Good stuff! Winter 2023 edition!

Hi friends!

From time to time I share a list of the best things I’ve read, watched or eaten! Here’s what’s made me happy lately:

What I’ve Read

My reading journal is once again filled with all kinds of books in every genre. Here are some recent highlights:

  • My new favorite romance is Nora Goes Off Script (Apple, Amazon.) Wow! Great conflict, snappy writing and a climax that will have you turning pages at top speed.

  • Also: The Astronaut and the Star. Female grumpy goth astronaut versus a cinnamon roll movie star hero? Yes, please! Fun setting (NASA) and well-drawn characters.

  • In suspense, I loved two books this month. On a Quiet Street (Amazon, Apple) kept me guessing all the way through. One woman believes her husband is cheating, and her friend volunteers to investigate.

  • I also enjoyed What Lies in the Woods. It has a wonderfully creepy premise about a secret kept for years. The heroine tries really hard to be unlikeable, but I liked her anyway. :)

 

What I’ve Watched

The Bear, ladies and gents. It’s a good time!

  • I really enjoyed The Bear on Hulu! It’s about a complicated (and hot) chef who returns to his native Chicago to take over a struggling family eatery after the death of his brother. It’s a series, and episodes are just 30 minutes of perfectly executed plot and characters.

  • We also enjoyed The Glass Onion. Hilarious! Hot take: I think it was even better than Knives Out.

  • Everything, Everywhere, All at Once was such a ride! This speculative movie is impossible to describe but totally worth your time.

 

What I’ve Eaten

If you’re a baker, don’t miss my recipe for hot pretzels. Yum!

And I’ve written out my recipe for my favorite new Cranberry Margaritas.

My other recommendation is more sinister. This bag of Cretor’s Mix popcorn should be regulated as a controlled substance. I asked my seventeen year old never to buy this again. Because I cannot be trusted with this stuff.

 

More Fun STUFF: stationery edition

Some smartass on Twitter asked the world which of seven pens you’d choose if you had to use only one for the rest of your life. Fair question, except that joker didn’t even include my favorites! So I made an entire list at Amazon showing my favorites. Among them: Energel pens in many colors, Frixion markers, and Jetstream ballpoints.

Cheers, and happy Valentine’s Day!

~Love Sarina








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