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Top 5 Books to read this Fall

Well, Fall is here and my favorite thing to do, is cozy up with a good book and a big cup of coffee. Bonus if the kids are at school and I can pretend I have no responsibilities. Here are my picks for this Fall (and some honorable mentions because it was a good book season): Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - This is a moody book about a death in a small town on the North Carolina coast and what the townspeople call the "marsh girl." She's a poor young girl with a mama who left to escape her abusive father and siblings that trickled out the front door to escape his same wrath. Over the years, she learns to survive and avoid his abuse, letting the marsh raise her. It's a sleepy yet interesting read, with a few twists, beautifully written in a way that makes your heart love the Marsh Girl. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - This book is an actual page-turning thriller. You will not be able to put this one down. Ted meets a woman named Lily on

24 Meals for $180

We made it. We moved. And we lived to tell about it. Even though we were without a refrigerator for 3 weeks. Thankfully we had our chest freezer with several meals to tie us over, making it feel like home. Still, there's nothing that makes me happier than fresh round of meals ready to go in the freezer. Here's the menu for this round: BBQ Chicken Over Smoked Sausage & Rice Sausage Bake Roast Steak Bites & Broccoli Turkey Tacos California Burritos Fried Rice w/ Ham Broccoli Cheddar Soup Simple Spaghetti & Meatballs Turkey Chili & Cornbread Ranch Chicken Honey Garlic Chicken Chicken 'n Dumplings (I made 2 of each) Grocery List: Meat: 4 (3 lb.) bags of chicken breasts 4 smoked sausage links (or kielbasa) 4 lbs. beef chunks or stew meat (pork or beef) 6 lbs. of ground turkey 2 2-3 lb. round roasts, pre-sliced ("carne asada") 1 2 lb. ham block? (not sure what to call this) 2 bags of frozen meatballs Produce: 1 sweet oni