Let’s see how similar our tastes are in books… Let’s see how similar our tastes are in books… 🤔 Give yourself 5 points for every book you’ve read and an extra 5 points for every book you’ve also LOVED! ⭐️
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Here are my 20 all-time favorites (10 stand-alones and 10 series):
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STAND-ALONES:
🌲 Into the Heartless Wood
✨ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
📚 The Midnight Library
🍂 The Nature of Witches
🏖️ People We Meet on Vacation
⏳ Early Departures
🐳 Amelia Unabridged
📖 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
🏙️ Paper Towns
🎤 Daisy Jones & The Six
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SERIES:
🦌 Shadow and Bone
❣️ Shades of Magic
🎪 Caraval
🐺 Echo North
🦁 The Chronicles of Narnia
🩷 Heartstopper
😍 The Friend Zone/Part of Your World
☕️ Legends & Lattes
⛓️ The Prison Healer
🧚🏻‍♀️ Wicked Lovely
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How many points did you get? 🏆 Are any of the ones you *haven’t* read on your TBR? 🫶🏼
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What was the last book you purchased for yourself What was the last book you purchased for yourself or got from the library? 📖
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I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times (😅): I don't purchase books unless I've read them first (my few exceptions being sequels for series I love or auto-buy authors) 🤷🏻‍♀️ Needless to say, I'm pretty picky about which books I DO spend my money on 💳
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I recently did a bit of a haul from Book Outlet during their mega fiction sale and here's what I snagged:
☕️ Legends & Lattes
🕰️ In Five Years
🌲 Lost in the Never Woods
🥀 Girl, Serpent, Thorn
🎤 XOXO
🥧 Crumbs
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Have you read any of these or are any of them on your TBR? 📚
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What was the last sequel/companion novel announcem What was the last sequel/companion novel announcement that got you really excited? 🤩
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I was SO thrilled when I saw @kristinaforest's announcement for The Partner Plot, an adult romance that follows Violet (the older sister of Lily from The Neighbor Favor) and her high school sweetheart 🩷 It's coming out in the spring of 2024 and I'm already counting down the days until it's in my hands 🙌🏼
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If you haven't read The Neighbor Favor yet, what are you waiting for? 😉 It's absolutely ADORABLE and I was so thrilled to get a copy of it in one of my @litlovebox packages - along with some delicious chocolates and coffee, of course ☕️ Use the code STEPH5 for a discount on your very own box (good til the end of May!) 🎁
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What was the last cute romance book that you loved? 📖
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What was the last series that you started? 📚
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I've been starting (and completing) a lot of series this year 🙌🏼 Admittedly, half of them are rereads, but they still count, right? 😅
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Series rereads I've finished this year:
🌊 All the Stars and Teeth
🏹 The Hunger Games
🦌 Shadow and Bone
❣️ Shades of Magic
🐦‍⬛ Six of Crows
🍂 Heartstopper (up to date)
🦸🏻‍♀️ Renegades
 
