My Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date
I can’t believe it has been a month since I have participated in any of these linkups! We have been having a lot of fun reading and creating and starting back to school, and hanging out in the woods for the most part; today we are doing more of the same and then we are going to my brother’s for soup night. It is the first one and it is his turn to host. I am excited about it, because soup and family – it really can’t get too much better than that in my world.
Read the last few weeks:
It’s been a good few weeks of reading! I have loved all of these books, each in their own way. We are still reading The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe together at night; we had taken a break for Christmas reads. I plan on reviewing The Lost Spells and Mistletoe and Mr. Right this week. I loved The Lost Words by McFarlane and this one is amazing too. The imagery the poems evoke, the beautiful stunning artwork, make this book such a treat to read through.
Reading this Week:
I was so excited to get this book! I loved both The Wicked Deep and Winterwood so I am anticipating that I will like this one as well.
Posted in the past few weeks:
Thomas Dambo Road Trip Adventure Day
A Semi-Random Round Up Favorites…
My One Word, First Book, and Resolutions
A Few Short Book Reviews: Greenglass House, The Hunting Party, and Crazy Like a Fox
Homeschooling: First Week Back After Break
and…. done! I had no idea there were so many when I started typing that out. Lol.
Watching:
We finished up Brokenwood Mysteries and I am bummed! I hate when we finish a mystery series because I miss the characters and also because I have to find a new one to watch! We are also watching The Witcher. The first episode of the second season was fire; however the rest of the season, while good, is not living up to that first episode. Although I am very much enjoying the Henry Caville scenes. I almost forgot! We are watching Cobra Kai too! We have also watched Encanto, which was fantastic, and last night we watched Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which I loved. I could watch those movies with the sound off and still be happy, they are just so visually stunning and interesting. I enjoy the actual movies as well, but I love the look.
And that is it from our little burrow! How are you all doing? What is happening in your world?
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I can’t wait to hear what you think of A History of Wild Places. It’s different in a good way.
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Ooo now I am really intrigued!!
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I am adding The Hunting Party to my list. I enjoyed the author’s previous book. I also want to read some Narnia books…finally!
Enjoy those walks in the woods! I like the sound of them! Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES
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I have Lucy Foley on the list to read again. It was such a good read!
And thank you!
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We have gone back into hibernation with all the new cases of Covid everywhere. I have stopped going to the Y and we’re going back to Zoom for book club. Sigh.
I love the look of a bunch of your books. The Lost Spells. Crazy Like a Fox. And, of course, Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. I’m reading Prince Caspian now.
I will look for Brokenwood Mysteries.
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Ugh us too! Just our tiny bubble who is also in hibernation. 😦 I ordered Wyatt a special new mask that filters 98.5% of particles for therapy and for when we take him to his specialist appointments, that I wish could wait but they can’t. 😦
They were all so good! And It will take us a year probably to get to Prince Caspian lol!
Brokenwood is good!
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Beautiful art on those covers. I need to find The French Dispatch. I’ve been looking forward to that –it’s Wes Anderson. What’s not to love?
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We watched it on Amazon Prime. Wes Anderson is amazing!!
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I’m glad you enjoyed The Hunting Party, too. Lucy Foley has a new book coming out in the spring and I’m already looking forward to it. Have a good week!
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Oo I will have to keep a lookout for it!
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Sounds like you have been busy! We started back to Homeschooling on Wednesday and I am worn out, LOL! Have a great week. https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/01/stacking-shelves-5sunday-post-2.html
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Right? LOL. I was so tired on Monday night last week, then by the end of the week I was like I’m just going to bed at like 9. Lol.
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Whew! You’ve been a reading and watching machine.
I am such a slooooow reader! You always read such interesting books. I need to check some of them out soon.
I am starting Brookenwood Mysteries right now to see if this is something my husband and I will like. We are always looking for new mysteries to watch.
oooh..take some photos at your soup night! That will be a cute post!
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Lol! It’s been slow around here without school and the super cold weather. I read some stuff slowly, others I fly through. It all depends on the book.
I need a new mystery. Brokenwood had a slow start for us, but then really hit its stride. It takes place in New Zealand so the accents took a minute for us.
And thank you for the idea! I will!
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We had to put close captioning on for Brokenwood. 😂
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Soup night sounds awesome. Did you guys get a lot of snow? We got dumped on last week but it’s better now.
The Hunting Party looks like one I want to read/
I just started S4 of Cobra Kai 🙂
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We are still on Season 3. Ugh Kreese, what a jerk!!
We got like no snow. I kept reading all about the west side getting all the huge snow and we didn’t get it. Our area gets the least in the state and it is a bummer. 😦
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I HATE Kreese. And Tory ugh she’s being terrible 🙂
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I hope you enjoy your soup dinner with family. That sounds like such a nice tradition to start. I hope you enjoy The History of Wild Places. I love that cover. Isn’t Encanto wonderful We loved it. Have a great week!
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Thanks!! I am looking forward to it!
And yes! We put it on for our son and we ended up being sucked in immediately. It was so good!
Thank you!
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You have been reading lots of good books. It always feels good to get back into your routine. I haven’t read any Lucy Foley yet, but my daughter-in-law enjoys her books. Your TV and movie watching gave me some new things to look for.
Have a good week!
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I loved our break, but I do love getting back to normal too. This was my first Lucy Foley book but I will be checking out more for sure.
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What kind of soup did you have for soup night and what else was served with it?
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I so enjoyed The Lost Spells – it’s actually my favorite cover for 2021.
I really want to read more by him!
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I love the idea of soup night. I always wanted to do a Sunday soup night and invite all my friends when I was in college or grad school but it never seemed to happen. I don’t have quite enough soup recipes. I’m making clam chowder this week for sure. Then I need to hunt down more recipes to try.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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The only soup I like is tomato soup, with thick buttered toast, or sometimes garlic bread.
I enjoyed the Brokenwood Mysteries too. Have you tried Shetland or Spooks (both UK shows) yet?
Wishing you a great reading week
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Mmm that does sound good!
We love Shetland but I will have to check out Spooks! We started Mr and Mrs Murder and we are enjoying it.
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Thanks for all the movie/series recs. We typically enjoy police procedural & murder mystery series (esp. British shows), so we’ll give Brokenwood Mysteries a try. The French Dispatch sounds great, too.
I’m in the mood for a big bowl of soup right now. It’s cold and rainy and I’ve been on jury duty all day and have no idea what to fix for dinner. Tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich sounds good.
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Those are exactly our favorite types of shows! Lol. We just started one called Mr. and Mrs. Murder and we are enjoying it. The two main characters make us laugh. 🙂
Oh no! I hope you got your soup! I think that sounds like the perfect meal for a long, rainy day.
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Adding Mr. and Mrs. Murder to my list. We are halfway through Roadkill (starring Hugh Laurie), which is only 4 episodes. It’s good, but not great.
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Whoa, that’s some consistent blogging. You have inspired me. I am getting back to blogging after a long break, hope it sticks! Have a good week ahead.
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Thank you, I hope you are having a good week as well!
And I had no idea I had written so many! I need to try to keep it up!
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I fell off the wagon of reading blogs. I’m starting to use my planner again to get me going and more organized. Been crafting away here, either sewing or knitting or making cards. I hope to start a new blog when the lunar new year starts and man I’m behind.
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I feel like I am missing you everywhere! Blog, Instagram. I was like where the heck is Stefanie! Lol.
I am glad to hear that you are planning on blogging again soon! And the sound of just crafting away sounds amazing. 🙂
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So sweet of you. Haven’t started the new blog yet. On Instagram ^__^ I’m stefmakesallthethings
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