Out on the Wire: Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Good graphic novel about storytelling, radio and podcasting. Out on the Wire starts out interesting but then bogs down in the middle. It is based on an interesting idea: show the creative process of telling stories through non-fiction podcasts. However, I think the author loved her subject so much thatContinue Reading
Canning Recipes: 150 Home Canning Recipes For Canning and Preserving
Uses processed ingredients in many recipes. I didn’t like that many of the recipes used canned ingredients (like tomato paste). I’m canning to get away from processed food so adding them to my home canning just doesn’t make sense.Continue Reading
Food Dehydrating: How to Dry Fruit & Vegetables
Dehydrating recipes for basically every fruit and veggie. I bought a new food dehydrator despite knowing nothing at all about dehydrating. I just wanted to save some money and have some control over what was in my fruit rollups and beef jerky. I downloaded about five dehydrating books from theContinue Reading
Secondhand Souls: A Novel
Waded through this book to a good ending. The previous book in the series, A Dirty Job, was much better and is highly recommended. Secondhand Souls: A Novel not so much. This book has almost the same plot as the first book in this series, A Dirty Job. Though theContinue Reading
Canada under Attack
Little known history of America attacking Canada! Canada Under Attack is an interesting story of Irish-American Civil War veterans, the Fenians, who decided to invade Canada to force England to free Ireland. I wonder how many pints it took to dream up that scheme (don’t hate on me–I’m also Irish-AmericanContinue Reading
Turner
Great scary read! I truly loved Turner. It reminded me of the feeling I got reading The Exorcist and The Omen for the first time years ago. It was straight up scary (though I did read it at night in the dark on my Kindle after everyone else was asleepContinue Reading
The Man Who Wasn’t There: An Emma Golden Mystery
If you like wine, you will enjoy The Man Who Wasn’t There. It is a mystery set in Oregon’s wine country. I love reading mysteries both to challenge myself to figure out the solution and to learn about something new. This novel, the third in the Emma Golden Mystery series,Continue Reading
Badlands
Great Atmosphere and Characters! The atmosphere in Badlands is extraordinary. I live in the high desert but the descriptions of a North Dakota winter were so effective that I actually got a blanket to use while reading it. I also enjoyed Kyle as he was a most unusual protagonist. MostContinue Reading
The Grid (Jon Cantrell Thriller 3)
Good Police Procedural with Compelling Lead Character. More of a police procedural than a mystery since it is obvious who the villains are. This novel kept me reading to determine how the bad guys were caught (similar to Columbo). I liked Jon, the series’ lead, so I’ll look for theContinue Reading