tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295406209466361692024-03-18T17:11:38.742-07:00Book Confessions of an Ex-BallerinaI confess, I'm addicted to books, ballet, and food. Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.comBlogger2504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-38222994873506610892024-03-18T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T00:00:00.130-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSsd9NsJno8y-ojSMEV7MvqxmyuRGI9zYr3hXf37Ocu5y46-Fi9CRI_nuGRO7f0d-DPWyCPfZzka8CgyA7PZKCXfWeRu0MyJFZoIMaZ7H-kr8NC6ZlE2CsrJDyomM8fjP-2DJ7Vj_OyMwHeqzOhvoVXWeTWVk3uHnph3HFQcAd7BwU2ex_j7Z5Cw48mQ/s1440/menu1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSsd9NsJno8y-ojSMEV7MvqxmyuRGI9zYr3hXf37Ocu5y46-Fi9CRI_nuGRO7f0d-DPWyCPfZzka8CgyA7PZKCXfWeRu0MyJFZoIMaZ7H-kr8NC6ZlE2CsrJDyomM8fjP-2DJ7Vj_OyMwHeqzOhvoVXWeTWVk3uHnph3HFQcAd7BwU2ex_j7Z5Cw48mQ/w640-h480/menu1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuGVXfg0mSozSfM73D_-Py2Mey0FcXyHzS7rlTTb1eAFx5S0HelGdiKwNiUS-oZ_g1Pnw_zSJcm57M8Qe6caHDl3_cmJyL4Jy3TfEMAKVPvkhyitdtzRtQwdMo4eusFICpa6zvG218vpq1CL29gEGiif4hG3Eb_yu82YvcRjLBKjUF_ypSmkW755-pM0/s800/2932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuGVXfg0mSozSfM73D_-Py2Mey0FcXyHzS7rlTTb1eAFx5S0HelGdiKwNiUS-oZ_g1Pnw_zSJcm57M8Qe6caHDl3_cmJyL4Jy3TfEMAKVPvkhyitdtzRtQwdMo4eusFICpa6zvG218vpq1CL29gEGiif4hG3Eb_yu82YvcRjLBKjUF_ypSmkW755-pM0/w125-h200/2932.jpg" width="125" /></a></div></div>Hello Monday! Welcome back to my weekly menu where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week.<br /><br />This weeks read is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Trying to finish my 100 books before I die this year. So far, its going pretty well. I only have 7 more books to go. Cross your fingers.<br /><br />Lets get to this weeks Menu. Enjoy!<br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEEKLY </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MENU<br /></span></span></h3><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/beef-rolls/" target="_blank">Thai Basil Beef Rolls</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://www.drink-milk.com/easy-cheese-quesadillas/" target="_blank">Cheese Quesadillas</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://moribyan.com/tandoori-chicken-naan-wraps/" target="_blank">Tandoori Chicken Naan Wraps</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Chicken Tender wraps<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.servingdumplings.com/recipe/chorizo-mushroom-ravioli/" target="_blank">Chorizo Mushroom Ravioli </a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Mac and Cheese<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.dontgobaconmyheart.co.uk/crispy-chicken-caesar-salad/" target="_blank">Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Chicken Nuggets and <a href="https://www.cookinwithmima.com/fruit-salad/" target="_blank">Fruit Salad</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.platingsandpairings.com/30-minute-thai-beef-salad/#recipe" target="_blank">Thai Beef Salad</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://www.thechunkychef.com/the-best-french-bread-pizza/" target="_blank">Pizza French Bread</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2023/10/recipe-creamy-chicken-soup.html" target="_blank">Creamy Chicken Soup</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Chicken Ramen<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Family Dinner</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://thefoodxp.com/gordon-ramsays-shepherds-pie-recipe/" target="_blank">Shepherd's Pie</a></span></span></div><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-942440b8-7fff-9489-df9e-61aa5208b815"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAEOKEXYueCIOcCKf35M6qrYQXVCvXg5bnwwsd3MtChCoPnfZil1AsivJnubtJDKMI36rn5k8JOGQWo2HlfrM2zR8MmTYTXwxDuNACxiBCz4r7Z0TdaHObfttkTTBC0und1N5mcRt-kf3ryGpHjcq5NO3UVL3APKokhudWua_1u-_pplGjqP6TdBSMeU/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s2xPAl1UsjxEf_Cmsi4EQnab7Oa6aDMPkahx3C1TLUR4tbs4KqLl31F2jmKMYV4rwN-odRMHSIg04Ydstg6zMk7TygOYXK7qKMewEEpKcBncOhp8GnFY9Jb8FMmDnaj1v2p7mv4Fkz76gfOA7GGSsxLyLsaebLfJZTulj15TxLmJO5IE6US3A3LiuyE/s1656/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s2xPAl1UsjxEf_Cmsi4EQnab7Oa6aDMPkahx3C1TLUR4tbs4KqLl31F2jmKMYV4rwN-odRMHSIg04Ydstg6zMk7TygOYXK7qKMewEEpKcBncOhp8GnFY9Jb8FMmDnaj1v2p7mv4Fkz76gfOA7GGSsxLyLsaebLfJZTulj15TxLmJO5IE6US3A3LiuyE/w640-h244/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Sunday! I hope you're wearing green for Saint Patty's day. My husband and I are hosting dinner with his parents and I'm making green mimosas. Yum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhzq88KJ0iR1Tr_skxCg1qrd55SPdEim8L_yK-9KpSWB_5DQ2Ql9kwUT_fPbkmhkJAAFjBoaG4VPfnjKgV_qj2fRd_1Tzoqo_caAEty4RXhG4vIEDgVQ7s4CnHfsHbSm9JUPDugZMdadf7eSnyrKdml7E52t_LknvYps6vGJWtYVT39Gjg6Vs0ITrj2Y/s1347/%231%20last_week.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhzq88KJ0iR1Tr_skxCg1qrd55SPdEim8L_yK-9KpSWB_5DQ2Ql9kwUT_fPbkmhkJAAFjBoaG4VPfnjKgV_qj2fRd_1Tzoqo_caAEty4RXhG4vIEDgVQ7s4CnHfsHbSm9JUPDugZMdadf7eSnyrKdml7E52t_LknvYps6vGJWtYVT39Gjg6Vs0ITrj2Y/w640-h50/%231%20last_week.