Series I've finished this year (not rereads):
💚 The Green Bone Saga
🥰 Jansen Brothers
🌲 Lovelight Farms
🔍 Truly Devious (trilogy - still working on the continuations)
🫖 The Tea Dragon Society
🧚🏼‍♀️ These Hollow Vows
🃏 The Cardplay Duology
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I've also started several more, but I'm most proud of the ones I've completed ✅ There's something so satisfying about finishing a series, don't you think? 😂
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Have you read any of these yet? 📖
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A few years ago, I devoured The Daevabad Trilogy and completely fell in love with the absolutely magnificent world-building 😍
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Adult fantasy can be tricky if you're used to the pacing in YA fantasy, but after some time, you might find that you really enjoy the way that the story develops 🙌🏼
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Some of my favorite completed adult fantasy series:
💚 The Green Bone Saga (Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy)
🧛🏻‍♂️ All Souls (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life)
🐺 The Wilderwood (For the Wolf, For the Throne)
⏳ Shades of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A Conjuring of Light)
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Have you read any of these yet? 📚
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What's one book you'd recommend to someone just di What's one book you'd recommend to someone just diving into fiction for the first time? 📖
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I've asked this in the past, but I'm curious how the answers might change since so many books have come out in the last several years that I think would fit this perfectly 👌🏼
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I don't have many IRL friends who enjoy reading, but I have been lucky enough to recommend books to fiction newbies in the past and I usually start with The Midnight Library! 📚 I think it's a book everyone should read (but that's because it saved my life, so it's very special to me) and I especially recommend it during May, Mental Health Awareness Month! 💚
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‼️ I’m taking the next week away from social media/blogging for my own mental health. I’ll probably be lurking some but please note that I won’t be updating much of anything til after the 15th 🫶🏼
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Have you read The Midnight Library yet? ☕️
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Have you reached your quarterly reading goals (if Have you reached your quarterly reading goals (if you set any)? 📊
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I was tagged by @estherfungreads to do a quarterly reading wrap-up:
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Total books read: 92
Rereads: 28
Favorite genres: fantasy & romance as per usual
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☕️ Personal favorite reads (not counting rereads):
Begin Again, Legends & Lattes, Happy Place
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☕️ Favorite new-to-me authors:
Angie Thomas, Maureen Johnson
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☕️ Favorite authors revisited:
Leigh Bardugo, V.E. Schwab, Marissa Meyer, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry
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☕️ Books that made me laugh (not counting rereads):
Funny Feelings, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Happy Place 
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☕️ Books that made me cry:
We Are All So Good at Smiling, The Crossover, Happy Place (yes it fits in both categories)
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☕️ Currently reading:
If the Shoe Fits, These Twisted Bonds, Crumbs
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☕️ What's left on my priority TBR:
Babel, A Curse for True Love, Foxglove, This Cursed Light, The Stardust Thief, A Wilderness of Stars, Painted Devils, Bring Me Your Midnight, Someone Just Like You, The Brothers Hawthorne, and several more tbh 
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Did you love any of your April reads so much that Did you love any of your April reads so much that you wanted to immediately turn around and read them again? 🤎
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I certainly felt that about a few of the books I read this past month, but especially:
🫖 The Tea Dragon Society - this entire MG graphic novel trilogy just warmed my heart so much. It's precious and wonderful and if you haven't read it, please do because you won't be able to wipe the smile off your face.
🔍 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - within the first couple of chapters, I was belly-laughing so hard I was crying. This was hilarious and adorable and I didn't want it to end. I immediately began recommending it to everyone. 
⛱️ Happy Place - because of course! I mean, this book did make me sob my eyes out multiple times, but it also made me belly laugh more than once as well. It was perfect in every way and very quickly became my second fave of Emily's books (just after PWMOV)!
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Thank goodness I'm a big fan of rereading because I know I'll be revisiting all of these books again in the future 🙌🏼
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Have you read any of my April favorites? 📚
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Food · February 11, 2022

Black Walnut Coffee Cake Recipe

 Forget what you think you know about dry, crumbly coffee cake. I’m about to blow your mind with this black walnut coffee cake recipe.

Throughout my entire life, if our family went on vacation, my mom made two things: what she calls her “travel brownies” – and this decadent black walnut coffee cake. It’s a family favorite and I’m so excited to share it with you! Now, if you’ve never had black walnut extract before, you’re in for a serious treat. It’s a tough ingredient to find in-store, but my sister discovered an awesome online option that will last for years (especially if you’re only using it for special occasion foods such as this). Sure, you can make this recipe without the black walnut extract, but I will say that it makes a big difference in the flavor! To have the ultimate experience, you’ll want that sweet and smoky key ingredient.

When my husband and I met, I realized for the first time that a lot of people associate coffee cake with being very dry and crumbly. That is not the case with this one! It could be the copious amounts of butter (this is definitely not a healthy treat, by any means) but let me tell you, it is dense and moist and utterly divine. It’s about the only coffee cake that he will eat – and when I made it for this particular blog post, he helped himself to two pieces right out of the oven!


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This treat can be enjoyed for breakfast or dessert!

Once you’ve poured yourself a steaming hot cup of coffee (or spiced mocha), slice a piece of the coffee cake and take a moment to yourself to just indulge in the rich sweetness and appreciate life a little bit more.

