Author name: judyann dutcher

Condiments

I open my refrigerator in search of a snack. I’m hungry and just want something easy to eat. I peer in at the contents and all I see are vegetables and condiments. Nothing I can actually eat. Everything has to be prepared. Sigh. How many types of hot sauce does one family need? Apparently mine […]

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The House Girl

The House Girl by Tara Conklin is my book club’s April pick. Although it wasn’t one I voted for (I wanted a sci-fi book called The Bone Season), it was an interesting read. The story is divided between a current day lawyer who is researching info on a reparations case for descendants of American slaves,

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Persuasion

The fourth Jane Austen book that I have read this year, Persuasion, left me irritable and dismissive of the Regency Era heroines. Anne breaks off her engagement because a friend persuades her that the fiancé is not good enough. She stays single and pines for him for a decade. When he returns a successful military

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Drambuie

I needed to take my evening medicine and broke out the green tea to consume. I like milk in my tea which in my world means vanilla soy milk. It was sweet and warm but I found I wanted a little alcohol for the evening too. Rummaging around in my cabinet, I came up with

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The Weird Sisters

I think this is the first time that I gave more review stars than the average Goodreads rating was. I listened to The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown as the March book club choice. Yes, I’m a month ahead but I got it quickly on audio and listened to it while I exercised for a

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