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here we go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy reading, friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkiMDMWzxwZmZRih3wFDHHUYmCTUc6VNXpakQzjsxDyHo9ONeG8PnujsZKddwYNzwvkUVjkl1qpnUm1wsbTq2uKoATlVzINrCdDQTiFO5BQ6RjuhBQKKJMC0zbawX989-F-nd5D1xKeh6jLxxVNA3vcw1JZckPewxGTsgqrY5uKLVpfuDaeKLu8iLK0M/s1200/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkiMDMWzxwZmZRih3wFDHHUYmCTUc6VNXpakQzjsxDyHo9ONeG8PnujsZKddwYNzwvkUVjkl1qpnUm1wsbTq2uKoATlVzINrCdDQTiFO5BQ6RjuhBQKKJMC0zbawX989-F-nd5D1xKeh6jLxxVNA3vcw1JZckPewxGTsgqrY5uKLVpfuDaeKLu8iLK0M/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-29089510948064577662024-03-15T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-15T00:00:00.133-07:00Book Review: She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UVpNuMipZ6wj0YUgmcs5eGdbKnEVMCtt3ThtgWrqDaAleMogjO6WtJ9qFrwfnNKPVcPQ2B7TiDkKT5f29ZfeqKJXemlDQM_9dopS3mtjMqHwTbGu7mlOX2kNquI5hIWEgZpdXP8SUIRXkbYSY8sNqstFO3Ph-XRUXIDfdo4Lbyu9ORcO-Jg2w8zdC9Q/s1500/haunted%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UVpNuMipZ6wj0YUgmcs5eGdbKnEVMCtt3ThtgWrqDaAleMogjO6WtJ9qFrwfnNKPVcPQ2B7TiDkKT5f29ZfeqKJXemlDQM_9dopS3mtjMqHwTbGu7mlOX2kNquI5hIWEgZpdXP8SUIRXkbYSY8sNqstFO3Ph-XRUXIDfdo4Lbyu9ORcO-Jg2w8zdC9Q/w640-h214/haunted%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome to my book review of She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran. A creepy YA novel with a cover that's to die for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaYWp8tpFYLk9MHf_hBImVGtyPUfmRsWzPu43AOIjpxMSbxNDkW-f20lKpAjD-k2Gcf2VbCYOBMlOMkFvWLpw8Z2Px61VYO5uqgLz2FMUpi8axWQckx_JMy5Ue9qtd0FjNOPub5O0xZzgtHYzs7arZ6fc5iu0yR11MkfzZDNSmD_CtpoJDXvFZVk1A00/s2187/She%20Is%20a%20Haunting%20-%20Trang%20Thanh%20Tran.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaYWp8tpFYLk9MHf_hBImVGtyPUfmRsWzPu43AOIjpxMSbxNDkW-f20lKpAjD-k2Gcf2VbCYOBMlOMkFvWLpw8Z2Px61VYO5uqgLz2FMUpi8axWQckx_JMy5Ue9qtd0FjNOPub5O0xZzgtHYzs7arZ6fc5iu0yR11MkfzZDNSmD_CtpoJDXvFZVk1A00/w266-h400/She%20Is%20a%20Haunting%20-%20Trang%20Thanh%20Tran.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Title: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is a Hunting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">By: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trang Thanh Tran</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Genre:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Paranormal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pages: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">352</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Release Date: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">February 28th, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Publisher: </span><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-size: 14px;">Bloomsbury YA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rating: ★★★☆☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to fit in, so if she’s straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">But the house has other plans. Night after night, Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound, while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they don’t belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade can’t ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves her cryptic warnings: Don’t eat.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neither Ba nor her sweet sister Lily believe that there is anything strange happening. With help from a delinquent girl, Jade will prove this house—the home her family has always wanted—will not rest until it destroys them. Maybe, this time, she can keep her family together. As she roots out the house’s rot, she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must become to save them all.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60784841-she-is-a-haunting#CommunityReviews" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/NsZZKvGbQpTXSiJN9Fipw8IgKNT-zIr5RX89RbXnxvql1BRjFPWLyQVsgesw37nmvAugKbqoPPMmAue_rayLq4V9lPJ3E0J4vvkf8G_uo5auK7XtKzNzLw2IQpPX3NONNnOhRiExRSL6HdGQAPHw-Q" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Review:</span></div>There was something about this story that was lost on me. I found the cadence of the writing off as I was unable to keep my attention on the words and the characters didn't capture me like I hoped they would.<br /><br />This was a quick read and I found the bits of Vietnamese intertwined a welcome wonder, but I don't think this story was memorable for me.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHT3XAQZREKxwGRIYZh60fQ7K0dN3XbkD9CBLUXZd_SZHR7_pGqozjYZkdeK1HY1PMC_gnmM2_B0on5wlBeVCcoEAzVHqov2OMbTD65nuwu3WsoRa3Wez-wjDINAivfkOzghahpnZuiCo2mkwi9Fslr7mpCKSHWrXiY3I2o8oqNL4NECIB3nSrEnb29WM/s3496/Follow%20Me-%20Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="3496" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHT3XAQZREKxwGRIYZh60fQ7K0dN3XbkD9CBLUXZd_SZHR7_pGqozjYZkdeK1HY1PMC_gnmM2_B0on5wlBeVCcoEAzVHqov2OMbTD65nuwu3WsoRa3Wez-wjDINAivfkOzghahpnZuiCo2mkwi9Fslr7mpCKSHWrXiY3I2o8oqNL4NECIB3nSrEnb29WM/s320/Follow%20Me-%20Books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-83762516539708452202024-03-13T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T00:00:00.246-07:00February 2024 Wrap Up<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxAGS0vQ8Grp-xNaFP7wsVhIks8UgLMkGAPDXtZ2AMrGDaA-_TtxVMjhakdpRfmqBzE41rR7yUTYJRDFcycM7ElZ9PlrcXXOwWHw1EBnJg1CJ9ijISZC-hmyb9Pv7xDdu0YT-RvV1JPFFcv7nqNypANF2t0jUmeHbuKhtExRaAJABu3VCOaqbT8upTHw/s1656/%230_wrap_up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxAGS0vQ8Grp-xNaFP7wsVhIks8UgLMkGAPDXtZ2AMrGDaA-_TtxVMjhakdpRfmqBzE41rR7yUTYJRDFcycM7ElZ9PlrcXXOwWHw1EBnJg1CJ9ijISZC-hmyb9Pv7xDdu0YT-RvV1JPFFcv7nqNypANF2t0jUmeHbuKhtExRaAJABu3VCOaqbT8upTHw/w640-h244/%230_wrap_up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February