Sara Reads Things

  Hello Monday! Ok, this weather needs to make up its mind. One day its warm, next day its snowing. The kids have been out of school since Thursday and there is a chance it will snow again today and Friday. Stop this madness. Anyway, the book I'm going to attempt to read between work and taking care of the kids is The New One by Eve Green. I know I said I was going to read this one a few weeks ago, but my time has been filled with other things and I'm just now getting to it. I also want to start in on Dracula by Bram Stoker, but we shall see how far I get this week. Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU Monday Instant Pot Beef Barley Soup Kids - Chicken Ramen   Tuesday Chicken and Potatoes with Creamy Dijon Sauce Kids - Chicken Nuggets and Tater Tots   Wednesday Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joe's Kids - Chicken and biscuits   Thursday Thai Basil Chicken Kids - Beef Ramen   Friday Avocado Tomato Grilled Cheese Kids - Grilled Cheese   Saturday Honey Musta...

  Hello Sunday! It has been a week. It seems that our old home needs more plumbing repairs, ones that my handy husband can't do himself, and the weather has been so cold, we haven't been able to pour concrete in the drive way. We are so close to being finished with that project, but so far away. Crossing my fingers the weather warms up and we can move forward. Sunday Confessions #187 ~ Weekly Menu #495 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Poster Girl by Veronica Roth ~ Book Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Weekly Menu #496 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey ~ Book Review: The Keepers Six by Kate Elliot ~ Sunday Confessions #189 Carnival Row season 2 is off to a bang. Still working through season 5 of Chicago Med and Although I like Fire Country, whoever is in charge of the special effects needs to be fired. If you claim there is a thunder storm, then why is the sun shining and the sky cloudless and blue? 14/100 2023 R...

  Title: Book Lovers By: Emily Henry Genre: Romance Pages: 377 Release Date: May 3rd, 2022 Publisher: Berkley Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming.... Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in ...

  Title: Poster Girl By: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian Pages: 228 Release Date: October 18th, 2022 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan--she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked every word and every action, rewarding or punishing by a rigid moral code set forth by the Delegation. Then there was a revolution. The Delegation fell. Its most valuable members were locked in the Aperture, a prison on the outskirts of the city. And everyone else, now free from the Insight's monitoring, went on with their lives. Sonya, former poster girl for the Delegation, has been imprisoned for ten years when an old enemy comes to her with a deal: find a missing girl who was stolen from her parents by the old regime, and earn her freedom. The...

  Hello Monday! Last week was rough, especially the weekend. Along with the normal chaos of the kids with school meetings and work, we managed to get out of the house for a bit. It didn't make me feel as relaxed as planned. In fact, it was the exact opposite. It seemed that I was to be the butt of every joke or belittled in some way to build up others. I'm tired of defending myself, my family and my childhood. Maybe this weeks read will keep my mind off my heartache. I'm reading Smolder by Laurell K. Hamilton. I'm ready for a vampire wedding to keep my mind of things. Make sure you come back to the blog on the 14th for the review. Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU Monday English Muffin Pizzas   Tuesday Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich Kids - Sheet Pan Pancakes   Wednesday Oriental Chicken Salad Kids - Popcorn Chicken Salad   Thursday Instant Pot Beef Barley Soup Kids - Chicken Ramen   Friday Parents Night Out Kids - Pizza   Saturday Grazing Board ...

  Hello Sunday! What a week. I asked the boys if they wanted to participate in any Valentines day festivities and they all declined, so that got me off the hook for buying Valentines day cards and goodies to share with their classes. Sometimes having introverted children is super easy. Lets recap this week on the blog. Sunday Confessions #186 ~ Weekly Menu #494 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Waxing on: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio ~ Book Review: If I did it: Confessions of the Killer by O.J. Simpson Weekly Menu #495 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Poster Girl by Veronica Roth ~ Book Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry ~ Sunday Confessions #188 I'm up to season 5 of Chicago Med. We've also started watching How the Universe Works with Mike Rowe. Its surprisingly soothing and a good show to fall asleep to. Next Level Chef is back and I'm super excited. 12/100 2023 Reading Challenge ~ 49/196 in my  Star Wars Legends challenge ~ 57/341  Gilmore Girls ...

Title: If I Did It: Confessions of The Killer By: Fred Goldman and Kim Goldman Genre: Non-Fiction Pages: 240 Release Date: September 8th, 2008 Publisher: Beaufort Books Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: On July 31, 2007 Federal Court Judge A. Jay Cristol awarded the Goldman family the rights to  If I Did It . Thus began one of the strangest odysseys in publishing history. The book, called “one of the most chilling things I have ever read” by Barbara Walters, skyrocketed up bestseller lists across the country in fall 2007 as the national media relentlessly covered O.J. Simpson’s dramatic Las Vegas arrest for armed robbery and kidnapping. Originally written by O.J. Simpson, this edition includes essays by the Goldmans and a member of the Goldman family legal team that reveal the fascinating story behind the bankruptcy case, the book’s publication and the looming court proceedings, that would eventually lead to his conviction.   Add on Goodreads   Review: As a kid...