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Review: His Majesty’s Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik My rating: 4 of 5 stars I added this book to my Goodreads To Read list in 2014. The reasons for doing so are lost to time and slightly baffling. I don’t believe I had any previous experience with Ms. Naomi Novik. I’m not a big fantasy person (I’m…
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Review: Huckleberry: Recipes, Stories, and Secrets from Our Kitchen
Huckleberry: Recipes, Stories, and Secrets from Our Kitchen by Zoe Nathan My rating: 4 of 5 stars My favorite part of this cookbook has been the intros to each chapter. Mrs Zoe Nathan has organized the chapters into the time of day needed to start working on the items to be ready to open Huckleberry…
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Review: The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut, #1)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal My rating: 4 of 5 stars I decided to participate with the Sword and Laser book club for the February 2018 pick. Before I get to the review proper this was a very interesting time to be reading this particular book. At Farpoint 2019 I attended a panel…
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Review: Grilled Cheese Kitchen: Bread + Cheese + Everything in Between (Grilled Cheese Cookbooks, Sandwich Recipes, Creative Recipe Books, Gifts for Cooks)
Grilled Cheese Kitchen: Bread + Cheese + Everything in Between by Heidi Gibson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I didn’t know there could be so many kinds of Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, although as a coworker remarked – “Technically, most of those are melts, not grilled cheese.” Fair enough, but I still loved the various…
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Review: Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook
Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook by Rachel Khoo My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the first time I’ve read a cookbook written by a European and it was interesting to see where they are similar and different. Some of them really intrigued me and some of them were a bit too far. But I…
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Review: The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
The Just City by Jo Walton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’d had this book on my To Read list since 2014 when I read about it on Boing-Boing. I don’t remember what they said about, but something piqued my interest. Of course, when you have a To Read list that’s hovering near 400…
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Review: Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Holy Time-Skip, Batman! As is clear from the first chapter (and maybe the synopsis? I never read those once I know I’m going to read a book because they tend to spoil a bit or mess with my expectations) we’ve jumped 30 years…
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Review: Bread Illustrated: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Bakery-Quality Results at Home
Bread Illustrated: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Bakery-Quality Results at Home by America’s Test Kitchen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even though I started this book nearly a year ago, I haven’t made any of the recipes yet. This is mostly because I didn’t get a stand mixer until late last year. That said,…
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Review: Bowls!: Recipes and Inspirations for Healthful One-Dish Meals (One Bowl Meals, Easy Meals, Rice Bowls)
Bowls!: Recipes and Inspirations for Healthful One-Dish Meals by Molly Watson My rating: 3 of 5 stars BOWLS! They’re both a new phenomenon and one of the oldest ways to eat food. My younger brother recently suggested eating at one of those food-court style places that are really trendy right now and nearly all ten…
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Review: Vegetables on Fire: 50 Vegetable-Centered Meals from the Grill
Vegetables on Fire: 50 Vegetable-Centered Meals from the Grill by Brooke Lewy My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think the recipes in this book allow your veggies to be first-class citizens on the grill. Plus they provide some pretty awesome items for your vegetarian friends to eat instead of the usual mushrooms or tofu…
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Review: Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie S’Mores
Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie S’Mores by Steven Raichlen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Last summer I made the grilled breakfast quesadillas and just that item is worth the cost of this book. Also, grilled bacon turned out to be pretty awesome and way…
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Review: Cook’s Country Magazine 2018
Cook’s Country Magazine 2018 by America’s Test Kitchen My rating: 4 of 5 stars As per usual with these reviews – I’ve already made a couple recipes from this bundle of 2018 Cook’s Country issues. It was, of course, great! In 2018 Cook’s Country continued the tradition of recipes from around the USA with fun…
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Review: Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5)
Strange Dogs by James S.A. Corey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This review will contain spoilers for The Expanse book series, but not this book. When we last left the universe of The Expanse, the good guys appeared to have won, except for the ship the rebels had sent into one of the gates.…
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Review: All That Outer Space Allows
All That Outer Space Allows by Ian Sales My rating: 1 of 5 stars It’s very interesting to be reading this (well, listening as an audiobook) at the same time as The Calculating Stars as both of them tackle women’s issues, the Baby Boomer Era America, and space travel. But whereas I’m really enjoying The…
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Review: Skipped Parts (GroVont Trilogy, #1)
Skipped Parts by Tim Sandlin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Supposedly (according to the cover on the version I selected on Goodreads) this was made into a movie. I found this so incredulous that I looked it up on IMDB. Apparently it was made in 2000 and is rated R so MAYBE there’s hope…