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
My Review Jolie and Ava, the owners of the Cast Iron Creations restaurant, are both very pregnant. Jolie with twins! However, that doesn’t stop the bodies from dropping dead or the suspects from piling up! When the mayor of their town and the police department dispatcher are shot, the town’sContinue Reading
I found my perfect 2021 beach read with The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives. Dive into the privileged world of San Francisco wives Brooke, Erin, and Georgia. You would never have the nerve to be this naughty. You wouldn’t, would you? Beautiful newlywed Brooke moves into an exclusive neighborhood nearContinue Reading
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Vol 1 is a witty Harry Potter parody crossed with One Punch Man. It’s hilarious! Mash is young and massively strong. But he has no magic powers in a world that requires them. When Mash disobeys his father to pick up a cream puff in town,Continue Reading
There is a dance. Then, a school practice exercise that turns into a real fight. RWBY: The Official Manga Vol 3 is the last volume in this prequel to the anime series. I’m sure I would have enjoyed this entire series more if I had watched the anime first. AsContinue Reading
In No. 5, Vol 1, the Peace Corps Commandos are an elite caste of superhumans on a future Earth. Their first mission is to shoot the mythical elk, Ashiro. Meanwhile, sharpshooter number 5 is romancing his superior’s wife. He runs off with her. The superior sends his staff to killContinue 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
Van Helsing, Liesel Van Helsing. Daughter of that Van Helsing. It’s Liesel Van Helsing vs the League of Monsters. The monsters include her stepfather, her half-sister, a mummy, Frankenstein’s monster, Miss Hyde, werewolves and various vampires. On Liesel’s side are Igor, Dr. Jekyll (when she is not Miss Hyde), andContinue 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
My Review The Inquisition is over, but witches still have one thing to fear—associating with Zo. Zo is a gift shop owner in Midnight Spells Murder, the second entry in the Happy Camper cozy mystery series. She invites a witch to a book signing to celebrate Halloween. But the witchContinue Reading
Get used to the idea of spending a few hours questioning why you decided to read about these boring petty people. For more than half the book, millennials Remy and Alicia obsess over Jen, a beautiful girl with an uber-rich and pretentious boyfriend named Horus. They visit Horus’ house inContinue Reading
My Review Hattie is from a long line of moonshiners starting back during prohibition. She decides to open a store to sell her family’s hooch in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unfortunately, the owner of the bar across the street is found dead on her store’s doorstep. Hattie just had an argument withContinue Reading
Who’s ready for a ghost story? Not a violent demonic possession like the latest Conjuring movie. No, a quiet and refined little story of a spirit who just won’t leave her perfect house. In The Therapist, the ghost is determined to run the new owners straight out of HER house.Continue Reading