The Shack, Merry And A Cat Named Cha-moan
This was a book geared towards the younger reader, however, I found it to be delightful. A frolic through normal life as kids, “The Gang” soon discovers the magical and mysterious shack, which is their “meeting place”. This book, although corny at times, teaches the young reader to do the right thing and always hold onto their “treasures”.
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Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook (NYM Series)
This is so much more than just a cookbook (there’s so much fabulous information, the recipes don’t even start until page 65). The only downside is now I have no excuse NOT to start freezer cooking!
Competing books on freezing sell strongly and steadily. Typically, they are based on a very specific plan—cooking for a family of four for a month ahead in an afternoon of work in the kitchen, for example. They offer orderly plans with decent, if largely unimaginative, food. Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook offers two advantages over these books. First, Fisher lays out lots of easy-to-follow guidelines for diverse families with varying needs and desires, taking into account how long you want to spend in the kitchen—there are 2-hour, 4-hour, and daylong plans—as well as how far out ahead you want to cook for, the size of your household, the size of your freezer, your budget, and even your taste for one-dish meals versus multi-course meals. The emphasis is on facilitating flexibility without sacrificing clarity and ease-of-use.
Second, Fisher’s 200 recipes deliver flavorful and healthy food in abundance. She takes readers beyond mom’s beef-pork-chicken triumvirate, with lots of ideas for lamb, fish, shellfish, and vegetarian main courses. There are homey and family-friendly dishes, like Cheddar Cheese Soup with Zucchini, Broccoli, and Carrots, or Crumb-Topped Cod Fillets, fancy dishes for company, like Seasoned Steak with Gorgonzola Herb Butter, and lots of globally inspired creations like Salsa Verde Beef, Red Lentil Dahl, and Hoisin-Glazed Salmon. While the emphasis is on dinner, there are breakfast and brunch recipes, too, and plenty of ideas for breads, quick breads, and desserts that freeze well. Ample sidebars address such matters as finding good freezer bags and containers, labeling frozen food, whether to invest in a new freezer, and how to thaw safely.
The author’s story—cooking for a family of eight, including six home-schooled children under ten, and serving as the creator and writer of the popular blogs Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats—fits the topic and the book perfectly. Fisher is a woman who knows all about budgeting time and money efficiently, at the same time serving up delicious food with warmth, love, and an appreciation for the pleasures of the table.
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D.I.Y. Delicious: Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food from Scratch
This is a useful and well-written book. Vanessa Barrington provides easy-to-follow recipes, just like any good cookbook author should, but she goes the extra mile and gives the reader ways to use what’s just been made
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This is the best slow-cooker cookbook I have. It has recipies from appetizers to desserts and they are not complicated. I bought this for my three daughters also, as they use their slow-cookers frequently, and they love it and use it as least once a week. Everything I have made has been a success.
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Looking Up When Life Gets You Down
Most encouraging when life has you in a tail spin to realize that God has plans for you. Highly recommend for a quick shot for the soul and heart.
In his compassionate and caring style, Warren W. Wiersbe offers beaten-down readers a positive treatment of suffering that reveals the Bible’s authoritative and comforting answers to their big questions. His faith-bolstering insight will show readers that, with God as their source of comfort, strength, and hope, they can weather the storms of life–and come out on top.
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Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose
I cannot recommend Balancing It All enough!! This book is an autobiographical look at Candace’s life and how she has found balance through different roles and seasons in life. The priority of her relationship with God echoes through each principle and example. Through reading Candace’s stories you are able to reflect on your own life and see the importance of continually striving to prioritize and re-prioritize your life to line up with the many different roles and responsibilities God gives each of us. Whether you feel like you struggle with finding balance in life or not this is a great read!
That’s the question that wife, mom, actress, and best-selling author Candace Cameron Bure is often asked. And it’s a question that women everywhere are asking themselves as we seek to balance all of our roles, responsibilities, and opportunities.