is over and we are well on our way to the end of March. I always forget to do my wrap up post at the beginning of the month, but that's ok. Lets get this boat floating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4g4rDkaMg-9zYU3_CVxUN5bDHRf2LvbhAHK0_G3SFZbxTcWkuISRXKpKYSD3ytBDvDHAGeJeKMG-VcE-3ZszPSO2b2ukReSKNdMQjcNP-Wqf_6n2hLKurgItDsAnxhKBAIo6e76-dGTbxgGzMU8idIEC1tBkyaobzvnoTN9nnXxSP5PppNPz-2N4QX_w/s1320/%231%205%20Stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="1320" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4g4rDkaMg-9zYU3_CVxUN5bDHRf2LvbhAHK0_G3SFZbxTcWkuISRXKpKYSD3ytBDvDHAGeJeKMG-VcE-3ZszPSO2b2ukReSKNdMQjcNP-Wqf_6n2hLKurgItDsAnxhKBAIo6e76-dGTbxgGzMU8idIEC1tBkyaobzvnoTN9nnXxSP5PppNPz-2N4QX_w/s320/%231%205%20Stars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitINAFXHF7O65sGWIskpvc7SLheCYfbY6NNsWAEvtwyqIp-VlV75_9-tptFKkijwtQWWo3j-TioHD4E0i9sE6xZAkc-I1ikshsKiOvIoLWOsNovXOiUzzZEk0JXRfvrPf5xTtEcp9luMsFgz_S5NH_NoNxAzI_cbja18dWyNU8JwG7HDjDL8ebDvahqfM/s2180/Slewfoot%20-%20Brom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="1650" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitINAFXHF7O65sGWIskpvc7SLheCYfbY6NNsWAEvtwyqIp-VlV75_9-tptFKkijwtQWWo3j-TioHD4E0i9sE6xZAkc-I1ikshsKiOvIoLWOsNovXOiUzzZEk0JXRfvrPf5xTtEcp9luMsFgz_S5NH_NoNxAzI_cbja18dWyNU8JwG7HDjDL8ebDvahqfM/w151-h200/Slewfoot%20-%20Brom.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery</h4><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/172487.Brom">Brom</a><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A spirited young Englishwoman, Abitha, arrives at a Puritan colony betrothed to a stranger – only to become quickly widowed when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. All alone in this pious and patriarchal society, Abitha fights for what little freedom she can grasp onto, while trying to stay true to herself and her past.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rdEv5hZ0Kmge2gtvgVvXPwq0EW1Y9M7Z-qUmgSKQlA7fBhfZcOWcu5P9CvHkK7kE-T5X4Eu8ZQBfSVQtajZy-Dmoem21t_8VKI6ghbvAd8yi01RJnmY7ujFx4-Tew1uU6ikLwNPbamD04nDydiy8Un4ExAon0j9RVRRTz307z9yWJ8ESagrvocWUQnY/s1320/%232%204%20Stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="1320" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rdEv5hZ0Kmge2gtvgVvXPwq0EW1Y9M7Z-qUmgSKQlA7fBhfZcOWcu5P9CvHkK7kE-T5X4Eu8ZQBfSVQtajZy-Dmoem21t_8VKI6ghbvAd8yi01RJnmY7ujFx4-Tew1uU6ikLwNPbamD04nDydiy8Un4ExAon0j9RVRRTz307z9yWJ8ESagrvocWUQnY/s320/%232%204%20Stars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcErzijx6IA-bFmw8Zm4bOnpfFlHLdZQ6rMQXg9z1Sy4kM4H9T4nYz5hsS3GQPF_z-wrN8O1va8Bx8EZzuaB8X01qv2ss8zq-b1Si5KNoLWZHWpWD1p5DCN4XPNVtOEQM0MqGzLj26TpeadmboX98p3eMNJMLyX23AV7EhilTcuZAqWcw6EGK_bAJFBA/w640-h50/%238%20Final%20THoughts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't read as many books as I could have, but February was a busy month for my family. I'm actually surprised I was able to read this many.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy reading in March my friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKlGKk0PazGOn7-b_UxqVqf_FRKR58d9zCN8hDkPk5U2RB4MFKdOoIuucXv-ur8lqyzU_7K-jdwMLEbf4EhROBpwxAfk-fleekPBy6aWeQS-_vvG7d-D_n-vWkKZDZ2jO2PC3JQgPAoQ8nfJdO1qHYwjRmkas8SzB59FbdBcvzzrWYLb_1p16REyDPxQ/s1200/%239%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKlGKk0PazGOn7-b_UxqVqf_FRKR58d9zCN8hDkPk5U2RB4MFKdOoIuucXv-ur8lqyzU_7K-jdwMLEbf4EhROBpwxAfk-fleekPBy6aWeQS-_vvG7d-D_n-vWkKZDZ2jO2PC3JQgPAoQ8nfJdO1qHYwjRmkas8SzB59FbdBcvzzrWYLb_1p16REyDPxQ/s320/%239%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-74402608048955135462024-03-11T00:00:00.000-07:002024-03-11T00:00:00.134-07:00Weekly Menu #547 And The Book Of The Week<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoGO06tefquq1RNKYftmv4yZqE9DiStoDA8TGkcliJVus-4E55D2Y7Izo9AgJnzGDuS8R_J498HUmRMRMlZBNsO-MI4E0BGH91BBIqpJxWKM28S0d3quZscwBYMwOVEgIPTiOiIq66Rb6B3CdBwU1kEUZIPfpM3A-H0ezZzyVrO6hjylcollCghvNa4k/s1440/menu2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoGO06tefquq1RNKYftmv4yZqE9DiStoDA8TGkcliJVus-4E55D2Y7Izo9AgJnzGDuS8R_J498HUmRMRMlZBNsO-MI4E0BGH91BBIqpJxWKM28S0d3quZscwBYMwOVEgIPTiOiIq66Rb6B3CdBwU1kEUZIPfpM3A-H0ezZzyVrO6hjylcollCghvNa4k/w640-h480/menu2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L1GRujbHu-HNnkOxgPW3f7RTw1LHhBteZgRDbtlmSIiLeJADhkgVKu3QyqT9Yg6U0BjPjSw3QOOTU1CfpQpHObuEK7Pausy5zkvtCcJPEYUj801XL5tV9rxWJwtvxn_IlBn-5Mf4GeNjlGQQ0FYjxpbW1cqyNj4oPfPSWA9fVe_6YcCeCV8x1YCAjZw/s200/%7B5F95F339-3F34-4D48-BFBA-D1CF049898D5%7DIMG150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L1GRujbHu-HNnkOxgPW3f7RTw1LHhBteZgRDbtlmSIiLeJADhkgVKu3QyqT9Yg6U0BjPjSw3QOOTU1CfpQpHObuEK7Pausy5zkvtCcJPEYUj801XL5tV9rxWJwtvxn_IlBn-5Mf4GeNjlGQQ0FYjxpbW1cqyNj4oPfPSWA9fVe_6YcCeCV8x1YCAjZw/w240-h320/%7B5F95F339-3F34-4D48-BFBA-D1CF049898D5%7DIMG150.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div>Happy Monday! Welcome back to my weekly menu where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week.<p></p><p>March is turning into a wonderful month. I've read some great books. Spent some time with treasured friends and family, and have taken time to myself to rest and reset. Don't know why I didn't do this last month.