New & Notable Mentions 5/27/23

This week on New & Notable Mentions 5/27/23…

17 Instagram Accounts To Follow For Affordable Decorating Ideas 

Foraging Greenery For Summer Decor

The Psychological Reason Why Decluttering Makes Us Feel Good (Which Makes So Much Sense)

A Summer Coffee Table

Seven Easy Crochet Patterns For Beginners

Turn A Photo Frame Into A Shelf:

32 Best Leafy Green Vegetables to Grow in Containers

How To Store Jewelry – Repurposed Drawer

How Far Apart To Plant Tomatoes For The Best Yield

(This would be a great food idea for entertaining on Memorial Day!)

Taco Salad Board

The Ultimate Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Bakery Worthy!)

Skirt Steak Marinade

This Is the Most Important Food To Eat if You’re Over Age 50, According to a Registered Dietitian

Chicken Souvlaki Pita Bowls

Best Cinnamon Rolls Recipe (Better Than Cinnabon)

Amish Sugar Cookies Recipe

Should You Rinse Canned Beans? What You Need To Know

And good books to keep you occupied on a hot summer day.

Pack Up The Moon

They used to joke about her “honey do” lists. He just never realized how much he would need one when she was gone.

Being a widower is not something Joshua Park ever expected. Given his solitary job as a scientist, his small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he’s always suffered from, Josh has no idea how to negotiate this new, unwanted phase of life. 

But his beloved wife Lauren had a plan to keep him moving forward, to lead him on a journey through grief, anger, and denial—twelve letters.

Twelve letters to see him through the first year without her, and to lead him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find joy again.

From his first outing as a widower to buy groceries to finding a new best friend while sobbing in a clothing store, Joshua’s grief makes room for him to learn Lauren’s most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn’t follow a straight line.

Emotional, heartwarming, and perfect for book clubs, TikTok sensation Pack Up the Moon illuminates how love always finds a way to carry bring us joy, even when we least expect it.

Thrilling Page-Turners About Strong Women

Scent Of Magnolia

Scout Montgomery has turned her search for her missing brother into a career. She finds her professional life as a homicide detective meaningful, but her personal life is nonexistent.

She’s stuck in the past. In order to move on, she must find closure. When she returns home to Alabama for the death of a childhood friend, she uses her acquired investigative skills to discover new clues concerning her brother’s disappearance.

Beneath Kate Baldwin’s public persona as fashion designer lies a young woman carrying a heavy burden of guilt. Her relationship issues and inability to find happiness stem from the secret she’s been keeping for nearly two decades.

She yearns to reveal the truth–an unexpected trip home to her childhood home in Alabama provides the opportunity—but doing so will destroy the lives of the people she cares about the most.

June Montgomery is married to a prominent politician, lives in a magazine-worthy home, and leads an active social life. But she lives in constant fear the past will come back to haunt her. She approaches Scout’s homecoming with trepidation. Her daughter has the power to unravel the seams of her intricately crafted lies.

When family and friends reunite, old hostilities resurface and the discovery of new evidence regarding Ford’s disappearance endangers lives.

June 2023 Book Releases Perfect For Summer

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