Sara Reads Things

My book review of These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan. Title: These Twisted Bonds By: Lexi Ryan Genre: Fantasy Pages: 481 Release Date: July 19th, 2022 Publisher: HarperTeen Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: Brie finds herself caught between two princes and two destinies while the future of the fae realm hangs in the balance. After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making ­- loving two princes and trusting neither - things are not quite as clear as she once thought. As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill ride, the more Faerie is torn apart from the inside, the clearer it becomes that prophecies don't lie and Brie has a role to play in the fate of this magical realm - whether she likes it or not. ...

  Hello Monday! Welcome back to the weekly menu where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week. A few weeks ago we had record low temps in the PNW with ice and snow, now they are saying we could have record highs. After the 80 degree day the Washington D.C. recorder, I believe it. What is going on? At least the weather isn't keep us from leaving the house. The kids are back on a normal schedule and I've been able to dive into work with a new passion. There are wonderful things coming my way in 2024, and I can't wait to share them with you. All in good time. This weeks read is Slewfoot by Brom. This book was recommended by the girlies at my favorite podcast, Morbid. If you haven't listened to their disturbing and sometimes hilarious tales, then what are you doing with your life? Lets get to this weeks menu. We are trying a lot of new recipes, so bare with us while we have some fun. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU Monday Garlic Parmesan Wings with salad and Cousc...

Hello and welcome back to my Sunday confessions where I recap what's happened on the blog in the last week. Stick around and enjoy. Sunday Confessions #234 ~ Weekly Menu #541 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston ~ Book Review: Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick Weekly Menu #542 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan ~ Book Review: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson ~ Sunday Confessions #236 Remix (I like the) New Kids on the Block 8/100 2024 Reading Challenge ~ 60/196 in my  Star Wars Legends challenge ~ 70/341  Gilmore Girls challenge ~ 92/100 in my  100 books before you die challenge I've been on a reading roll lately and I'm hoping to continue the momentum into the coming week. Happy reading, friends!

My book review on Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick. Title: Electric Dreams By: Philip K. Dick Genre: SciFi Pages: 224 Release Date: September 14th, 2017 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, over the course of his career Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works.  Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams  collects ten of the best from across his career. In “Autofac,” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. “Exhibit Piece” and “The Commuter” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality, and whether it is even possible to really perceive the world as it is. And “The Hanging Stranger” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when it was written at the height of the Cold War.   Strange, fu...

 My book review of The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston. Title: The Druid's Call By: E.K. Johnston Genre: Fantasy Pages: 304 Release Date: February 28th, 2023 Publisher: Random House Worlds Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: Discover Doric’s powerful druid origins in this thrilling young adult prequel to the film  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves . An original YA novel, set before the events of  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves . For as long as she can remember, Doric has felt alone. Abandoned by her human parents, she wandered for years before being taken in by a community of Neverwinter Woods elves. But her horns and tail proclaim a tiefling heritage, and even among the kindest of elves, her fledgling druidic abilities mark her as different from the rangers around her. And as humans begin to encroach farther and farther into the once pristine woods, Doric knows she needs to master her druidic capabilities if she is to be any help to her adop...

  Hello Monday. Welcome back to my weekly menu where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week. Wow, the weather over the last week has been crazy. The news said we would have snow in my area. A lot of snow, but instead we got the sleet that was supposed to hit more south. Temps plummeted to 8 degrees at night and didn't get above 20 during the day for several days. Now, before you tell me to stop complaining because that's normal for your part of the country, I just want to remind you this is not normal for the PNW. We generally have wet winters with temps around the 30's at night. As much as I love changing things up, its been over a week and I still can't walk on my driveway without falling on a solid sheet of ice. I'm too old to be falling on my ass. Its embarrassing and it hurts. Since we are stuck in the house, I blew through three books last week. Not expecting to do the same this week, but the read will be Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo. I lo...

  Hello Sunday! Welcome back to the weekly recap of what's been on the blog this last week.  Sunday Confessions #233 ~ Weekly Menu #540 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: This is Your Brain on Food by Uma Naidoo ~ Book Review: Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith Weekly Menu #541 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Honor Among Thieves by E.K. Johnston ~ Book Review: Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick ~ Sunday Confessions #235 4/100 2024 Reading Challenge ~ 58/196 in my  Star Wars Legends challenge ~ 70/341  Gilmore Girls challenge ~ 91/100 in my  100 books before you die challenge Another great week. Happy reading, friends!