What’s up with the title, The Joy of Being Selfish? Well…sometimes you need to just say no. For your own mental health. If you never get any me time because you are constantly fulfilling the needs of others, this is a book you MUST read. Admittedly, if you are aContinue Reading
Can you remove both natural and manmade toxins from your and your family’s life? Yes! With The Slightly Greener Method, a relatively painless and stress-free process, you can eliminate the worst toxins while still enjoying hot dogs and mascara. “The good news is that there are a lot of saferContinue Reading
Ballet is beautiful to watch. But behind the scenes it’s hell. It’s a racist, fat-shaming, pain-inducing world where back biting and power trips are common. Swan Dive is one ballerina’s tour of this hell. And it’s one crazy ride. Gina practiced and practiced to perfect her art, ballet dancing. SheContinue Reading
You’ve binged on P-Valley and Beyond the Pole but now you want to hear about the real life of a stripper? I was a Stripper Librarian is the perfect book for you. The author goes beyond the scenes and introduces us to many of her stripper friends. While some focusContinue Reading
I love The “I Love My Instant Pot” Cooking for One Recipe Book! It has comforting classic dishes, trendy wraps/bowls, and exotic dishes from other lands. There are also fast and easy dishes with little prep. All of the recipes include nutritional information. Don’t be shocked by the high calorieContinue Reading
I made limiting my food waste my number one New Year’s Resolution this year. My resolution was to eat all the fresh produce I have left at the end of the week rather than throwing it out. The No-Waste Save-the-Planet Vegan Cookbook goes at least 99 steps further on theContinue Reading
I was so excited to read Surprise! It’s Gluten Free! Most store-bought gluten-free bread tastes nothing like bread. I was looking forward to what the author promises in the introduction. “The techniques and ingredients that work for one gluten-free recipe might not work well for the next. I have doneContinue Reading
You can’t find more comfort food that the recipes in The “I Love My Air Fryer” 5-Ingredient Recipe Book. Many are variations on what my midwestern grandma taught me to cook when I was young. While the calories may have slightly gone down, due to the air fryer, most ofContinue Reading
I love keto even though I am terrible at sticking to it. However, The Dirty, Lazy, Keto 5-Ingredient Cookbook might just make me a keto fanatic again. Being gluten-free for years, it would seem to be easy to forgo a few more foods (goodbye, rice) and go full keto. AfterContinue Reading
Secrets of the Force contains a multitude of material about the creation of the first six films in the Star Wars universe. There is lesser information about the films made without George Lucas. Quotes from movie insiders including George and some of the actors do release some secrets. At overContinue Reading
Using ham radio, television laugh tracks, and pop culture as examples, Seek You attempts to explain how loneliness became so widespread in our society. “The laugh track of each show was a lesson in what I was supposed to feel and know, and a promise for something I could somedayContinue Reading
Boost Your Balance is filled with non-intimidating exercises to increase people’s strength and flexibility as well as their balance. The book contains 67 exercises though some have variations to make them more difficult as your fitness improves. Thirty-one are for flexibility. Twenty are for strength. Sixteen are for balance. TheContinue Reading
What would it be like being born into a fugitive family? Moving constantly from town to town, continent to continent. Changing names and backstories just as often. With no roots or long-term friends, would you just be a Nowhere Girl? “I know my father’s laws by heart, because it isContinue Reading
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 attempts to put the current pandemic in its place within all the human pandemics in recorded history. What does the past have to tell us about our future? The author lists thirty lessons that we should have learned already (with varying success). My favoriteContinue Reading
Epic Vegan Quick and Easy is exactly what it says it is—quick and easy. The cookbook contains 11-15 recipes in each chapter. The chapters are for breakfasts, snacks/apps, soups/stews, handheld foods, lunch meals on the go, main dishes and desserts. Most of the recipes have familiar ingredients that you mayContinue Reading
“In November 1954, Annie took her dog and got on a horse and started riding. Destination: California.” And so began The Ride of Her Life. Annie is poor. Dirt poor. After being in the hospital and given two to four years left to live, Annie’s sole goal is to liveContinue Reading