<br /><br />This weeks read is Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli. I've heard good things about this book and I'm ready to dive into its pages.</p><p>Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy!</p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">WEEKLY </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MENU</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic", Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2022/02/recipe-oriental-chicken-salad.html?m=1" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Oriental Chicken Salad</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Century Gothic", Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://easybudgetrecipes.com/english-muffin-pizzas/" style="color: #d6be80; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">English Muffin Pizzas</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://natashaskitchen.com/chicken-marsala-recipe/" target="_blank">Chicken Marsala</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://damndelicious.net/2019/09/20/baked-ham-and-cheese-croissants/" target="_blank">Baked Ham and Cheese Croissant</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/big-mac-tacos/" target="_blank">Big Mac Burger Taco</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/lorischneider1/recipe/Appetizers+%26+Snacks/Deluxe+Cooking+Blender/Nacho+Cheese+Sauce/1552947;jsessionid=9DFD531C1A031BA79B333FDDF4A463E6-n1?epik=dj0yJnU9cTdpZzNqVjR1LVNRVEt1Q21oSmJOc1BiWnZQdmxlenUmcD0wJm49MVJpT3NsdXBNRnQ3cEZPN1dDdWJvUSZ0PUFBQUFBR1h0M3hV" target="_blank">Nachos</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.shugarysweets.com/slow-cooker-balsamic-shredded-beef/#_a5y_p=1441365" target="_blank">Slow Cooker Balsamic Beef</a> over Baked Potatoes</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://www.instrupix.com/sheet-pan-pancakes/" target="_blank">Sheet Pan Pancakes</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.theflavorbender.com/easy-pork-ramen/#recipe" target="_blank">Pork Ramen</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://damndelicious.net/2019/04/24/quick-ramen-noodle-stir-fry/" target="_blank">Beef Ramen</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.theseasonedmom.com/easiest-burrito-recipe/" target="_blank">Beef Burritos</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://www.drink-milk.com/easy-cheese-quesadillas/" target="_blank">Cheese Quesadillas</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Leftovers Night</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHHkw4j_4WfsRz_mBQJVeW3XRg4yxZgTuOsTfrydWqnvBBkduA9P8OxOrCoXQJF0bZ_F9blCy_Dd9P1YL59uediHcRy7hScTQSh1dsmbpQMv490CnenW5gIjyHfPZlg8pnhyphenhyphenW6159kx1vB7010G11BxR_z_QBzqGORv85kQNImhDQAtRnubLV0-nZbZ4/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHHkw4j_4WfsRz_mBQJVeW3XRg4yxZgTuOsTfrydWqnvBBkduA9P8OxOrCoXQJF0bZ_F9blCy_Dd9P1YL59uediHcRy7hScTQSh1dsmbpQMv490CnenW5gIjyHfPZlg8pnhyphenhyphenW6159kx1vB7010G11BxR_z_QBzqGORv85kQNImhDQAtRnubLV0-nZbZ4/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-80030851181448963212024-03-10T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-10T00:00:00.263-08:00Sunday Confessions #240<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3-j7gQVd3rprSZ3q7u3w4oZGqTz47qfxduCh4zg0Xs3bRQUUwaaTE7YZTyp_wLncBkCN5oqrLa1SUULxJ6yvD0NwNmyS0_p8OJe-fPONF61a0jD-5V_XqMlJEQTkZZBkuLb8wBENPEWVoOULWQQpBEhNgXll7YmcGNU4qD1r4xvX-5q8laQM4iEBnC0/s1656/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3-j7gQVd3rprSZ3q7u3w4oZGqTz47qfxduCh4zg0Xs3bRQUUwaaTE7YZTyp_wLncBkCN5oqrLa1SUULxJ6yvD0NwNmyS0_p8OJe-fPONF61a0jD-5V_XqMlJEQTkZZBkuLb8wBENPEWVoOULWQQpBEhNgXll7YmcGNU4qD1r4xvX-5q8laQM4iEBnC0/w640-h244/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know I went super nerdy on the blog this week, but I absolutely love scifi and all the shows I grew up on. You're just going to have to deal with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lets recap last week's posts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyMXCIF5N-IozYMyK94RVIdUB12MXAMMJsXtakTKKlz9NPAYW2pPJpHX5d3FdryfEQXvFCwUEZQtJC290dg7SgBQKcaVJMzqkd0EWCXFAhHUBsNxSCRTZqJOAfNpj0-XZcZWN_aeYINa9MYSm_nh66z0xlXRjpocRMQlE3udIOqf5DHQ5UCYh7CVFht0/s1347/%231%20last_week.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyMXCIF5N-IozYMyK94RVIdUB12MXAMMJsXtakTKKlz9NPAYW2pPJpHX5d3FdryfEQXvFCwUEZQtJC290dg7SgBQKcaVJMzqkd0EWCXFAhHUBsNxSCRTZqJOAfNpj0-XZcZWN_aeYINa9MYSm_nh66z0xlXRjpocRMQlE3udIOqf5DHQ5UCYh7CVFht0/w640-h50/%231%20last_week.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Lets keep the reading going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdsev_fXErN-g6YIJUmPj2eGtGkudV9yp60Edg8bZLh0TD_wmQ6QDw143z9XFBlq8SqQEmX3QTM0f5Vqp4ETIQ0Od5EUUqdCIBfk5gf-tPhp6ZB1BkSzX_CZUXN8m0yKo4Hf1iUQq760q8_UHtcxO9OAp2bE56rvLczsTO1vp_VjlITGVmgLs2c4a3QI/s1200/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdsev_fXErN-g6YIJUmPj2eGtGkudV9yp60Edg8bZLh0TD_wmQ6QDw143z9XFBlq8SqQEmX3QTM0f5Vqp4ETIQ0Od5EUUqdCIBfk5gf-tPhp6ZB1BkSzX_CZUXN8m0yKo4Hf1iUQq760q8_UHtcxO9OAp2bE56rvLczsTO1vp_VjlITGVmgLs2c4a3QI/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-1872476041337603862024-03-08T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T00:00:00.147-08:00Book Review: Star Trek Strange New Worlds: The High Country by John Jackson Miller<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dltVnBeDQ3HtfH4K3aeNFyLOu2atUV5UAZCrL8KyPX2QVQ0YflWEuIehXU0WTIhINlRLkM4FtCT6NNLnSEP8xcXwsnrVqOyLaNbLGn0fhKIJNkpxYVkQJ7l62V0D-mhkh2Oh2ASGYd6AvYXmgTlW12V7K4SpoH4RrNDvfco3GCW07YYRM3SQStYDqTQ/s1500/star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dltVnBeDQ3HtfH4K3aeNFyLOu2atUV5UAZCrL8KyPX2QVQ0YflWEuIehXU0WTIhINlRLkM4FtCT6NNLnSEP8xcXwsnrVqOyLaNbLGn0fhKIJNkpxYVkQJ7l62V0D-mhkh2Oh2ASGYd6AvYXmgTlW12V7K4SpoH4RrNDvfco3GCW07YYRM3SQStYDqTQ/w640-h214/star.