Books Read Jan 20

Easy freezer meals recipes and freezer cooking guide for
make-ahead Meals by Debbie Mason
This book starts out with links to other works by the author and
table of contents that tells you everything from start to finish
how to make these freezer meals and has recipes in meal
categories.  There is so much more information here. Convenience
of freezer meals is the start of the introduction and how to save
money and organizing your time, your freezer space, special
containers, cooking tips and so much more.
We already do this as we make extra meals every meal we have
to use for another day or another week, put them in a container,
mark them and put them in the freezer. Convenience of freezer
meals is the start of the introduction how to save money and
Also quick meals tells you to take the sauce out of the freezer
and thawed in the fridge for dinner that night.
It has a listing of foods that are good and will freeze well.
And it also has a list of what is difficult to freeze.
Has step-by-step guides showing you what you can do.
Another recipe I really like how to make tomato sauce for some
thing is easy as that and then I could use it in many different ways
 making spaghetti and other casserole dishes.
 I like the ingredients, herbs and spices: it's just so basic but you
 just want something that you know is going to work perfect every
time you go to use it. Another one that I am willing to try is
minestrone soup: I would not be using the sausage in it but I
would be using a low sodium chicken stock and crushed tomatoes:
Diced or ones in my freezer that I had from the garden.
Like cookie dough tips, slice and bake when you want just a few.
Several muffin recipes I want to try also. Good all around good for basic and
some special meals.
A KEEPER!

Crochet for beginners by Nancy Gordon
This book starts out with table of contents and it talks about
different items in the book.
 I like the introduction because it tells you a little bit about
everything to do with crocheting: how to read and understand
the level of difficulty, keep practicing, check the gauge, terms,
and abbreviations.  There's a lot of information.  There is also a
chart showing you abbreviations and what they really mean and how to work
the ones that have symbols rather than written words:  this is something
I've never learned and I'm a published crocheted designer.
This actually has a chart showing you what the symbol is and
what it means in the pattern so I hopefully will be able to pick up
more.  There are example samples and they explain why they
have you do what you're doing in the stitches is very good
practice rows and rounds are explained and how to do them and
then it also shows individual symbols for chart and what they
really mean in a written pattern.  Another chapter is all about the
supplies you will need, the hooks made of all different materials,
all kinds of Yarns, scissors and there's also a conversion chart that
is very very helpful.  Really cool to see that they actually have it
listed here it is a very teeny hook and it's not what I use often.
Summaries and pictures showing different types of crochet which
some of them I had never even knew existed or what they were
and never heard of this but it also tells you it's good for socks,
gloves and other items: bullion crochet, broomstick which I have
seen done and there is Rogues bridges, clothesline crochet, clones
lace: very fancy and dainty and then a cro hook crochet along
with filet crochet which I have done: finger crochet have done,
freeform crochet, hairpin you need a special hook for that and
micro crochet: it shows a little picture of a whale at the tip of your
finger and another form of crochet:  Granny square overlay crochet
is another pineapple crochet, stained glass, tapestry to clones lace.
Chapters specifically for right handed people and showing actual large
sketches and what they're telling you in the words.  They also
have a section on how to do all the stitches, the yarn over,
 the single crochet, double and triple crochet.
The sources are listed in here and tips and tricks.
Each pattern has a title, color photo and summary.
Notes and tips are included along with how to start and work the pattern.
A Keeper!

Where are the Numbers?
The book starts with an offer of a free gift and it also thanks you
for receiving this book and they're looking for a review.
Each page is written format with little clouds where the words are
there are other words as well and it's difficult to enlarge the page
It talks about how they count things but they're also telling you
different things.
I like the colorful pages: it's hard to enlarge the pages so you can
actually read them. I do not like the format of the comic book
things but I do love that they are also adding numbers together
by showing you pictures on the book.

My Big Brother by Michael Gordon
Story of a little boy and his mother brings home a new baby sister
for them.  She is not able to do too much but cry, eat and sleep.
He gets bored with her and they try to explain wait till she gets
older than you'll be able to do a few more things.
As she becomes older she is able to do even more things and then
pages show what she can do every year...
Colorful pages children's book.
About the author is included at the end along with a photograph
highlighting other works by the author.