Book tally for the quarter: 26
Book tally for the year: 103
My favorite reads from the last quarter of 2024, in no particular order:
Somewhere in the Night: A Country Club Murder Thanksgiving - Julie Mulhern
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen - Shea Ernshaw (favorite of the year)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna (favorite of the year)
Somewhere Beyond the Sea - T.J. Klune
Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West - Marty Ohlhaut
Baking this quarter consisted mostly of My Best Favorite's birthday cake and some Christmas treats.
A goal I have for 2025 is to actually use all the cookbooks I've collected over the years and never used. I've even recruited some friends to help me on this quest. My hope is to find joy in cooking again, add some new recipes to my rotation, and enjoy food time with friends.
"...food was really about storytelling. It was about creating something good, and then giving it away."
- Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds
Here's to good storytelling (in all forms) in 2025.