Review: Furry Logic A Guide to Life's Little Challenges

• PRICE:

  $9.99

• ISBN:

  978-1-60774-716-1

• RELEASE:

  Nov 11th, 2014

• FORMAT

  Hardcover

• CATEGORY:

  Humor - Topic - Animals

  
  
  
  
  The day this book came, I was down in the dumps. I hadn’t seen my daughter who moved to Chicago from our home in LA for nearly 6 months. I opened the book and I read a few of the pages and started smiling.

  
  

  On Christmas morning, my daughter and my niece were on the couches all bundled up and reading it to one another. Laughter abounded.

  
  

  It’s funny how small things can make such a difference in your life. I loved this book and it is close at hand to read on those days when things don’t go as we planned.

  
  

  
  

  I received this book for free from "Blogging for Books".

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Review: Thief of Glory

Book Title:
Thief of Glory - A Novel

Author Name(s):
Sigmund Brouwer

Category:
Fiction - Christian - Historical

Additional Details:
Released: August 19th, 2014
Trade Paperback
336 Pages
$14.99 (USD)

I thought I was pretty well educated on WW2, but now I see that I wasn't. The Pacific Theater and the actions of the Japanese Army against the Dutch citizens of Indonesia was horrific. 

Thief of Glory addresses the story of one young man and his trials and travail from 1941, right after the attack on Pearl Harbor till his adulthood in the United States after the war. The chase of a marble will lead him from the prison camps of Malaysia to the halls of Congress.  

He survived atrocities, deaths of family members and yet clung to one abiding hope: The goodness of God. He never let his faith in God desert him, nor did God. 

It was riveting, scandalous, heartbreaking and redeeming book to read. I reccomend it to anyone who's interested in more than known history of the Pacific Theater, the hidden one where women and children were forced to make decisions which would impact them long after their incarceration. 





I received this book free from Blogging for Books for review. 

A Blogging for Books Review: Meat and Potatoes by Rahm Fama with Betty Dooley

Meat and Potatoes

Simple Recipes that Sizzle and Sear

Written by Rahm Fama

Contribution by Beth Dooley

I love to cook. I love to read books. Meat and Potatoes satisfied both for me. Written by Rahm Fama (who I was an early friend of on Facebook) and Beth Dooley, this book is a collection of satisfying recipes that most cooks can master. 

The book is subtitled, Simple Recipes that Sizzle and Sear. They aren't kidding. Right off the bat Mr Fama says the 2 most important things you need to make good meat is a cast iron pan and a thermometer. I'll admit right off I don't have one, but I have a good grill pan that I use when the 2 grills outside aren't able to be used. I may have to get a cast iron pan. 

He talks about how to find the best cuts of meat, and that if you make friends with the butcher in your grocery store you may do better than trying to decide by looking at cuts and cuts of meat in the aisles. If you have access to a butcher shop that you trust all the better. 

In addition to the beef,pork, chicken and turkey, lamb,game, and one pot favorites; he also includes easy sides to compliment your protein. My family gets tired of the same old sides so there are some new ones that will grace their plates this fall. I'll admit I am one of those cooks who tweaks recipes so nothing is made the same the next time, but I will follow these like the letter of the law. 

I'd buy this if I hadn't gotten it as a review book. It fits my cooking style and I love the incidental comments that Mr Fama inserts through the book. Buy it and get ready to cook a smart, sizzling dinner. 

"I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review."