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5 from 12 votes

Black Walnut Coffee Cake

Black walnut extract may not be frequently used anymore, but it creates a rich and delicious flavor in this moist, dense coffee cake from my childhood.
Cook Time40 minutes mins

Ingredients

Batter

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp black walnut extract
  • 1 cup milk (regular or non-dairy)
  • 3 cups flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt

Topping

  • 4 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup walnuts finely chopped

Drizzle

  • ½ cup butter melted

Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Grease a 9×13 pan
  • In a large bowl, cream together softened butter and sugar
  • Add three eggs (one at a time) mixing after each
  • Add both of the extracts and mix thoroughly
  • In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt
  • To the egg/sugar mixture, alternately add the cup of milk and the flour mixture
  • Pour half the batter into 9×13 pan
  • Combine topping ingredients
  • Sprinkle half of the topping mixture over batter
  • Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over top and spread evenly
  • Sprinkle the remaining topping mixture on top and drizzle with melted butter
  • Bake for 35-45 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean
  • Allow to cool
  • When cool, top with glaze in a criss-cross manner

Will you be testing out this recipe?


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Amanda
2 years ago

This looks absolutely delicious and would be so good with my coffee right now! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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Raji
2 years ago

This looks delicious! I love coffee cake, so I will definitely try this recipe the next time I bake. Thanks for sharing!

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Meg Stewart
2 years ago

You had me at the title of your blog – but swooned me with this recipe!

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Kat
2 years ago

This looks so yummy! Definitely going to try and make this!

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Eleanor Jones
2 years ago

Great post! I love how you’ve put here that it’s possible to use non-dairy alternatives, thank you for sharing x

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Sophie | Love and Literature
2 years ago

Wow, this looks delicious! I definitely need to give this a go sometime. The pictures are stunning too x

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I'm All Booked Up
2 years ago

This looks so yummy!

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Meredith Dent
2 years ago

This looks so tasty!!! I’ve been meaning to get back into baking lately and I’ve been needing some fancy new recipes to add to my repertoire. I’m going to have to try this one out for sure ❤️

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A Cup of Wonderland
2 years ago

Who doesn’t like cake when their reading and this looks divine! Shall definitely be giving this a try!

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Kevin Foodie
2 years ago

5 stars
The walnut cake looks delicious 😋. I have never seen black walnut essence. It must be very fragrant. Will be checking online for it.

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Fabiana
2 years ago

5 stars
Even in my family, not my mother but my mother-in-law, I grew up with some “vacation” recipes. I love your cake, it looks exquisite, can’t wait to try it!!!

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Llizzie
2 years ago

Confession: I’ve never had coffee cake lol! But that looks realllllly good! I might have to make a dairy-free, egg-free version! 🙂

Lizzie
http://www.lizzieinlace.com

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Lucy
2 years ago

Oh this cake looks delicious, perfect with a cup of coffee! x

Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk

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Jen
2 years ago

Ooo this cake sounds so good! Thank you for sharing it!

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Cristina Rosano
2 years ago

Okay, coffee and walnuts, two of my favourites so I can’t really pass on this! I will have to get the black walnut extract and bake this! I can already imagine it with a steaming cup of coffee in hand and a great read, dreams! Thank you for sharing x

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Megan
2 years ago

So yummy! Perfect with a hot cup of coffee on this cool spring mornings. Definitely will be making this again.

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Amie
2 years ago

Ooh this looks amazing! I’d have to swap out the cinnamon as I’m allergic but I’m definitely going to try and make a vegan version!

Love, Amie ❤
The Curvaceous Vegan

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Ana
2 years ago

This cake looks amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever had something like this before but definitely want to try

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Anita
2 years ago

This cake looks absolutely delicious and I’m sure it tastes amazing 😋

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Lynn Mejia
2 years ago

5 stars
OMG this looks amazing! I’ve never heard of black walnut but it sounds so rich! I’m a big sucker for coffee cakes and will always pick one up when presented the opportunity. Thank you for sharing xx

http://www.lynnmumbingmejia.com

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Lee
2 years ago

Ok this looks absolutely amazing!! I want to try this for Easter brunch!!

