This week in New & Notable Mentions 2/11/23…
Vintage Platter Wall Design
Go check out the blue and white asymmetrical vintage platter wall design that Ann from Dabbling And Decorating created.
H&M Home and Pantone’s Colorful New Collection Celebrates How Hues Affect Emotions
The Apothecary Aesthetic
Learn about the apothecary aesthetic in decorating. (Hey, it’s a new concept to me too.)
How To Make Healthy & Natural Bird Feeders
Valentine Wall Design With Plates
And for yet another beautiful wall design with vintage plates, here is a DIY to decorate for Valentine’s Day.
19 Ways To Display Plants Without A Plant Stand
29 Homemade Valentine Cards To Make
If you want to DIY a Valentine card for someone, here are 29 ways to create them from BH&G.
How To Spray Paint A Disco Ball
How To Make Valentine Heart Pillows
Jen from Tatortots & Jello shows you how to create cute Valentine’s Day pillows.
36 Creative Valentine’s Crafts for Kids, Teens, and Adults
French Onion Pasta Bake
Alida from Simply Delicious says: “This French onion pasta bake with meltingly tender caramelized onions, fresh thyme and Gruyère cheese is a cozy, comforting dinner recipe the entire family will love.”
35 Best Winter Soups That Are Perfectly Cozy In Winter Weather
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Natasha of Natasha’s Kitchen created this heavenly chicken tortilla soup. And this soup is one of my absolute favorites!
Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake
Alyssa at The Recipe Critic created this delectable chocolate brownie cheesecake for all you cheesecake lovers out there!
30 Cozy Winter Dinner Ideas (+ Easy Recipes)
I Have Some Questions For You
This new novel is from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist “The Great Believers.”
“I Have Some Questions For You” is available for pre-order and will be available to purchase on February 21st.
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year.
Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.
But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects?
Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.
The Crime Shows Novel Suspects Are Choosing To Stream This Winter
Such A Fun Age
With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships.
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains’ toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket.
The store’s security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix’s desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life.
When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix’s past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.
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(Myrna, thank you so much for the gift in the mail. I love birds, as you know. I took photos and will show these things tomorrow.)
The plate arrangements, both (the blue/white one and the red/white one) are just gorgeous. It takes a good eye to arrange the plates in a pleasing pattern. Not that I have enough plates to put up, but the same eye/skill is useful when putting up a gallery wall (framed photos/art/prints) too. I always admire people who make it look so easy! The chocolate brownie cheesecake grabbed me by the mouth, will be trying that recipe out this coming weekend. I like the Pantone colors, but I was more interested in how Pantone teamed up with H&M Home to produce a line of home goods using the 2023 colors – most of which are already sold out! I have bought throw pillow covers and other household items from H&M home online for many years, being very happy with the quality of the goods I’ve purchased and the prices.
Some really great links here…looking at the soup recipes now, and the french onion pasta dish looks so delicious. Can’t wait to browse the vintage plate collections and plant displays.
I really enjoy these posts. Filled with useful and fun information. I misplaced a great recipe for tortilla soup so I’d love to try the one to shared.
Enjoy your Sunday, Brenda!
Good evening Brenda,
Love all of your notables! It’s always fun to discover new books, blogs and people.
Have a wonderful weekend.
I’ve saved the french onion noodle dish. That looks delicious. Always enjoy the Noteables!!
So glad you liked them. They are addictive to make. This week I made garden themed bowl fillers and teacup themed ones. They aren’t stuffed yet. I will do that during superbowl game. ENJOY!!
I’ve just spend a good hour and a half looking at new and notable mentions, very interesting, I liked the plate displays and the valentine one, very interesting. I used to have such plates years ago. I think I might have one or two of the blue ones, not enough to make a statement!
The book reviews I enjoyed and have made a note of them. Some of the paperbacks on Amazon seen to be getting a little pricy but I do get a lot of enjoyment out of them.
Thanks again Brenda.