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It feels like 2020 has been canceled except for #daffodils . These flowers bring me so much joy during this shelter in place. I've been picking these up from Trader Joe's every week and it is such a treat to see them bloom and brighten up the room and my mood. I have started a Finding Joy and Things To Look Forward To Lists (TTLFT) @trilogymom Daffodils are first on my Finding Joy List. #findingthejoyineveryday

2020 BOOK 11 | "Crawfish etouffee, braised short ribs, Creole salmon cakes, crab-sruffed shrimps, jambalaya and fried catfish." I am only here for the scrumptious Southern food! The main characters, though, were on their all time idiocy. Such strong word, I know. I am talking about Carmela breaking into a double-murderer's cottage in the swamps while the murderer was in the other room just so Carmela could steal a piece of evidence aka tampering. At that point, you inform the cops, stay back and claim the glory because you pretty much solved the case without becoming victim #3! Okay, ranting aside, I think I have read every book in the Scrapbooking Mysteries because of the escapism these stories offer. I get to join Carmela and her fashionista friend, Ava, in their escapades all over New Orleans. We are talking about an underground Gothic bar, meeting a super-handsome president of the Vampire Society, crashing into a glamorous Garden District mansion with a lavish buffet of what I mentioned above, being a judge at a Gumbo contest, champagne and egg sardou Sunday brunch at the Commander's Palace. Plate painting and wine bar. Lots and lots of mouth-watering New Orleans food and champagne. Fabulous, right?! As for the mystery, an antique dealer was murdered for hiding a piece of Lincoln's clothing. Fascinating twist and turns but I hope that the women are endowed with common sense as they are playing Nancy Drew while also running their Scrapbook Shop and Voodoo Shop, and gallivanting all over New Orleans. I ordered fried chicken, biscuit, mac and cheese from @brendaoakland for this post. Let us support our neighborhood restaurants during this crisis! #laurachilds #cozymystery #scrapbookingmystery #bookstagram ##foodandbook #coffeeandbook #friedchicken #biscuits #southernfood #soulfood #comfortfood #shelterinplacefood #oaklandeats #quarantinefood #mumbogumbomurder #foodiebookblogger #bookphotography #foodandbook #eatsandreads

2020 BOOK 10 | I enjoyed reading Flair For Beignets during my 4 hour flight from Nashville to San Francisco. The senior Yorkie-touting fashionista, Sadie, is someone I wish to be like when I reach her advance age, or wish to be like her now -- period. She is successful, independent and owns a chic boutique in San Francisco, has an addiction to fine chocolates and takes fabulous staycations. 🐶 🐶 Sadie takes a vacation to New Orleans (hence, beignets) and got involved in a murder mystery while enjoying trips to the French Market, decadent New Orleans fare such as crawfish, seafood, etc and Hurricane cocktails during Happy Hour while staying at a posh hotel. I love the Sadie Kramer Flair Mysteries. This is the 3rd one that I read in this #cozymystery series. I love #cozymysteries then and I love it now in this difficult time. I need a light and entertaining #read that brings joy and comfort. #deborahgarner #bookstagram #minibookreview #booksandcoffee ##coffeemoment. 🐶 🐶 By the way, I purposely ordered #beignets for take out as a prop for this post and support a local business #brendasoakland. I had the #chocolatebeignet, #applebeignet and plain beignet. So delicious! 🐶 🐶 Let us support our local restaurants to help them survive this crisis. Please be safe. Stay healthy. Keep hope alive!❤

2020 BOOK 9 | City of Girls is a nostalgic coming of age novel in the voice of Vivian, a woman in her late years (possibly in her 90s) retelling the story of her youth as a 19 year old girl. Vivian was wealthy and has dropped out of Vassar to move into The Lilly Playhouse, an off Broadway theater owned by her aunt, a feminist and independent woman. The year where everything started was 1940 in New York. This was the year when Vivian discovered sex, sexual freedom and independence from the sheltered life she had with her parents in the suburbs. Her life was that of glitz, glamour and reckless promiscuity until everything blew up in her face. She lived an intoxicating life among movie stars and show girls, getting drunk on champagne and sex every night with different men. WW2 happened and everything changed and Vivian has gotten older while continuing her pursuit of sexual gratification. Vivian never felt any remorse for her appetite for sex but instead fully embraced it. City of Girls is glitzy and gritty at the same time. It celebrates feminism, fashion and sexual adventures in very reckless, dangerous and stupid ways; youth and friendships among women. It is also part love story. I have read mixed reviews-- some with vehemence calling it fluff and boring. I fully agree that the story was fluff but I enjoyed reading this long novel maybe because I had no expectations aside from it being a chicklit based on my reading of her other book, Eat, Pray, Love. I do not agree though that itwas boring. In fact, it got me fully engaged all throughout. The writing was superb. Some considered Vivian selfish and a narcissist for recounting her story based on one question by Angela, her correspondence. The question was " How did you know my father?" Or something along that line. My take is if you have lived Vivian's life of glamour, sex and champagne in New York City and lived to be her age of 80s or 90s, I would proudly tell the world too to anyone who is willing to listen. Why hide it? Vivian was proud of the life that she lived. She lived her life fully. #cityofgirls #elizabethgilbert ##bookstagram ##womensliterature #chicklit #comingofage

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