I love to cook. The only caveat is the clean up required afterwards. This is why my favorite time to cook in on Wednesdays, my day off, at my mom’s house, where she cleans up after me. On these days, we try new recipes or play with fun kitchen accessories, like our new Kitchenaid pasta… Continue reading My Favorite Cookbooks
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Dystopian Love Done Right: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi Published: January 3rd 2012 by HarperCollins Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria… Continue reading Dystopian Love Done Right: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
The Limits of Gods: Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst Published: September 11th 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster Source: local library Synopsis: Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. She will dance and summon her tribe’s deity, who will inhabit Liyana’s body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But when the… Continue reading The Limits of Gods: Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Made for TV Novel: Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zach Stentz
Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zach Stentz Source: local library Published: November 1st, 2012 by Razorbill Synopsis: SOLVING CRIME, ONE FACIAL EXPRESSION AT A TIME Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. But when a gun is found in… Continue reading Made for TV Novel: Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zach Stentz
More Mystery than Ghost Story: The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington Source: ARC from publisher Published: January 1st 2013 by Scholastic Point Synopsis: Jade loves the house she’s just moved into with her family. She doesn’t even mind being the new girl at the high school: It’s a fresh start, and there’s that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. .… Continue reading More Mystery than Ghost Story: The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington