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Book Reviews: December 2021

January 3, 2022 By Talya Tate Boerner

Book Reviews December 2021

Hello, reader friends. With my book reviews for December 2021, we wrap up another year of reading. I can’t believe 2021 has passed by so quickly! I know I say this every year, but doesn’t it become truer every year?

Last January I set my 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge at 50 books. With the five books I read in December, I overshot my goal by 48% reading 74 books. Each story taught me a thing or two while enriching my life in some way.

If you plan to set a Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2022, let’s connect (aka be Goodreads friends) and support each other. I find so many great reads through my Goodreads friends.

Onward now!

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Can we talk about these Stuffed Mushrooms?

December 31, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

Stuffed Mushrooms

Oh yeah, people. Today, the last day of the year, I’m sharing this amazing recipe for stuffed mushrooms so that later when I want to whip up a platter, I can find the recipe here.

Mushroom fans, you need this recipe in your life.

Are you planning a NYE dinner that includes any sort of beef? Stuffed mushrooms would be the perfect accompaniment. Or, if you don’t want to pay today’s expensive prices for beef, you might even serve these stuffed mushrooms as your main course. They are that good.Continue Reading

Skipping Winter?

December 28, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner

skipping winterAfter last year’s major whammy of a winter, we seem to be skipping winter altogether here in Arkansas. One thing’s for sure—our weather is becoming more and more extreme. I hope that by calling out this crazy idea of skipping winter, Ole Man Winter will straighten himself out, and we will indeed have more seasonable weather in January.

The plants and animals depend on it.

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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