The title of The Foodie Diet seems like a misnomer. I think of a foodie as someone who loves food, not supplements, which the author heavily promotes late in the book. I also expected more unusual recipes, and honestly, more of them. These recipes seemed too basic for a trueContinue Reading
In Tidying the Abyss, it’s like the author has snuck around in my house at night while I was sleeping. Otherwise, how does she know that I have an unopened mop box (she must have missed the still boxed Roomba, vacuum and generic swift jet in my garage)? She evenContinue Reading
The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews has over 300 recipes. Every soup or stew you have ever heard of, and many that you haven’t, grace these pages. About 25% of the recipes have pictures. Unfortunately, none have nutritional information or allergen warnings. Even though the book states it is forContinue Reading
Who doesn’t love a fast food or restaurant’s special sauce? Secret Sauce contains a huge collection of copycat recipes from McDonald’s Big Mac to Olive Garden’s Alfredo and marinara sauces. The recipes are easy enough for anyone to follow. The ingredients can be found in most grocery stories. I madeContinue Reading
Physics is at an impasse. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity works well to explain the world on a macro level. Quantum Mechanics works great at the subatomic level. But the two have never been reconciled into one giant universal law. Portals to a New Reality suggests five experiments that mightContinue Reading
So what is The Art of Spending Money? It is being content with what you have. It’s using your money to buy once-in-a-lifetime experiences rather than just upgrading your everyday life. It is consciously deciding that whatever you want is worth trading your time that could be spent with familyContinue Reading
Watched all the Mormon Wives episodes but sick of paying for overpriced soda syrups? Fizz has the answer with more than 70 different mostly non-alcoholic soda concoctions. I’ve had a Sodastream for years. I’ve never used it so much. These recipes are delicious and cheaper than the pricey prepackaged syrups.Continue Reading
The Art of Gluten-Free Bread provides a multitude of recipes for gluten free breads. From sourdough breads to yeast breads to holiday feast breads, most wheat bread types are recreated as gluten free here. There are even recipes for brownies, dinner rolls and croissants. Each recipe includes a gorgeous colorContinue Reading
I Blew My Diet! Now What? uses a KetoMod diet and some soul searching to get your diet back on track. A KetoMod diet emphasizes non-starchy vegetables, full fats & protein. It limits carbs daily to 40 grams. The book includes three weeks of shopping lists and recipes. The recipesContinue Reading
With 36 weekly progressively more difficult lessons, Wild Watercolor is like taking an art class in your home. Beginning with a simple sky and concluding with an advanced Prickly Pear Cactus Flower, this book gently moves your skill set forward. Using a fully illustrated step-by step approach, the author teachesContinue Reading
Ready to learn a fun and inexpensive new hobby regardless of your age? The Ultimate Origami Challenge Kit for Kids 8-12 will walk you through paper folding step-by-step. Beginning with a simple grasshopper and progressing through 29 additional increasingly difficult projects, this book has something for every skill level. TheContinue Reading
92 Quick & Healthy Recipes for Every Day is a cookbook for beginners with recipes for only one or two people. The ingredients are easy to find and not too numerous. That makes this cookbook a great gift for young/new adults moving out of their family’s home for the firstContinue Reading
I can sum up The Intelligence Explosion in two words. Robots BAAAAD! And by robots, I mean artificial intelligence in all its myriad of forms. Of the thirteen chapters in the book, only one presents the benefits of AI. The rest present the ways AI will mess us up. AI’sContinue Reading
Preserving the Seasons begins with brief overviews of all the ways to save your garden, or farmers market’s, bounty. Freezing, pickling, water bath canning, drying, dehydrating and freeze drying are all covered as are various types of infusions. I don’t know if everyone has a relative like my grandma. SheContinue Reading
Algospeak was not what I expected at all. I expected a deep dive into how social media has changed the words we use as well as changed the language itself. While the book does start there, it tends to go off in tangents down 4chan, incels and beauty influencers’ paths.Continue Reading
Were you a fan of America’s Next Top Model? Did you wonder how the models felt when the judges were so harsh about their looks and abilities? If so, You Wanna Be on Top? is a must read because behind-the-scenes it was so much worse. Girls treated like cattle, shovedContinue Reading