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Rach
2 years ago

Coffee is not my fav for that exact reason – they’re usually dry. So I am intrigued that this family recipe is not! I might need to try this out!

http://www.rdsobsessions.com

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Luke Slater
2 years ago

Wow this looks yummy, I’m definitely going to try and make this 😁

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Sharila
2 years ago

This looks so yummy and moist–like an elevated cinnamon roll. Love the idea of curling up with a nice book, pastry, and a hot drink.

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Jaya Avendel
2 years ago

5 stars
This is going into my recipe book! Pretty to behold and divine to partake of. I have never tried a black walnut coffee cake before, but all things moist and delicious have my name somewhere in them.
Thanks so much for sharing!

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Charity
2 years ago

Oh this looks so yummy. I love a good coffee cake. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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Heidi
2 years ago

This looks and sounds amazing! It’s so funny that you shared this today. I have been eyeing a black walnut cake recipe in my grandma’s cookbook for months now! I will have to check and see how similar this one is. Either way, I’m going to try it soon!

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Caitlin
2 years ago

I’ve never had black walnut extract but I’m very intrigued. We are big fans of moist coffee cake around here – dry coffee cake just doesn’t do it for me! Wonderful recipe!

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rebecca
2 years ago

okay i am absolutely DROOLING! I am usually hopeless at baking but this one looks worth a shot! thanks for sharing Steph.

xx rebecca // thecrystalpress.com

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Lauryn Hock
2 years ago

I need to try this cake RIGHT NOW! The frosting drizzle has me drooling.

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Gemma Jayne
2 years ago

Walnut cake is one of my mums favourite cakes! So this recipe I definitely want to try and attempt for her, because I am sure she will appreciate it. Thanks for sharing x

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Denise Kokinis
2 years ago

OMG yummmm this looks unreal! I love a good dessert or just something to enjoy with coffee from time to time!

Denise| Denise Marie

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Anna English
2 years ago

Oh girl, this looks so YUM! I might try and make it this weekend.

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Neely Moldovan
2 years ago

This sounds so good! I love coffee cake. Any kind of pastries are my weakness.

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mia
2 years ago

um…. YUM! This looks absolutely delicious. My partner’s favourite cake is coffee and walnut, so I’m going to try this on the weekend! xx

mia // https://beautiful-inspiring-creative-life.com/

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Elle
2 years ago

Wow, this cake looks utterly delish! I absolutely love coffee cake so this is right up my street. I’ll defiantly be giving this a go. Thank you for sharing! Xo

Elle – ellegracedeveson.com

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Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication
2 years ago

This looks absolutely delicious! I’m not really a coffee cake fan usually, but if this isn’t dry and crumbly, I’m in!

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Mariah
2 years ago

This looks so yummy! I love the food photography too. So well done!

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Aliya Gulamhusein
2 years ago

My husband is the baker and I just sent him the link to this post. Hopefully it makes it this weekend. Yummy

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Jennifer Prince
2 years ago

Oh my gosh! This looks entirely too amazing. Seeing that icing sells me on it alone. Ha! I’ve never had coffee cake with walnuts in it – I’ll have to test this recipe out. So yum!

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Amanda
2 years ago

5 stars
I’m not the biggest fan of nuts but this cake might make me into one– it looks and sounds absolutely delicious! I didn’t even know walnut extract existed?? Will definitely be making this!

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Stephani
2 years ago

This looks and sounds so delicious! My hubby loves coffee cake! I’ll have to save this recipe for a surprise brekkie for him!

Xo , Steph

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Jenny in Neverland
2 years ago

5 stars
Wow this looks lovely! I adore your photography here too. I’m not a baker but I’d love to try this if someone else made it for me haha!

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Freya
2 years ago

I love this recipe! I’m in the U.K. so I’m now going to try and source some black walnut extract as it sounds delicious!

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Heather LeGuilloux
2 years ago

I have always loved coffee cake but adding walnuts and walnut extract sounds like it takes coffee cake to a whole new level. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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Mary Monique
2 years ago

5 stars
Gave you 5 stars! Never tried coffee cake but omg this looks so delicious and tasty! It’s great that your mother breaks brownies as for travel. Thanks for sharing your easy recipe!! More photos please haha.

