I have has so much fun sharing all of the incredible new titles from the food and drink library for this season of the ABRAMS Dinner Party! I previously shared the Fall 2020 releases and have loved trying new recipes for food and drinks from them, while also being inspired by other cultures, traditions, and … Continue reading Spring 2021 Abrams Dinner Party
🌿🌸🌵Do you have a favorite plant?I love maiden hair ferns and Japanese toad lilies! We’ve been slowly curating our garden to attract more butterflies and hummingbirds just like Goldie in this book, so I loved her most in this story! The plants pictured in my photo are all from my garden. 🥰 "A story world … Continue reading The Sound of Wings by Suzanne Simonetti
☀️🏖😷Ideal quarantine location? (If we HAD to do it again, of course, but cross fingers we NEVER do!)Mine? A beach house like in this story - for sure!And yes, you read that right ... this book is set in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. My first pandemic story! “The perfect kickoff to summer!” … Continue reading The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice Monroe
🐶❤️🐶Did you know that studies show that when a person pets a dog, their blood pressure lowers?And the dog’s does as well!You know what also lowers my BP? A good feel-good read.But, I have to be honest, the beginning of this book raised it bit!When Steven’s beloved Oliver goes missing one day - snatched right … Continue reading Oliver by Steven J. Carino
🎹🎻🎶Do you play any instruments?I was super excited to read Musical Chairs because I used to play the cello, saxophone, and piano for years! But don’t ask me to play now, cause my style these days is crusty and rusty. 😆 “Poeppel has created a story that is well thought out, well plotted, well written, … Continue reading Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
So, here’s the thing.I kinda feel bad for some of you. Why? Because I don’t see enough of Lea Gellers books being shared on here, and that must mean you don’t know of her books or have yet to read them - and THAT, my friends, is a TRAVESTY.If you want snark. She brings it. … Continue reading The Truth and Other Hidden Things by Lea Geller
Do you like to drink wine?I think my cork collection might give away my answer... 😆 I also just really love stories that take me places, and wineries are one of my favorite locations for a good family saga! “This heartwarming story of love and loss, longing and betrayal set amid the vines of Tuscany … Continue reading These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean
🍃 Have you ever heard of North Brother Island? 🍃 I'm obsessed. I’ve been down so many Google rabbit holes just wondering what it would have been like to be quarantined there. I had the unfortunate pleasure of having tuberculosis a few years ago, and thankfully I wasn’t banished to an island of sick people! … Continue reading The Vines by Shelley Nolden
Do you have any interesting connections to any authors?I met Yona Zeldis McDonough (a.k.a. Kitty Zeldis) for lunch about 2 years ago with Suzy Approved and my friend Jen, the Well Read Traveler, and found out her husband was my photography teacher in college! The Woodcarver’s Daughter introduces children to a period of contemporary Jewish … Continue reading The Woodcarver’s Daughter by Yona Zeldis McDonough
If you stumbled across a dead body, do you think you would:a. check pulse call 911b. scream and run awayc. pass outI would probably barf and then pass out. But I’m confident I’d be mentally calling the authorities as I fell to the ground.😆 “The Boy and the Lake is a poignant and haunting coming-of-age story … Continue reading The Boy and the Lake by Adam Pelzman
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