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>Welcome to my book review of Star Trek Strange New Worlds: The High Country by John Jackson Miller. A wonderful read highlighting the new characters we've come to love so much.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJUTNpU77WIeG85xuiYlFa_yADxELpPdyAhrp0vWDXwuLLtFZftP99m7JqpSfCcEIAOHN8B-2ylfNaycYDGUpoyk7hn94qP1nPmmRXi9DCi5Z5aodH5d0Bo7aQngnOIsUrKVuhhVt_R3qYyiauCmbhQCTsiv1y0MVRQ8f-57BmzN5wpviug5aozmgBMg/s2000/High%20Country,%20The%20-%20John%20Jackson%20Miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJUTNpU77WIeG85xuiYlFa_yADxELpPdyAhrp0vWDXwuLLtFZftP99m7JqpSfCcEIAOHN8B-2ylfNaycYDGUpoyk7hn94qP1nPmmRXi9DCi5Z5aodH5d0Bo7aQngnOIsUrKVuhhVt_R3qYyiauCmbhQCTsiv1y0MVRQ8f-57BmzN5wpviug5aozmgBMg/w265-h400/High%20Country,%20The%20-%20John%20Jackson%20Miller.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f550009-7fff-a2c8-5b59-4e16d38f2cef"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Title: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Star Trek Strange New Worlds: The High Country</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">By: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">John Jackson Miller</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Scifi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pages: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">320</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Release Date: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">February 21st, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Pocket Books/Star Trek</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first novel based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star Strange New Worlds!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction—only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning. He and his crewmates are forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party across the strangest new world they’ve ever encountered. First Officer Una Chin-Riley finds herself fighting to survive an untamed wilderness where dangers lurk at every turn. Young cadet Nyota Uhura struggles in a volcanic wasteland where things are not as they seem. Science Officer Spock is missing altogether. And Pike gets the chance to fulfill a childhood to live the life of a cowboy in a world where the tools of the twenty-third century are of no use. Yet even in the saddle, Pike is still very much a starship captain, with all the responsibilities that entails. Setting out to find his crewmates, he encounters a surprising face from his past—and discovers that one people’s utopia might be someone else’s purgatory. He must lead an exodus—or risk a calamity of galactic proportions that even the Starship Enterprise is powerless to stop...</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61119144-star-trek" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/6lGw4WaWzLgFrO5QKj3FcQtakQ1b0mdl5IxEhlVm9eyKUCY9M2U9Tr4-xcZ7UM69qtEGllhlfxDvzqcp8ZinoNcBFMG5H6SRwr7rnKI4xCrmsKplsjXzJU77RoX6nS0ZwkTW0ooqvaAtQJncuLGC8w" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Huge Trekkie here! I'm absolutely loving this new series, highlighting characters that we already know, some mentioned but never embellished upon and some new ones. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've said it before, and I will say it again. Plot lines that follow multiple characters in parallel storylines are hard to follow and if not done right, can come off messy and scattered. Because of this, I tend to avoid multiple plot lines like the plague. Glad I didn't on this one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Four crew members of the enterprise are forced to abandon ship on a strange planet. They are separated during the process and have to survive on their own on a strange and dangerous planet where technology doesn't work.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pike's storyline has a wild west kind of vibe, where Una finds herself in a jungle/Jurassic park type crazy ride. Uhura is dropped into a hot wasteland where she learns to communicate with lava... And Spock... Well, good old Spock has the ride of his life with Volcan pirates. </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Its really an odd combination, but so entertaining, especially the ending.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I really enjoyed reading through this book, following the characters I've come to love. I can't wait to see what happens to them next.</span></span></div></span><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-38429934336427461582024-03-06T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T00:00:00.167-08:00Reading through the Star Wars Universe Part 11<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxfTgZ9UtYpqWIZwJTIMfCvXinX96aIjBPqZ4HXqhD95Ligk36_HAeZQWqFAfs7mWcCDctKQK0qRWyU_XSKiZnKc7u4fsWUdOevEA-bo-x4hrQODexcM6Un8KKLVTwqpWHQLXM48uCCgaroZk08U0KM5hUHGoyyplbkstDI-ZU6ZyDm82yLg5AsQlfww/s1035/Star%20wars%20Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1035" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxfTgZ9UtYpqWIZwJTIMfCvXinX96aIjBPqZ4HXqhD95Ligk36_HAeZQWqFAfs7mWcCDctKQK0qRWyU_XSKiZnKc7u4fsWUdOevEA-bo-x4hrQODexcM6Un8KKLVTwqpWHQLXM48uCCgaroZk08U0KM5hUHGoyyplbkstDI-ZU6ZyDm82yLg5AsQlfww/w640-h444/Star%20wars%20Books.