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Erin
2 years ago

Umm well this looks freaking delicious. I haven’t had coffee cake in forever.

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Lisa
2 years ago

Who doesn’t love a good coffee cake? This one looks delicious! You could eat this in the morning or in the afternoon with a cup of coffee. Yummy!

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Meg Kingsbury
2 years ago

Ohh yum! I love everything coffee and everything cake! This sounds absolutely delightful! I will definitely make this. Thanks so much for sharing! 💜

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Yolanda
2 years ago

5 stars
This looks better than any other coffee cake I’ve had! I’ll have to see where I can find black walnut extract and then I’m going to make. I think it’ll be yummy to have over Easter weekend.

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Let’s see how similar our tastes are in books… Let’s see how similar our tastes are in books… 🤔 Give yourself 5 points for every book you’ve read and an extra 5 points for every book you’ve also LOVED! ⭐️
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Here are my 20 all-time favorites (10 stand-alones and 10 series):
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STAND-ALONES:
🌲 Into the Heartless Wood
✨ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
📚 The Midnight Library
🍂 The Nature of Witches
🏖️ People We Meet on Vacation
⏳ Early Departures
🐳 Amelia Unabridged
📖 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
🏙️ Paper Towns
🎤 Daisy Jones & The Six
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SERIES:
🦌 Shadow and Bone
❣️ Shades of Magic
🎪 Caraval
🐺 Echo North
🦁 The Chronicles of Narnia
🩷 Heartstopper
😍 The Friend Zone/Part of Your World
☕️ Legends & Lattes
⛓️ The Prison Healer
🧚🏻‍♀️ Wicked Lovely
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How many points did you get? 🏆 Are any of the ones you *haven’t* read on your TBR? 🫶🏼
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What was the last book you purchased for yourself What was the last book you purchased for yourself or got from the library? 📖
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I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times (😅): I don't purchase books unless I've read them first (my few exceptions being sequels for series I love or auto-buy authors) 🤷🏻‍♀️ Needless to say, I'm pretty picky about which books I DO spend my money on 💳
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I recently did a bit of a haul from Book Outlet during their mega fiction sale and here's what I snagged:
☕️ Legends & Lattes
🕰️ In Five Years
🌲 Lost in the Never Woods
🥀 Girl, Serpent, Thorn
🎤 XOXO
🥧 Crumbs
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Have you read any of these or are any of them on your TBR? 📚
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What was the last sequel/companion novel announcem What was the last sequel/companion novel announcement that got you really excited? 🤩
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I was SO thrilled when I saw @kristinaforest's announcement for The Partner Plot, an adult romance that follows Violet (the older sister of Lily from The Neighbor Favor) and her high school sweetheart 🩷 It's coming out in the spring of 2024 and I'm already counting down the days until it's in my hands 🙌🏼
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If you haven't read The Neighbor Favor yet, what are you waiting for? 😉 It's absolutely ADORABLE and I was so thrilled to get a copy of it in one of my @litlovebox packages - along with some delicious chocolates and coffee, of course ☕️ Use the code STEPH5 for a discount on your very own box (good til the end of May!) 🎁
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What was the last cute romance book that you loved? 📖
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What was the last series that you started? 📚
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I've been starting (and completing) a lot of series this year 🙌🏼 Admittedly, half of them are rereads, but they still count, right? 😅
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Series rereads I've finished this year:
🌊 All the Stars and Teeth
🏹 The Hunger Games
🦌 Shadow and Bone
❣️ Shades of Magic
🐦‍⬛ Six of Crows
🍂 Heartstopper (up to date)
🦸🏻‍♀️ Renegades
 
