Book arrivals:
- He’s Gone by Deb Caletti
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- Lucky Bastard by Deborah Coonts
- Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
- How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue
- Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Last week on Bookfan:
- Guest post by author Joanne DeMaio
- Treadmill read: Lucky Bang by Deborah Coonts
Book I’m in the middle of:
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
As promised, here are some photos from our winter break:
The reason for taking our winter break
We went to warm and sunny Arizona
My husband picking a grapefruit
He also picked some tangelos
We visited FLW’s Taliesin West near Scottsdale
I bought a few souvenirs at the bookstore
We saw a Spring Training game – our team won 🙂
A very hungry hummingbird
We still have several inches of snow on the ground but Spring is officially here and we know the weather will figure it out soon.
Happy reading!
Bookfan 
Look at all that snow; Arizona was a perfect escape choice Mary. Loved all the photos and you even found a bookstore (bonus)! That is one huge hummingbird — I’ve never seen them that big. Have a great week.
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Great books this week, Mary. I read Return to Willow Lake last year – love that series. Did you know she has a new series coming out this Spring – I just got the first book from Netgalley.
Have a great week!
~Kristin @ Always With a Book
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Kristin, thanks for the heads up on a new series from SW. I’ll look for it!
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Sunny Arizona sounds wonderful right about now! I love watching hummingbirds – they are just fascinating. Enjoy your new books – it looks like you got some good ones.
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Some great books Mary and how lucky you are to be in Arizona. Hope you are having a good time..
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Holy cow, that’s a lot of snow! I’m sure Arizona was a fantastic break from the cold. The hummingbird made me yearn for spring even more!
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Oh awesome. What a blast!
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He’s Gone looks good. I could use a winter break… it is snowing here today. Still. Again. *sigh*
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It sure has been a remarkable winter, Sheila!
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Loved the hummingbird video! It’s still too chilly here to put out the feeders, but maybe after Easter! Glad you had a great time in Arizona! Love the Scottsdale area!
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Awww sun, warm, lovely 🙂
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Good idea taking a break in Arizona! My summer closet is calling me but winter just won’t leave.
I just finished Life After Life. It took me a little longer than usual to read because I kept going back to figure out where we were. I liked it but found it a little disorienting.
The hummingbirds should be returning to the Midwest soon… I hope!
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Leslie, I know what you mean about Life After Life. It took me 2 weeks to finish it. I liked it as well but life got busy during the 2 weeks.
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I hope you enjoy Attachments…I really did. And I’m eager to get my copy of He’s Gone.
Love your winter break photos. Arizona is great during the fall and winter.
Thanks for visiting my blog.l
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Oh, I could use some Arizona weather right now! You got some interesting titles this week. Welcome back.
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I’m glad you got to get away from all that white stuff. I won’t say that 4 letter word out loud. LOL! It looks like you had a nice trip. Enjoy your books!
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Glad you had a nice trip. Have a good week and enjoy your reads.
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Love your titles this week!! What great photos, especially starting out with all that SNOW!!! I need to get away to Arizona too!! 🙂 Looks like you had a great time!
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That looks like the perfect winter break! Enjoy your new books.
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You must have soaked that sunshine in while in Arizona….it looks like you had a wonderful time. The FLW home Taileisin must have been interesting! We toured Falling Water in PA last year and enjoyed it. FLW was an interesting man!
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Oh, that vacation looks so warm and sunny and, well, warm. Lucky you 🙂
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