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really loving this part of the Star Wars universe. There are so many great stories from characters that I love. Can't wait to continue the journey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuJk4nXWQE-1B6JNoi7UC8YtPYbHKaFFjoo34maJH1Xv4ZC99z0rSqrnqQy8F6qBUN9hPIGNROt4XvsSssDbDE253UL8XSB7mQ6IYTlk4YYEFXzBig5w7XbS98bfQeVKd2_H1AJY78disSBg_1MROhVMROWmVBqmniTT04x9imOeCTMWG475Cx_xZ6sw/s475/184279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="290" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuJk4nXWQE-1B6JNoi7UC8YtPYbHKaFFjoo34maJH1Xv4ZC99z0rSqrnqQy8F6qBUN9hPIGNROt4XvsSssDbDE253UL8XSB7mQ6IYTlk4YYEFXzBig5w7XbS98bfQeVKd2_H1AJY78disSBg_1MROhVMROWmVBqmniTT04x9imOeCTMWG475Cx_xZ6sw/w122-h200/184279.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jedi Trial</h3><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/766185.David_Sherman">David Sherman</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20578.Dan_Cragg">Dan Cragg</a><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-185efd48-7fff-37ed-90e0-1e2f673f545b"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Rating: ★★★★☆</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Within twenty-four standard hours we will sit firmly astride the communications link that connects the worlds of the Republic. . . . Our control will be a dagger thrust directly at Coruscant. This is the move that will win the war for us.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With these ominous words, Pors Tonith, ruthless minion of Count Dooku, declares the fate of the Republic sealed. Commanding a Separatist invasion force more than one million strong, the cunning financier-turned-warrior lays siege to the planet Praesitlyn, home of the strategic intergalactic communications center that is key to the Republic’s survival in the Clone Wars. Left unchallenged, this decisive strike could indeed pave the way for the toppling of more Republic worlds . . . and ultimate victory for the Separatists. Retaliation must be swift and certain.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But engaging the enemy throughout the galaxy has already stretched Supreme Chancellor Palpatine’s armies to the limit. There is no choice but to move against the surging waves of invading battle-droids on Praesitlyn with only a small contingent of clone soldiers. Commanding them will be Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon–hand-picked by the Council for the do-or-die mission. And at his side, skilled young starfighter pilot Anakin Skywalker, a promising young Jedi Padawan eager to be freed of the bonds of apprenticeship–and to be awarded the title of Jedi Knight.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shoulder to shoulder with a rogue Republic army officer and his battle-hardened crew, a hulking Rondian mercenary with an insatiable taste for combat, and a duo of ready-for-anything soldiers, the Jedi generals take to the skies and the punishing desert terrain of occupied Praesitlyn–to bring the battle to the Separatist forces. Already outnumbered and outgunned, when confronted with an enemy ultimatum that could lead to the massacre of innocents, they may also be out of options. Unless Anakin Skywalker can strike a crucial balance between the wisdom born of the Force . . . and the instincts of a born warrior.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi6GnUaCtrEcuJd2e-Mg_H5LtOCN8X0dTWtcS1l3qqJBPey1JV1hOySSeeBsQnIzN3f0YpbpBRIuvp9b75GBVKjpI133fSUxsWkgPhiOHIL9NUCTGDho3EczaG-tsX0pt2pOs6eL-TZW3wJSH91Pu1k6bcDE93A4BywxTcXMrkY7Zrafj3OEXK_s0lNY/s475/569399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="290" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi6GnUaCtrEcuJd2e-Mg_H5LtOCN8X0dTWtcS1l3qqJBPey1JV1hOySSeeBsQnIzN3f0YpbpBRIuvp9b75GBVKjpI133fSUxsWkgPhiOHIL9NUCTGDho3EczaG-tsX0pt2pOs6eL-TZW3wJSH91Pu1k6bcDE93A4BywxTcXMrkY7Zrafj3OEXK_s0lNY/w122-h200/569399.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jedi Healer</h3><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12537.Michael_Reaves">Michael Reaves</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6262.Steve_Perry">Steve Perry</a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Rating: ★★★★☆</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids’ durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than in the steaming Jasserak jungle, where the doctors and nurses of a small med unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and wounded start to pile up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell “Uli” Divini know that time is running out.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been stretched to the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could very well lead to her death–and that of countless others. For the conflict is growing–and for this obscure mobile med unit, there’s only one resolution. Shocking, bold, unprecedented, it’s the only option Jos and his colleagues really have. The unthinkable has become the inevitable. Whether it kills them or not remains to be seen.