Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Books read Sept 22

 



Kind: A Christmas short story of by Kellyn Roth
Story starts with Neil and he's stationed overseas and will miss a Christmas stateside. He goes with some of the other guys but keeps away from the drinking.
He sees a woman struggling with little ones and holding packages and offers his help-she is a German and he's a US military man.
Over time she invites him to dinner and he fixes things around the house as he knows her spouse died and she has so many to take care of.
Love how the family adopts him and super love the question the mother of the family asks him on Christmas, PRICELESS!
Ends with acknowledgements and hwo to contact the author.





The Lady of the Vineyard by Kellyn Roth
Have read other works by the author and enjoyed the reads.
This one is about Judy and she almost ready to attend school and lives with her mother. They live in a small apartment and across the street is the flower shop that she and friend work at and own.
Day of Judy's birthday a mysterious man shows up and he knows who Judy is and talks to her as she runs an errand across the street for her mother.
The grandmother is also around and they can't wait to have the party.
The man turns out to be her real father and he wants to take her back with him to his home country, and to the vineyard.
She loves the area and never wants to go back but she also will miss her mother.
Her mother gets very lonely and even breaks off her engagement and does some hard thinking of the future...
Excerpt from The Dressmaker's Secret is also included.





Hydrogen Peroxide Cures by Sandi Lane
Table of contents were different problems are shown and the cures for them.
Interesting to know about the different percentages from the items on the store shelves.
Short intro and understanding what hydrogen peroxide is.
Love how each of the problems are discussed thoroughly so you can treat them at work. get the wounds and cuts clean and how a mixture can even be used on your yellowed toes and yeast infections on your body.
Don't follow using it on food, just doesn't sound right or FDA would be making companies do it before it's sold.
Extra chapters on herbs and spices, gardening with them. 







Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Over 50 Quick and Easy Recipes by Samantha Schwartz
Free recipe book offer
Table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals
Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook times, servings.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar, fresh vs. canned items.
Directions are given
No pics, NO nutritional information.
Lots of flavorful choices to make for yourself.
 






Mediterranean Diet, cookbook for beginners, 130 recipes by Jennifer Skyman
Table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.
Full size page color photographs of a handful of some foods in the book.
Intro talks about what Med diet is all about and how beneficial it will be for your and your family.
Each  recipe starts with a title, prep and cook times and servings.
Nutritional information-not sure on portion size: fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, protein and calories.
Ingredients are listed and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar, and fresh vs. canned items.
Directions are given and there are NO recipe pictures.
LOTS to choose from. 7 day meal plan included.
Lots of tips and hints are enclosed at the back of the book along with an index of recipes.





The Blue Zones Kitchen Diet 2020 250 recipes by Mona Douglas
Starts with table of contents where recipes are broken up into food and meal categories.
Surprised there is NO introduction about what the blue zones are. they are famous all around the world where people that live in them are able to survive for hundreds of years by the things they do and the foods they eat.
Each recipe starts with a title, , prep and cook times and servings.
List of ingredients and it does call for low sugar, low sodium, low fat products and fresh vs. canned items.
There are NO pictures.  Some of the recipes have a TON of ingredients, be sure you have them all before starting.
Directions are given how to make.
Nutritional information per servings is also included:
calories, fat, sat. fat, trans fat, carbs, fiber, sodium and protein.
Lots of recipes to choose from, menus are varied.

 




The Anxious Monster by Sarah Read and Michael Gordon
This colorful children's story is about a monster and he goes to school. One of the assignments is that they will each have to go in front of the class and talk about their parents jobs.
He gets very anxious and does not want to do it so mother thinks they need to go see the doctor to find out what's wrong. He doesn't want to do that either and is then invited to a party.
He is able to talk to others there although he doesn't know very many and it comes out what his concerns are.
Many others go through the same thing and talk to him about what works for them-so MANY suggestions.
Coloring pages are included at the end.
Have a difficult time enlarging the fonts to be able to read it on 2 tablets or my computer. Also not able to turn the screen to enlarge the font size.






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