New & Notable Mentions 5/13/23
This week in New & Notable Mentions…
How to plan a companion vegetable garden
Spring & Summer Refresh
How One Woman Designed Her Home To Better Her Mental Health
Fresh Spring Ideas For The Family Room
Do Grow Lights for Indoor Plants Work? (And Are They Worth It?)
How To Sew & Quilt On A Budget
Why hobbies are good for you mentally and physically
How To Easily Decoupage A Glass Plate With Napkins
The 18 best foods to eat when you feel nauseous
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
15 Tips For Creating a Beautiful Butterfly Garden
Strawberry Crumble
Cucumber Margarita On The Rocks
Modern Mrs Darcy’s 15 favorite novels about sibling relationships
The Last Word
After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy—or very, very dangerous—in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge.
Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules.
One day, she reads a poorly written—but gruesome—horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself.
Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma, this can’t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her, too?
As Emma digs into Kane’s life and work, she learns he has published sixteen other novels, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of?
Displaying his trademark command of rapid-fire pacing, unnerving atmosphere, and razor-sharp characterization, Taylor Adams once again delivers a diabolically disturbing—and deadly—game of cat and mouse.
Are There Benefits to Sleeping Alone on Purpose?
Every Summer After
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true.
Instead of glittering summers on the lake shore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.
For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.
When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
Why I’m Editing Out the Expectations About Getting Older
How to Fall in Love with Being Good to Yourself! (5 Fabulous Feel-Good Tips)
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Great post of different things. Jotted down the name of the ‘scary’ book. I hope you have a great weekend/Mother’s Day- xo Diana
Loved the “Why I’m Editing Out the Expectations of Getting Older” article and learning about the Sixty and Me blog.
Oh my! I think I just found my Mothers day dessert! Gonna end up eating home, because the restaurants are always so busy on Mother’s day. Not to mention, I hate putting my puppy in the kennel if we leave, and there’s not many dog friendly restaurants, so… eating at home, it is. But that strawberry dessert looks Heavenly! The book about the woman who leaves a bad book review, kinda made me think it’s a good thing you’re not writing a bad review about that book, lol! I know it’s only a book, but can you even imagine?!!
I read that restaurant owners hate Mother’s Day more than any other holiday.
Really? Since it’s the busiest day of the year for them, you’d think they’d love it!!
Thanks,Brenda for these good reads – I enjoy looking at the house photos and tips and the book reviews. Especially liked the plate decoupage tips – not sure I would have managed it, but such a neat idea.
Have a happy week-end and Happy Mother’s Day!
I’ve been saying I’m going to decoupage a clear plate for at least 30 years. And I still haven’t done it.
Always love the notables you find to share. Happy Weekend. Have a great Mother’s Day. Hugs. Kris
You too Kris!
Quite the collection this week! I’m going to add some flowers to attract butterflies. I already have some but after reading a lengthy article I see there are a variety of flowers that different kinds of butterflies are attracted to, and I always have room in the garden to add more flowers!
My bee balm is blooming. That should bring them all in.
I have been on a fajita kick lately for some reason, so the sheet pan recipe looks worth a try. With tomorrow being Mother’s Day, the sewing piece reminds me what a talented seamstress my mother was. She made really beautiful things. I am working on using up fabrics I bought during my working years for projects that I never got around to. The Heart of the Home quilt from A Spoonful of Sugar is an inspiration, so cute!
Happy Mother’s Day!
My daughters never got the sewing bug or the gardening bug. Neither one of them can boil water. Kasi’s husband is the cook at their house and Kendra eats out.
Another fabulous New and Notable Mentions post – thank you, Brenda!
Of course, you know I love the picture and article from Lisa at A Spoonful of Sugar regarding sewing and quilting on a budget. However, my favorite article is “why hobbies are good for you mentally and physically”. I easily get on my soap box about that very topic. LOL I really am a major example of how true it is.
The other information, recipes, etc are great, as well.
Have a fabulous week end and Mother’s Day!
Yep, as soon as I saw that photo from A Spoonful Of Sugar, I thought of you.
Thank you, Brenda! Spoonful of Sugar does some sweet projects.
Happy Mother’s Day!!!