Since we are both bibliophiles, we have signed up for quite a few book related newsletters or emails. One of the ones Laura gets is from Book Riot and last month they talked about a Reading Challenge for the year.

We took their list and modified it a bit to come up with 24 challenges and found a letter of the alphabet to highlight in each challenge so that we can do two a month.

Since this month is Q/R, the month’s challenges will be:

• Jot down favorite quotes from the books you read this month. (Remember – one of each of our Resolutions was to read a book per month). That should be sort of easy as both of us are drawn to interesting quotes.
• Read through a cookbook and choose at least one recipe to try from it. Decide to keep or donate the book.

At the end of each month we will report back on the success or failure of this challenge.

Let us know if any of you join us in the challenges!

REVISITING

One of Barbara’s resolutions for 2022 is to revisit some of the restaurants we found and enjoyed during our ABC Life dining out so this month – since they have a very large outdoor dining area – we may revisit Rock & Brews to again experience their Purple Rain Drops (mini beignets filled with melted chocolate and topped with whipped cream and raspberry sauce).