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Continue reading →: Eeep December already!
I haven't done as well on my list as I would have liked BUT I do have a chance to finish some more off – any way this is how my year list looks as of today Read 218 books (237/218) – done Read the Sheila Connolly Orchard series…
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Continue reading →: Lentil Bolognese
Ingredients 3/4 cup green lentils 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium carrot, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon dried basil pinch red pepper flakes salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup red wine…
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Continue reading →: Chunky vegetable and bean goulash
Ingredients 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into small chunks 3 carrots, sliced 2 sticks celery, chopped or sliced 175g (6oz) button mushrooms 400g (14oz) can chopped tomatoes 150ml (1/4 pint) homemade or reduced-salt vegetable stock 150ml (1/4 pint) medium cider (or extra…
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Continue reading →: A Killer Kebab (Greek to Me Mystery #3) by Susannah Hardy
The Bonaparte House is closed for the season, and Georgie Nikolopatos looks forward to fixing up the Greek restaurant and historic landmark—until her renovation plans hit a fatal snag. With her divorce underway, her mother-in-law returning to Greece, and the tourists gone, Georgie finally has life under control—and the…
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Continue reading →: A Midwinter’s Tail (Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery #4) by Bethany Blake
Professional pet sitter Daphne Templeton loves the holidays in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania. And nothing gets her into the spirit more than the town's annual Bark the Halls Ball. The whole community will be there to wag their tails, especially this year's special guest–Celeste "CeeCee" French, founder of a national chain…
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Continue reading →: The Pint of No Return: A Mystery (A Sloan Krause Mystery #2) by Ellie Alexander
Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause returns in The Pint of No Return, another delightful cozy by Ellie Alexander—this time investigating a movie star who's murdered not long after arriving in Leavenworth, WA to film his latest project. No other festival compares to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, Washington. The whole town is buzzing…
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Continue reading →: Natural Thorn Killer (Rose City Mystery #1) by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley
Cut down among the flowers . . . Britta Johnston might be a late bloomer, but after leaving her deadbeat husband and dead-end job, she's finally pursuing her artistic passion at her aunt Elin's floral boutique, Blooma, in Portland, Oregon. It's on the banks of the Willamette, in a quaint…
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Continue reading →: Dark Corner: A Witch Cat Mystery, Book 2 by Vicki Vass
Evil has awoken in Asheville, North Carolina, and Terra Rowan must prepare the Ladies of the Biltmore Society for battle. With her familiar, Pixel, a crooked leg fluffy orange cat, and her apprentice Abigail Oakhaven, a stubborn teenage girl with a bloodline dating back to the beginning of time, she…
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Continue reading →: Mrs. Odboddy: And Then There Was a Tiger (Mrs. Odboddy Mysteries #3) by Elaine Faber
While the ‘tiger of war’ rages across the Pacific during WWII, eccentric, elderly Agnes Odboddy, ‘fights the war from the home front’. Her patriotic duties are interrupted when she is accused of the Wilkey’s Market burglary. A traveling carnival with a live tiger joins the parishioner’s harvest fair at The…
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Continue reading →: Death on Tap (A Sloan Krause Mystery #1) by Ellie Alexander
When Sloan Krause walks in on her husband, Mac, screwing the barmaid, she gives him the boot. Sloan has spent her life in Leavenworth, Washington becoming an expert in brewing craft beer, and she doesn’t have time to be held back by her soon-to-be ex-husband. She decides to strike out…