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OrTGdzWmJW3-aXzgaSuaRaJt8gzCq3sxSirtlZJbOoYJaqY2B0erKZHbHRDxG9BaO7cSiyzGrWnAmovV3gT_5DmdpLAOsBR8gE2ZCh2XDcsTWbMcydX2RwpOkXx7W52aKpOxasF_8G5SiG-gFnj5Rv6xtkjRpYKhhcnIOdgykr5FCGXBIU3wgdmmVq4/s475/791780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OrTGdzWmJW3-aXzgaSuaRaJt8gzCq3sxSirtlZJbOoYJaqY2B0erKZHbHRDxG9BaO7cSiyzGrWnAmovV3gT_5DmdpLAOsBR8gE2ZCh2XDcsTWbMcydX2RwpOkXx7W52aKpOxasF_8G5SiG-gFnj5Rv6xtkjRpYKhhcnIOdgykr5FCGXBIU3wgdmmVq4/w133-h200/791780.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Legacy of the Jedi</h3><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11912.Jude_Watson">Jude Watson</a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Rating: ★★★★☆</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Four generations of Jedi.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One common enemy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Jedi Temple is a place of secrets and trust. Inside its walls, a legacy is passed down from generation to generation of peace, justice, and strength. But that legacy can be broken. Sometimes the greatest enemies rise from within....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorian Nod is a promising Jedi apprentice. A Padawan named Dooku is his best friend. Under the watchful eye of Yoda, they are preparing to become Jedi Knights. Dooku knows their fate is intertwined...yet he is not prepared for a turn of events that reveals the dark side to him for the first time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Years later, Dooku is a Jedi Master and Lorian Nod is a pirating outcast. With an unforeseen desire for revenge, Dooku works to thwart his former friend -- even if it means crossing his own apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Qui-Gon himself becomes a Jedi Master, the specter of Lorian Nod still looms. As Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi struggle to find their place as Master and Padawan, they must work together to prevent an interplanetary threat -- and to outwit a very familiar enemy....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During the Clone Wars, Lorian Nod wants to play a pivotal role as the Republic battles to keep hold of a strategic planet. On one side, Obi-Wan and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, must decide whether they can trust such an infamous figure. On the other side, the now compromised Count Dooku has a score to settle against his old nemesis....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Four generations of trust and betrayal.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One legacy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJDb95alh5IIT1XkXAzfkdxThpNP1NrxZOGTGiwO_BISlcAWYU8g8B5A-hBKnDcOhJee2yfVjqHj9LTuEiCoR_RYPAxHStk_fjP8bT8I_65WSk6uz_KA-Xlm0JXsR4xtukawRyXqbhgNhTFnvulCGZ5fiPDJS1QD9BUEWPxdPn_sINvq6VoJdFVAQ5ZY/s475/2815631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJDb95alh5IIT1XkXAzfkdxThpNP1NrxZOGTGiwO_BISlcAWYU8g8B5A-hBKnDcOhJee2yfVjqHj9LTuEiCoR_RYPAxHStk_fjP8bT8I_65WSk6uz_KA-Xlm0JXsR4xtukawRyXqbhgNhTFnvulCGZ5fiPDJS1QD9BUEWPxdPn_sINvq6VoJdFVAQ5ZY/w122-h200/2815631.jpg" width="122" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Street of Shadows</h3><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12537.Michael_Reaves">Michael Reaves</a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Rating: ★★★☆</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">☆</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the Jedi all but wiped out in the grim aftermath of Order 66, the Empire’s power seems unchecked. But one lone Knight continues to fight the good fight–against all odds and when all else fails.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Deep in the bowels of Coruscant, Jedi Jax Pavan ekes out a living as a private investigator, a go-to, can-do guy for the downtrodden. Now a mysterious Zeltron knockout named Deejah approaches Jax with a case that needs to be cracked: to find out who killed her artist lover Volette, brutally murdered hours after his triumphant unveiling of a dazzling new light sculpture with obvious links to lightsaber pyrotechnics.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finding Volette’s killer won’t be easy–too many secrets, too many suspects, and all kinds of motives. But with the droid I-5YQ’s help, and ex-reporter Den Dhur’s excellent snooping skills, the investigation is soon operating like a well-oiled machine.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, there’s a far more efficient machine hunting Jax. It’s a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as the clock starts ticking toward the final explosive showdown . . . to see who strikes first and who will die first.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxbWE8rLw_qUAjqVemdtUqJPPK5ArcC9Z4Rd_DyESbRRdewxe4lvIhy4TNdm3xDG1z3SBn3SlRVmXn-v2T5gNIc3XVrGEVgil0uZf4rCs1_5jEw0AUbFvGelOdZUpFe3M20UuYGbWfhM3eIZ8fbtJy_xkUegFugBtmT0-8AMkWWIAlK6chX4K8GueWWw/s450/6339483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="295" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxbWE8rLw_qUAjqVemdtUqJPPK5ArcC9Z4Rd_DyESbRRdewxe4lvIhy4TNdm3xDG1z3SBn3SlRVmXn-v2T5gNIc3XVrGEVgil0uZf4rCs1_5jEw0AUbFvGelOdZUpFe3M20UuYGbWfhM3eIZ8fbtJy_xkUegFugBtmT0-8AMkWWIAlK6chX4K8GueWWw/w131-h200/6339483.