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      • Recipe :: Easy Crab Puffs
    • Soups
      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
      • Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder
      • Recipe :: Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Recipe :: Thai Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sides
      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass
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For Book Clubs :: Ten Great Recommendations

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L&L Project :: Birdhouse Webcam

December 28, 2022

Book Review :: Demon Copperhead

Book Review of The Lincoln Highway
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onDecember 11, 2022December 11, 2022

Book Review :: Lincoln Highway

Towles gives readers another excellent literary read with The Lincoln Highway. Four boys head east on a journey to claim an inheritance and settle some old scores. This one begs to be discussed.

Book Review of Love Marriage by Monica Ali
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onNovember 28, 2022December 16, 2022

Book Review :: Love Marriage

Love Marriage by Monica Ali is one of my best surprise reads of the year. I can’t remember why I picked it up – maybe […] Read More

Recipe for roasted turkey and brine
Cooking, Mains, Things I Love Posted onNovember 19, 2022December 6, 2022

Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine

This is the best recipe for a roasted turkey I’ve ever had. I’ve made it for years, and it is such a favorite that I’ll volunteer to bring the turkey even when I’m not hosting.

Lucy by the Sea Book Review
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onAugust 12, 2022November 19, 2022

Book Review :: Lucy by the Sea

There’s a new genre of fiction emerging – COVID Lit. Two of the last few books I’ve read have commenced with the “shelter in place” orders that came in March 2020. And this is where Elizabeth Strout places Lucy Barton from her Amgash Series in Lucy by the Sea, the fourth in the series.

Rating Round Up for books in 2021-2022
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onJuly 9, 2022July 9, 2022

Book Club :: Ratings Round Up 2021-22

Reader beware! If last year was a peak in 4-star ratings for our book club, this year may have been a valley. That said, it […] Read More

Book Reviews Posted onJuly 7, 2022July 9, 2022

Review Revisited :: The movie Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing hits theaters. The review I posted about the book in 2019 has garnered 144,000 hits and 135 comments. That post alone catapulted the number of Lit&Leisure’s unique visitors to nearly 60k in 2020 and has kept the monthly average above 2k. Obviously, something I wrote resonated.

Book Club 2022-2023 Selections
Book Clubs Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022

Book Club :: Short List for 2022-2023

Here it is – my Book Club’s 2022-2023 Short List Book Selections! Thanks to all who contributed their thoughts on the Facebook post of my […] Read More

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Out and About Posted onJune 20, 2022June 20, 2022

Restaurant Review :: hook & barrel

It has been a hot minute since I’ve written a restaurant review but our latest experience at one of our favorite Myrtle Beach restaurants – […] Read More

Short reviews of my 2022 Beach Reads
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Book Review Shorts :: 2022 Beach Reads

The Sea, The SeaThis Booker Award winner from 1978 is the story of Charles Arrowby, a retired theater director who leaves London and rents a […] Read More

Long List of Book Selection Options for 2022-2023
Book Clubs Posted onMay 30, 2022May 30, 2022

Book Clubs :: Long List for 2022-2023

The years are flying. It doesn’t feel like it has been that long since posting last year’s book club long-list and subsequent short-list, but here […] Read More

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