Sunday Post: Happy New Year’s Eve!

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Another year is fading away, and with the next one comes my retirement and a whole new life later in the year. I’m definitely excited. Above are some Christmas pictures. Doug took a new Christmas photo of the 3H gang, Hermann, Holly, and Harold. He also got a “Harold carrier” for Christmas and got into the Christmas spirit. The bottom picture is my Jadeite collection used as Christmas dinnerware. We don’t use it often, but I sure love it. 

For now, we’ve got family coming to visit for New Year’s’, so we’re getting ready for them. We also plan to watch some football tomorrow. ROLL TIDE!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I can’t believe how fast this year passed. I’m going to be posting my Top 10 favorite books of the year very soon. 

LAST WEEK ON THE BLOG

On Monday I reviewed Christmas Pie by Jodi Taylor.
On Tuesday I reviewed The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
On Wednesday I participated in WWW Wednesday.
On Friday I reviewed Random in Death by Nora Roberts.
On Friday I also participated in Book Blogger Hop.

Next Week on the Blog

I’ll be choosing my Top Ten Books I Read in 2023. I’m going to do two Top Tens, one for Traditionally Published Books and one for Indie Books. 

I’m still choosing my books to review next week so I’ll post that later.

NEW FOR NEXT YEAR

I want to start reviewing Classics as well in 2024, so you may see a review of Pride and Prejudice or Gone With the Wind pop up. I’ve decided to open my mind up to the Romance genre a little bit, but some of them will be Classics.

BOOK HAUL

(Publisher’s Description) The trees that circle Someday Valley near Honey Creek are dressed in their fall finest, providing a pretty backdrop for the local businesses—including the little bookshop loved by schoolteacher Cora Lee Buchanan. There, under the watchful eye of owner Noah O’Brien, Cora Lee and her sister, Katherine, meet each Wednesday. Their talk mostly revolves around one subject: their father, known to everyone in town as Bear.

Both Cora Lee and Katherine worry about Bear Buchanan. They’ve no idea Bear has a secret life of his own. As for the sisters, Katherine, beautiful and self-absorbed, is in search of her third husband, while Cora Lee is in love for the first time. On warm nights, she climbs up to her building’s roof to chat with Noah and listen to the melody of the water below. Yet there is more intrigue afoot in Honey Creek . . .

Andi Delane has arrived in town to hear the last wishes of the father she never met. She was shocked to get a letter from lawyer Jackson Landry, and she has few expectations—of this mysterious will, or of Deputy Danny Davis who’s been assigned to protect her. But fall always brings changes, and this year there will be enough to alter not just the lives of those who call Honey Creek home, but the future of Someday Valley itself . . .

(Publisher’s Description) As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love–and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne’s son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker’s failed setup. Catríona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man–and for herself!

Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it’s not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmaker–who clearly has eyes for someone else.

Catríona will have to put all her expertise to work to make a match that could change her life forever. Will her plan succeed? Or will love have its own way?

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I love to read and write book reviews in my free time. I review advance review copies of books on Netgalley for various publishers. I am also a reviewer for Historical Novels Review Magazine, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. I review books from publishers of all size, large to small. I have a special place in my heart for indie authors. I will sometimes post a little writing that I might dabble in occasionally. I also am lucky enough to live in the Smoky Mountains, so I'll be sharing photos of the beauty around me from time to time.

52 thoughts on “Sunday Post: Happy New Year’s Eve!”

  1. Happy New Year’s Eve to all of you, Bonnie. Your table surely looks celebration ready.
    I love that “Harold carrier” bag 🙂
    Will look forward to your reviews of the Classics, that’s for sure.

  2. I love the Christmas card with all three dogs! How did you ever get them to all stand still long enough?? I also love your jadeite dinnerware. Fabulous. Happy New Year!!

    1. Thanks Darlene. Doug and I were both holding treats, which they got after the photo. I’ve been collecting jadeite and other glass for about 15 years. It’s a fun and beautiful hobby. Happy New Year!

  7. Your Christmas pictures look great! That’s great you can retire next year. I hope you’ll enjoy your new books. Happy new year!

  9. Your Christmas table is beautiful. I have my mom’s old Franciscan Desert Rose dishes and I use them to set the table when I want to celebrate. Your dishes are so pretty!

    It’s wonderful that you are looking forward to retirement next year. And I also think it is fun that you are planning to read and review some classic romances next year.

  14. Great photos! How exciting to have retirement to look forward to. I still have another 5 years or so to go. I love all the end of year favorites lists. So much fun to see what resonated with everyone.

  15. Your dishes are so pretty. I love the color of green. And, such great photos! I’m glad you had a good Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful New Year celebration. Thanks for dropping by my blog!

  17. I love that carrier! And looking forward to seeing whatever classics you review this year. I feel like there are less and less reviews these days and I still like seeing them.

    Happy New Year!

  18. I love that Christmas dinnerware, Bonnie! Your table looks so festive 😍 I can’t believe this is the year you retire. I know you must be excited! Happy New Year!

  24. WOW!!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen an entire table set in jadeite! That’s Fireking, right? If so I had ONE jadeite mug at one point and I loved it. Not sure what happened to it. Anyway! Your table looks beautiful with all of it and I love that square bowl!!!

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