Hello and happy weekend to all! Here's the roundup for the week.
Books / Just finished reading The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. The Garmus book is very engaging and I’d love to see it as a movie. Someone told me they may do a series from this book but it will be streaming. I can’t stream so… 😒 The Helen Fields book is an ARC from Netgalley and will be published September 1, 2022. As always, Fields delivers a thriller with surprise ending.
Currently reading The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland.
Sipping / We tried this Valpolicella. A heavy 15% wine. Doug liked it more than I did but it was a good wine. In this heat we ought to be sipping whites and I do have a nice Pouilly Fuisse in the fridge. Maybe tonight........
Between this and your last post, I realize that we're in a definite wine rut. We used to try new wine all the time, but lately we just go for the familiar each week.
ReplyDeleteBFR - we tend to have our go-to wines here as well. If we try a new label we always have a backup in case we don't like a new wine. That has happened!
DeleteWe usually eat leftovers for lunch, but I've been hording those for our next rv trip. I like to freeze a bunch of pre-cooked meals, so I don't spend so much time cooking while we're on the road. Soups are always good since they go so far.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, Tina!
Les, we tend to cook during the trip but I do take a backup meal in case it rains or we stay an extra day. Soup definitely works with a good bread!
DeleteYour week looks pleasant and normal! We are ready for some normal life now that we are back from a long trip -- and we started with a dinner of some vegetable soup after our full-day of driving home. Always a good thing. However, ours was just packaged tomato soup with corn salsa, not anything imaginative.
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Mae, your soup sounds good, I will add a corn salsa next time I make tomato soup. Your trip looked amazing! Loved the photos.
DeleteI like to store away cooked chicken in the freezer to shorten the prep time of future meals. I used cooked frozen chicken this week in my cousin's pasta salad recipe. And then I didn't have to heat up the kitchen on an already hot day.
ReplyDeleteThe Lost Family looks intriguing. I look forward to hearing more about it. I enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry so much.
Take care, Deb Nance at Readerbuzz.blogspot.com
Deb, I hope Lessons in Chemistry is made for a movie. It reminded me of Mad Men with a different twist from the female perspective.
DeleteGreat idea about freezing cooked chicken.
I want to read Lessons in Chemistry. It's on my Christmas list 😂
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
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Emily, I think you'll enjoy it. Off to visit you.
DeleteThat soup looks so good. I'm tempted to try it.
ReplyDeleteHarvee, the soup only took a half hour to chop ingredients and then it just simmers away. Better the next day.
DeleteVicki, I love soup and it's always best homemade. The Lost family was very good but Dani Shapiro's book Inheritance is oe you may enjoy. It;s nonfiction, she had quite the revelation with that Ancestry test!
ReplyDeleteI already added Lessons in Chemistry as per your comment to me. Someone else recently recommended Last Girl to Die. I've read a few of Helen Fields before and liked her. I just added Lost Family!
ReplyDeleteGood soup and good books is hard to beat and you definitely had both last week!
ReplyDeleteI am overall not very good with chicken. No idea why as I actually love chicken. My husband bought a rotisserie chicken at Woolworths today and I just added a few fabulous side dishes. And apple crumble.
ReplyDeleteAnyways!! I also recently finished Lessons in Chemistry and I loved it!! I think a series will be great indeed!
Have a wonderful week and thanks for visiting us earlier!
Elza Reads
I love soups for lunch, even in hot weather! Last week I made a Turkey Chili Taco soup from skinnytaste (recipe link in my blog post). And I finally tried that chicken parmesan cutlet recipe you shared a few weeks ago. The Dijon mustard flavor boost was great! And there's nothing like a good Pouilly Fuisse!! Will have to pick some up next time we shop for wine. Enjoy the week, Tina.
ReplyDeleteThe soup looks delicious. I'm don't eat soup in the summer (too hot in Texas) but will definitely save that for the fall/winter. I hadn't heard about the DNA book but it sounds so interesting. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing a lot of good things about Lessons in Chemistry. Sounds like a good one. I hope they do it well if they adapt it. Your soup looks good too!
ReplyDeleteLessons in Chemistry is one of those rare books that has been on my radar since it's release. I'm such a backlist reader, I usually don't really pay attention to new books. I'm glad you liked it!
ReplyDeleteThe Lost Family sounds intriguing. I'll take a look at it.
Enjoy your week!