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Happy New Year! I hope everyone rang in the new year safely, whether it was out on the town or from the comfort of home. I'm being a total homebody today and loving it. Sunday is usually my laundry day but The Husband insists that laundry cannot be done on New Year's Day. (An old superstition about laundry on New Year's Day washing away your good fortune for the year.) Another superstition/tradition we'll be observing? Black-eyed peas and cornbread with dinner (along with ham and potato salad). I don't know if black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is just a Southern tradition, but it's a big one! Typically, collard greens are served as well but I'm skipping those this year. Do you have any New Year's traditions?
Finished:
My True Love Gave To Me - Stephanie Perkins (editor)
The Anatomy of Us (WJM #2) - Amelia LeFay
Current:
From Sand and Ash - Amy Harmon
KINDLE:
Paper Princess - Erin Watt
The Edge of Never - J.A. Redmerski
How was your week? Any new books? Any news to share?
You know I want to hear about it! :)
Paper Princess has a really cool cover. I will definitely have to check it out!
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Thanks Shoshi. I like that cover, too... so much that I if I enjoy the book I'll probably have to but a physical copy instead of just the ebook. :)
DeleteHappy New Year! Sounds like you're having a good one! It was a quiet New Years on this end and that was fine. Nice to stay in and relax. I'll check out your review of the holiday anthology as I read that one not too long ago as well.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year, Greg! Like you, my new year was pretty quiet and low-key, just the way I like it. :)
DeleteHappy New Year! You sure got a lot of great books and posts! I hope you read more great books in 2017!
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DeleteHappy New Year! I don’t have any traditions. I spent New Year’s Eve with my dogs. We watched Harry Potter and ate mac & cheese until midnight.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Hey, I like the sound of your new year's eve, AJ! :) Harry Potter + mac and cheese sounds like an awesome night to me! :)
DeleteCollard greens is definitely one of my family's things. I tend to just eat appetizer type foods and ring in the new year like an old lady. Lol! I'm just happy to be in 2017. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI do love me some collards (if they're seasoned well - nothing worse than bland collards). Your new year's eve sounds right up my alley! :)
DeleteI'd never heard of the superstition about doing laundry on New Year's. Guess it's a good thing I was just plain lazy! :-)
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
LOL Well that worked out well for both us! :)
DeleteAround where I live, I think it's common to eat roast and the like, which we did have!
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-Lauren
I guess every region has their own traditions. That roast sounds really good! :)
DeleteI really enjoyed The Edge of Never. I hope you enjoy it as well, Tanya. Cornbread is so delicious, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited excited for The Edge of Never, Jess! I have a feeling I will love it.
DeleteHappy New Year, Tanya! I think black-eyed peas are a southern tradition. My family eats them for luck. My MIL though, she's from Ohio and she calls them cow peas because they feed them to the cows. ;) We stayed home and watched a movie with our oldest while our two youngest hung out with friends. We were lazy on New Year's Day. *haha*
ReplyDeleteI hope 2017 is off to a good start for you! Have a great week!
I think you're right, Brandee... it's a Southern thing. I mentioned it to a friend in California and she'd never even heard of black-eyed peas. She said, "are they like green beans?" LOL I was like, "Um, never mind." Ha! My New Year's Day was the same - super lazy. I loved it. :)
DeleteI'm with your husband! No bills or laundry on the New Year, bad luck Tanya! :p I got Paper Princess as well on kindle. Gotta love the EOY sales
ReplyDeleteLOL I'll have to tell my husband that you agree, Amber. He'll be so glad he has some back-up. ;-)
DeleteHappy New Year! We have black eyed peas, corn bread, and cabbage every year! :) Hope you are having a great week.~Aleen
ReplyDeleteYum! I just recently heard of cabbage on New Year's, Aleen. I've always known it to be collard greens but just last week someone mentioned the sore was sold out of cabbage. Either one sounds good to me! :)
DeleteHappy new year, Tanya! Love your new books especially Paper Princess and Amy Harmon's newest 😁
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Kei! I'm about 75% through the Amy Harmon book and it is *killing me.* I am so afraid for these characters!
DeleteHappy new year!! I had never heard the laundry superstition but I like it :) I can'r wait to get to Amy Harmon's latest. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year, Grace! Yeah, Sunday is always my laundry day but since new year's day fell on Sunday... nope! It wouldn't bother me (I didn't grow up with that superstition) but it must have been ingrained in my husband's mind. LOL
DeleteHappy New Year my friend!
ReplyDeleteAll that food you're eating is super southern. That doesn't come anywhere close to Canada. Haha
The cover is soooo cheesy and bad for The Anatomy of Us. I hope the book was better...
Happy New Year, Brittany! Yeah, I guess you don't find black-eyed peas and cornbread on every corner in Canada. LOL But you get, uh... cheese curds? =P
DeleteOMG, that cover of The Anatomy of Us is heinous. The first book (The Anatomy of Jane) was bad but this one took it to a new level. It's like Photoshop at its very worst.