jbarrett5: Books read Apr 25

Lianne Second Chances Series by Mona Ingram
This book starts where first book left off. We are following Lianne and she has lots or diseaster and tragedies occur in the short period of time.
Her friends are there for her as she makes decisions that will effect the rest of her life at the ranch.
She agrees to house the casting crew throughout the ranch to make money that is needed for upkeep.
She decides to visit England where her father and mother had chrished their time there.
She meets James and learns all about his life and he'd been taking care of his grandmother while the fiancée wanted to put her in a home.
After she died he tries to find his place and thinks of work, for himself. He shares his dreams with Lianne and she has her own thoughts on the subject.
She opens up about the foursome of women back home and tells him of her past and where she's at now...
He's fallen in love with her and wants to proect her. Backward meal=we just had one a few weeks ago, too funny!
A misunderstanding and sabotage leaves her on the doorstep at his house for dinner and he's no where there but his female neighbor is...
She heads back to the states and tries to get on with her life.
Amazing how this all works out with the town revitalization. Didn't see it coming as it did!
Free book from Amazon and this is my honest opinion.

Hot Salsas: 40 Simple, Quick, Easy and Spicy Authentic Mexican Salsa Recipes (The Mexican Food Cookbooks Book 8) by J.R. Deschamps
Book starts with TOC and the recipes are not in any specific order. There are bonus recipes also at the end.
Other works by the author are highlighted. Love the warning pages showing the names of the peppers and just how hot they are on the index meter.
Recipes start with a title and list of ingedients which most items are on the healthy side.
Directions are given and there are NO pictures.
There is NO nutritonal information.
I enjoy salsa these days and smear it all over our chicken or marinate it, what a taste. The recipes here would definitely enhance a meal.
There is so much variety with not use the use of different peppers but other ingredients.
Color index of the peppers used and their hotness is included at the end.

Growing Berries: How To Grow & Preserve Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Gooseberries, Red currants, Black currants & White currants. by James Paris

Starts with other works by the author and table of contents where different berries are highlighted.

Introduction talks aobut why it's good to grow your own and other chapters in the book.

Zone maps of not only the US but UK as well.

Part that I liked was the composting section because it tells you what to put in your pile to make it work, and fast.

Companieon planting and organic insect control are other chapters, very useful.

There are pictures scattered around showing different aspects during the book.

Each of the berries has its own chapter where it summarizes about the plant, how to plant,, care varieties, main predators, companions and harvesting/preserving.

There are even recipes for the fruit you pick, jams and jellies.

Other works by teh author are also highlighted at the end.

A KEEPER! especially for compost section as it'd work in any garden.

Whole 30 Instant Pot #2019: The Ultimate Whole 30 Instant Pot Cookbook with Easy and Delicious Instant Pot Cooker Recipes by Stewart Brock (Author)

Book start with TOC and intro, about the instant pot and how to take care of it and then the recipes broken up by meals.

Be careful as there are about 10 different versions of the instant pot on the market these days.

Not every pot will have the same functions.

Whole 30 diet tells you what foods to avoid and which you should be eating.

Each recipe starts with a title and servings, prpe and cook time.

List of ingredients and directions are givne.

Some nutritonal information per serving: calories, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs and protein.

There are NO pictures.

Ellis Lighthouse mysteries of the North Atlantic by Cahill_ Robert

What a super book to read. History of the lighouses, lightships and other things relating to them.

Goes all the way above maine to Canadian provicnes and stories of their lighthouses over the years.

Best part for me as I've visited all the ones you can walk to in the US on the NE coast was when they talk about the 1938 hurricane that came up

the coast with a 70 foot wall of water-hurricane, tsumani, whatever it was it hit Prudence Island where I grew up. I was not born then but know the history of the island.

Now everyone else can learn it also. Like the legends and myths of those clipper ghost ships making their appearances.

So much to treasure as I've been to most of them myself but didn't know all the hidden stories.

Beautiful history lessons.

I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

Word Scrambles: 30 Puzzles of Dog Breed Names, Book 1 by Fun and Educational Entertainment

Starts with table of contents and different levels and bonus puzzle.

Introduction tells you how to play, alone or with a group.

Easy level gives you a list of a bunch of different letters scrambled and you are to figure out which dog breed they are. the answers are also given using a link in the book.

Different levels of names are also included as the puzzles get more difficult.

Wish there were pictures identifying them also.

I WON’T CUT MY HAIR! by Daniel Georges

Colorful children's book and offer of a free ebook at the front.

What I love about this book is the words are small but a double tap will make them big so you can read them to your child.

Sally has purple hair and everybody loves her. She thinks if she grows her hair longer then others will like her even more so she doesn't cut it.

Her hair grew so long that everybody was stepping on it.

She had to ask her mom for help because she could no longer brush it.

Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

Cute story.

Something’s Eating The Garden by Pam Fries

Colorful children's story. papa notices the vegetables he picks and knows something has been eating the rest of them....

He tries to guess what it could be and names some animals but knows they eat bugs not beans.

Some pages are dark with dark lettering making it difficult to see the words.

He guesses a frog, raccoons, spotted giraffe, bear, bunny, elephant etc.

Love that there are so many animals named.

Love how this ends, he does figure it out!

It's a Hip Hop Hip Hop World For Every B-Boy and B-Girl: History For Kids (Culture For Kids Book 1) by A.D. Largie

Children's book about living in the 1978's in NY and being African American.

Some pages are dark with dark lettering making it almost not viewable. Pictures tell the story also.

Elements of Hip Hop are shown and discussed. Like how they show you how it was introduced to the public and it caught on.

Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

49 Awesome Chinese Recipes (The Ultimate Chinese Cookbook That Brings an Entire American Chinese Buffet to Your Dinner Table) by Christine Richards

Starts with other works by the author then table of contents where the recipes are not in any specific order.

Short intro then onto the recipes.

Each recipe has a title and list of ingredinets which you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar and low fat products and fresh vs. canned.

Directions are given. There are NO pictures.

there is NO nutritional information.

Some of the recipes will take a bit of time to make as there are a lot of components to make.

There's a few I'd like even the fotune cookie one!

Vegetarian Recipes - The Ultimate Guide by Jessica Dreyher

Starts with offer of a free ebook, then TOCwhere recipes are not broken up into any specific order.

Recipes start with a title, prep, cook, ready in time, servings and list of ingredients which you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat and low sugar products along with fresh vs canned.

Directions are given and there are NO pictures.

there is NO nutritional information.

Each recipe does NOT always start at the top of a page.

Like the combination of spices and ingredients and will try a few.