Series I've finished this year (not rereads):
💚 The Green Bone Saga
🥰 Jansen Brothers
🌲 Lovelight Farms
🔍 Truly Devious (trilogy - still working on the continuations)
🫖 The Tea Dragon Society
🧚🏼‍♀️ These Hollow Vows
🃏 The Cardplay Duology
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I've also started several more, but I'm most proud of the ones I've completed ✅ There's something so satisfying about finishing a series, don't you think? 😂
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Have you read any of these yet? 📖
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What are your favorite adult fantasy series? ⚔️
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A few years ago, I devoured The Daevabad Trilogy and completely fell in love with the absolutely magnificent world-building 😍
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Adult fantasy can be tricky if you're used to the pacing in YA fantasy, but after some time, you might find that you really enjoy the way that the story develops 🙌🏼
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Some of my favorite completed adult fantasy series:
💚 The Green Bone Saga (Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy)
🧛🏻‍♂️ All Souls (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life)
🐺 The Wilderwood (For the Wolf, For the Throne)
⏳ Shades of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A Conjuring of Light)
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Have you read any of these yet? 📚
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What's one book you'd recommend to someone just di What's one book you'd recommend to someone just diving into fiction for the first time? 📖
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I've asked this in the past, but I'm curious how the answers might change since so many books have come out in the last several years that I think would fit this perfectly 👌🏼
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I don't have many IRL friends who enjoy reading, but I have been lucky enough to recommend books to fiction newbies in the past and I usually start with The Midnight Library! 📚 I think it's a book everyone should read (but that's because it saved my life, so it's very special to me) and I especially recommend it during May, Mental Health Awareness Month! 💚
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‼️ I’m taking the next week away from social media/blogging for my own mental health. I’ll probably be lurking some but please note that I won’t be updating much of anything til after the 15th 🫶🏼
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Have you read The Midnight Library yet? ☕️
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Have you reached your quarterly reading goals (if Have you reached your quarterly reading goals (if you set any)? 📊
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I was tagged by @estherfungreads to do a quarterly reading wrap-up:
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Total books read: 92
Rereads: 28
Favorite genres: fantasy & romance as per usual
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☕️ Personal favorite reads (not counting rereads):
Begin Again, Legends & Lattes, Happy Place
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☕️ Favorite new-to-me authors:
Angie Thomas, Maureen Johnson
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☕️ Favorite authors revisited:
Leigh Bardugo, V.E. Schwab, Marissa Meyer, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry
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☕️ Books that made me laugh (not counting rereads):
Funny Feelings, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Happy Place 
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☕️ Books that made me cry:
We Are All So Good at Smiling, The Crossover, Happy Place (yes it fits in both categories)
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☕️ Currently reading:
If the Shoe Fits, These Twisted Bonds, Crumbs
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☕️ What's left on my priority TBR:
Babel, A Curse for True Love, Foxglove, This Cursed Light, The Stardust Thief, A Wilderness of Stars, Painted Devils, Bring Me Your Midnight, Someone Just Like You, The Brothers Hawthorne, and several more tbh 
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Did you love any of your April reads so much that Did you love any of your April reads so much that you wanted to immediately turn around and read them again? 🤎
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I certainly felt that about a few of the books I read this past month, but especially:
🫖 The Tea Dragon Society - this entire MG graphic novel trilogy just warmed my heart so much. It's precious and wonderful and if you haven't read it, please do because you won't be able to wipe the smile off your face.
🔍 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - within the first couple of chapters, I was belly-laughing so hard I was crying. This was hilarious and adorable and I didn't want it to end. I immediately began recommending it to everyone. 
⛱️ Happy Place - because of course! I mean, this book did make me sob my eyes out multiple times, but it also made me belly laugh more than once as well. It was perfect in every way and very quickly became my second fave of Emily's books (just after PWMOV)!
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Thank goodness I'm a big fan of rereading because I know I'll be revisiting all of these books again in the future 🙌🏼
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Have you read any of my April favorites? 📚
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Convince me to read your FAVORITE book of all time Convince me to read your FAVORITE book of all time in the comments ☕️
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It's been a while since I've screamed about my favorite book, INTO THE HEARTLESS WOOD by @gamwyn, in-feed... so here's another reminder to not just buy this, but actually READ IT - like RIGHT NOW 😉 I take every opportunity I can to recommend this one because it truly is unlike any other fantasy I've ever read and I just adore it with my ENTIRE HEART 🤎
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If you love hauntingly beautiful fantasy books with:
🔭 cinnamon roll astronomer boys
🌲 monstrous tree siren girls
🎶 villain falling for the hero
💫 stars and leaves and everything in between
you will absolutely LOVE this book 📖
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Have you read Into the Heartless Wood or anything else by Joanna? 📚
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