liner was needed they decided to get rid of the pool. Many happy days were spent in and around it. The grandkids are at ages now where they don’t get back to visit so the pool rarely got used. Kind of sad but that’s life I guess.
I had a great visit with them.
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This golden tree shot is just gorgeous.
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I thought so too!
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Sounds like a perfect week, reading, visiting and enjoying the fall colours. Hope the upcoming week is as pleasant.
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It really was a nice week.
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I love the colours of Fall… I have had a quiet week. I have been catching up on some TV shows I had PVR’s and reading. I have read Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas, Can’t Hurry Love by Molly O’Keefe and I am currently reading Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks… Going to have to start on my Holiday reading sooner that I would like. I have so many to read… Like Robyn Carr’s, My Kind of Christmas and Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold Christmas, just to name a few.
Happy weekend..
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I want to read Dream Lake. What did you think about it, Kathleen? I also have the Robyn Carr Christmas book lined up to read. Just trying to hold off for a few weeks 😉
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i really like it Mary. It had some beautiful sweet tender moments that made be sad, but happy at the same time… I think that this book and Alex Nolan were my fav in this series… There is so much more depth to him as you start to read about him than meets the eye… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Oh good, I’ll try to work it into my line up before the holidays!
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Autumn is my favorite season and I’ve always wished it would last much longer. Great pics, Mary. The colors are fabulous!
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My favorite season too, Beth. So excited to see a hint of your new book on your blog today 😉
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I got Whole Latte Life as a Kindle Freebie a few weeks ago. I couldn’t pass up a book with a delicious latte on the cover. 🙂 I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts!
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My stop on the blog tour will be Nov. 7 so come back and find out what I thought! I loved the cover.
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Glad you had such a nice week. I have Whole Latte Life to review. It looks so good.
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I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, Yvonne!
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What gorgeous fall colors, Mary! We just really don’t get any of that here in Texas. Not cool enough. Fall usually comes to us practically overnight. The leaves turn brown and then fall off. Again, practically overnight.
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Oh, that really says it, doesn’t it? FALL! I would miss the colors but not the cold temps and snow that follow. 😉
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The leaves are just starting to turn here but our weather will be changing so I think the leaves will be too.
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Loved seeing where you grew up – loves like a lovely place to be a child:) Thanks for sharing. We are feeling the early wind of Sandy. The worst will be tomorrow and Tuesday here.
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Lovely photos your dad took. So happy you had a nice visit with your parents.2012 has been a good year for books. Now to get those 9 more reviews done. 🙂
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Those are some lovely fall colors!
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I am missing the beautiful leaves here. We actually had 5 minutes of snow today 😦
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Yuck. I’m not ready for snow. I hope it melted quickly, Stacy.
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