American Mermaid By Julia langbein There is no limit on the number of mermaid food recipes you can find online. When I host book club, however, I’m usually tired from work and ready to relax with my friends. So, set those complicated mermaid birthday party ideas aside and try these easy clamshell cookies. Made with…
Category: Contemporary Fiction
No Regrets, but Lots of Blame
Maame By Jessica George Maddie cares for her father, who has Parkinson’s Disease. When Maddie tells him that she is moving out, she makes him a lasagna and tells him over dinner as she is feeding him. This lasagna from All Recipes is one of my favorite go-to meals. Feed your entire book club as…
Rebounding from Life’s Mistakes
Hello Beautiful By Ann Napolitano When William visits the Padavona home for the first time, it is Emeline’s turn to cook dinner for the family. Cooking is not her forte, so she asks each family to select a TV dinner and gives each of them a crescent roll. William selects a turkey dinner. For your…
Sifting through the Pain
Meredith, Alone By Claire Alexander In the book, Meredith makes Tom some delicious sounding baked goods. One sweet treat that left me salivating was a white cake with buttercream and jam layers. While I don’t know the recipe that Meredith used, I think this recipe for Strawberry Mascarpone Layer Cake by Beyond Frosting might be…
Of Beer and Black Jackets
The Winners by Fredrik Backman The third and final installment of Fredrik Backman’s Beartown series is here, and it did not disappoint. This nearly 600-page behemoth wraps up the trilogy by taking us back to the small, isolated forest town nearly two years after the events of the first two books. The most important thing…
High Tide, but Not My Vibe
The Blackhouse by CarolE Johnstone Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the chance to review this book. The author of Mirrorland is back with a mystery that takes place on a rural Scottish fishing island towering over the sea. Maggie Mackay is a lonely young woman who is mourning the recent loss of her…
A Life after Loss
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the chance to review this book. It’s not everyday that you find a book that sticks with you. These are the ones that you find yourself thinking about long after you’ve turned the last page. Despite my terrible memory, I will often…
Let the Music Sway Your Heart
Goodbye, Paris by Anstey Harris When I was younger, I was a promising violin player. I was also a military child. At one location, my school had only a band, not an orchestra. My only outlet was with the city’s youth orchestra, which was incredibly intense. The combination of overly-intense youth orchestra and no causal…
Baking Through Book Club 