If you have a garden and want an alternative to canning, you need Freeze Fresh. It clearly and concisely explains how to freeze your abundant harvests (or farmer’s market/supermarket sale finds). It covers 55 fruits, vegetables and herbs. It also includes recipes used before freezing and many more using theContinue Reading
Once you have been a book blogger for a while, you have many options for books to review. I chose The Color Meditation Deck because I want to remove the stress of using the new watercolor supplies that I received for Mother’s Day. What stress could water coloring cause? IContinue Reading
The 60-Something Crisis details the author’s difficulty with turning 60. I agree that reaching 60 is likely to contain both regrets and joyful memories. However, this book is less how to deal with either and more about the author venting about rich people problems. The 60-Something Crisis is less aContinue Reading
Crazy high gas prices and travel costs shelving your summer vacation plans? Use The Unofficial Disney Parks EPCOT Cookbook to travel the world from your kitchen. With recipes as diverse as the Lobster Poutine from the Canada Pavilion to the Froot Loops Shake from the International Flower & Garden Festival,Continue Reading
With fifty foods to choose from, everyone is sure to find something they like in the Complete Guide to Anti-inflammatory Foods. The book begins with an explanation of what inflammation is and what horrors it may do to your body. It also includes a chart of inflammatory foods to avoid.Continue Reading
What used to take an hour of research in a library can now be found in a few minutes with Google. But can our poor brain retain all that information? Can it combine it effectively to create something new? Maybe…but it is more efficient to offload some of that informationContinue Reading
Who doesn’t want to be Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers? With this book, it is an attainable dream for even the most unartistic people. And the results are beautiful and professional enough to hang on your wall. Beginning with arcs and straight lines, this book is as step-by-step as itContinue Reading
The Investing Quickstart Guide is the perfect tool for beginner investors. The book discusses various asset classes, investment strategies and how to begin your investing journey. It contains the same information typically taught in an undergraduate upper division finance class without all the math and graphs. The prose style hasContinue Reading
Spare Parts tells the true, and frequently bloody, story of how mankind began transplanting skin, blood, teeth and organs from person to person. It began with noses. Noses were lost frequently in the past due to duels, war injuries, criminal punishments, and venereal disease. Using tree grafting as a model,Continue Reading
Feeling creative but don’t have much time or money? 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolor can show you how to paint a beautiful watercolor in only fifteen minutes! Beginning watercolor kits containing all the supplies necessary are as low as $12. With step-by-step instructions, 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolor will allow anyone toContinue Reading
I confess that I am fascinated by, and a bit addicted to, streaming TV. I have every popular service as well as a few obscure ones like Britbox and Wondrium. However, I still find myself frequently at a loss to find a great show to watch. I hate to complainContinue Reading
I have a nasty little secret (for a book review blogger). I don’t like to read book blurbs. It spoils the surprise for me. Because of this possible flaw, How to Tell a Story was not what I expected. It is specifically discussing how to prepare to tell a trueContinue Reading
600,000 people get released from jails and prisons each year. What happens to these people? While 68% return to incarceration within three years, what obstacles did the remaining 32% successfully hurdle to achieve real freedom? Free uses the stories of six former prisoners to show the challenges that reentry toContinue Reading
So, you decided to begin a garden. But you live in a place with no yard or even a balcony? Plus, money is tight right now? No problem with Apartment Kitchen Gardening by your side. This book feels like your best friend is speaking directly to you about how toContinue Reading
Plant Power states that it is not a diet book. It is a lifestyle change book. However, it does include the typical diet books’ four-week eating plan, recipes and food limits. But no photographs or nutritional information is included. Eating more plants and less meat is a laudable goal bothContinue Reading
Is Pinball gambling? New York City thought so from 1942-1976. But in 1976, it was once again legalized and came back with a vengeance both there and across the US. If you remember playing Pinball fondly, this graphic biography is a compelling read. From the game’s history to each innovationContinue Reading