So, how do we do it? Working since the age of 5, Candace has been in a balancing act for nearly her entire life. She is the first to tell you that there is no miracle formula for perfect execution in every area of your life, but there definitely are some lessons to be learned, lessons that come to life in Candace’s story.
Come along and dig into Candace’s story from her start in commercials, the balance-necessitating years on Full House, to adding on the roles of wife and mom while also returning to Hollywood. Insightful, funny, and poignant, Candace’s story will help you balance it all.
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he adventures of the boys are charming and to my mind are reminiscent of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. It is nostalgic of an age of innocence and playfulness as well as dealing with the harsh realities of life .
John Macleod, from Scotland, did this review after reading Little Billy (Kindle Edition)
This is a delightful story related in a particularly vivid manner. The narrative comes to life as one can picture the scenes while reading. This would make an enchanting film. The adventures of the boys are charming and to my mind are reminiscent of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. It is nostalgic of an age of innocence and playfulness as well as dealing with the harsh realities of life. Writing from Scotland and as a Macleod myself with connections to the Isle of Lewis, I particularly relished the Roddy character in his full highland regalia and the sweet letter from Roddy’s sister. All and all,an evocative and touching story. I can’t wait to read the next one.
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I enjoyed the depth of the characters (move over Mr. Darcy, David Weeks is pretty amazing!), getting to better know & spend time with ‘friends’ from Ms. Havigs’ other Rockland/Fairbury/etc. books, and of course, the story itself. I have yet to read a book by Chautona Havig that hasn’t uplifted & encouraged me personally & spiritually.
When Dani wakes with no knowledge of who or where she is–no memories of her life at all–David and Dani Weeks discover that “til death do us part” takes on an entirely unexpected meaning. Practically speaking, Dani died. But she didn’t.
In a desperate attempt to separate the old life from the new, Dani insists on a new name–Ella.
Ella’s doctors can’t explain what happened. Her children can’t understand why she doesn’t know them, and her husband finds himself torn between admiration for the “new” version of his wife and missing the woman he’s known for over fifteen years.
Will Ella ever regain her memory? Why does their pastor suspect it’s one great hoax?
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Childless: A Novel (Fatherless)
Great read! The authors have made the story and characters in such a way that your mind automatically applies to ongoing events on its own.
Everyone is nervous about how Judge Victor Santiago will rule. The case involved the tragic demise of a loving mother and her disabled son. A common medical procedure has somehow created havoc across the legal and economic landscape. The president’s popular Youth Initiative is losing momentum. Political and economic fortunes are at stake. That’s why someone, somewhere, would rather put the judge in his grave than risk a wrong decision.
Tyler Cain, a once respected police detective turned sleazy private investigator, has been pulled into the middle of events way above his pay grade. He hopes the case will restore some measure of dignity. But does he have what it takes to find the potential assassin before time runs out?
He seeks help from Julia Davidson, a newly married journalist, who finds herself torn between the influence she craves and the husband she loves. She wants significance. But he wants a child. In Fatherless, Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner depicted a time in which present-day trends come to sinister fruition. This eagerly awaited follow-up vividly imagines what happens when the abiding joys of parenthood are exchanged for the gradual deterioration of a CHILDLESS world.
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Rebekah (Wives of the Patriarchs Book #2): A Novel
In sum, if you like Biblical fiction you’ll love this one! I also highly suggest you read the chapters in Genesis either before or after reading Rebekah. You’ll be amazed and how well Miss Smith stuck to the Biblical account. 😉
Join bestselling author Jill Eileen Smith as she fills in the blanks around the biblical women behind the men we know well. Her in-depth research and creative storytelling bring Rebekah’s unique story alive with romance, heartache, and the power of forgiveness.
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This book was so funny, cute, serious, and very well written. It is one of those books that you cannot put down.
I have read a lot of Mary Connealy books and they are all very good.
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This is a great series. I have really enjoyed it. My husband works in the oilfield and was great reading about the early days oif drilling for oil in Humble Texas.
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