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Hive</h3><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20058.Steven_Barnes">Steven Barnes</a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My Rating: ★★★</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">★</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">☆</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WHAT LIES BENEATH</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dispatched as a Republic envoy to the Outer Rim planet Ord Cestus—in a bid to halt the sale of potentially deadly “bio-droids” to the Confederacy—Obi-Wan Kenobi finds himself enlisted in a mission more desperate, and dangerous, than diplomatic. The once self-contained world has long since been co-opted by unscrupulous offworlders, whose plunder of a vital natural resource has enabled the rise of a powerful corporation that controls the economy. Ord Cestus’s native population, the X’Ting, are now mere second-class citizens in their own society.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Enter the Jedi Knight, with news that a legal technicality has turned the tables—and the corrupt forces with a stranglehold on Ord Cestus are now at the mercy of the X’Ting. Circumstances, however, are more dire than the Republic suspected.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the wake of a devastating plague, the X’Ting’s benevolent rulers are dead, and the once tightly knit race has splintered into battling factions. Reunification can only come with the rise of new royals, whom all X’Ting are bound by blood to serve. But the eggs that will spawn those sovereigns lie out of reach, secured in a secret chamber and booby-trapped by those whose knowledge died with them in the plague. Now, to salvage a people’s destiny, Obi-Wan will risk a veritable descent into braving the unknown horrors in the forgotten depths of an alien world, on a perilous quest from which none who went before have ever returned.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This short story features an exclusive author interview—plus an excerpt from Steven Barnes’ Star Wars novel, The Cestus Deception.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT87fku5rqubDOYSLd56N7y7MsQQypBQX9bsuguGoGyoW1TVKwbbxOaHVFPoQy_dTi91FCS_IIQgT_BtJf3YQiG43E7fRM6_5b8nBdcs-YiPWX1n8Uyr87zWuaQyAKvBSFd2TnsGK4foB4HCx0upoOC1i54SXmHl2HBgfU-ScQzODiTB0U3YA4tfsS_LM/s1596/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1596" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT87fku5rqubDOYSLd56N7y7MsQQypBQX9bsuguGoGyoW1TVKwbbxOaHVFPoQy_dTi91FCS_IIQgT_BtJf3YQiG43E7fRM6_5b8nBdcs-YiPWX1n8Uyr87zWuaQyAKvBSFd2TnsGK4foB4HCx0upoOC1i54SXmHl2HBgfU-ScQzODiTB0U3YA4tfsS_LM/w640-h204/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-24124318002721258662024-03-04T00:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T00:00:00.139-08:00Weekly Menu #546 And The Book Of The Week<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4gzDfmsb-1n2whAv3TX8HaYOb-Y503yBe8PGZXWZ9rjJRDZyazn7Wk8cbTQeZMu54B52vCjz48Ph5WE5rfU3XpV-S-VAaMQgJaHzREBSkCuTEXp9a2p9Bc6yZrilm4OFsRkbPf14KtBdRdD6fE8wu-WQ9s46wA7CZETY8VnL2nhxU-D9T-cY9IlcSEQ/s1440/menu3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4gzDfmsb-1n2whAv3TX8HaYOb-Y503yBe8PGZXWZ9rjJRDZyazn7Wk8cbTQeZMu54B52vCjz48Ph5WE5rfU3XpV-S-VAaMQgJaHzREBSkCuTEXp9a2p9Bc6yZrilm4OFsRkbPf14KtBdRdD6fE8wu-WQ9s46wA7CZETY8VnL2nhxU-D9T-cY9IlcSEQ/w640-h480/menu3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDxnGgXxGGd7q3ElC3n7NQMZipXHtTjiTOp2zH0nIG3wJGY1rskkgH6ugPyXdMF6OpZVdW0-5nrgQgptT7ktOxrWWGchjzbU2w0SY45gDoQOXWaWUrDggozrOm9gz9awB9Wxr88ddjfwjh7KBD0j-npmtM2vSviVt4OyotD2HDkYTEMFzNdubLnySE1M/s2187/She%20Is%20a%20Haunting%20-%20Trang%20Thanh%20Tran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDxnGgXxGGd7q3ElC3n7NQMZipXHtTjiTOp2zH0nIG3wJGY1rskkgH6ugPyXdMF6OpZVdW0-5nrgQgptT7ktOxrWWGchjzbU2w0SY45gDoQOXWaWUrDggozrOm9gz9awB9Wxr88ddjfwjh7KBD0j-npmtM2vSviVt4OyotD2HDkYTEMFzNdubLnySE1M/w133-h200/She%20Is%20a%20Haunting%20-%20Trang%20Thanh%20Tran.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy Monday! The blog is back this week with a full blow spread of posts. If I told you last week was a blast, I would belying, but it did have some really great moments that I will cherish forever, but the rest of it will be thrown in the trash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I didn't read a single book, although I really wanted to. My mood just wasn't there. But this week, I have a few books lined up. Weyward by Emilia Hart and She Is Haunted by Trang Thanh Tran are two books I started last week that I want to finish. I also have Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli and The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee that I borrowed from the library and need to be returned soon. Cross your fingers I have the gusto to get through them all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Super excited to get back to cooking with my husband. I didn't realize how much I loved it until I was gone for a few days. Here is the weekly menu. Enjoy!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEEKLY </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MENU</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bf64be6-7fff-63a8-4291-5e2c4c5439bd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.modernfarmhouseeats.com/chicken-with-creamy-dijon-sauce-and-mashed-potatoes/" target="_blank">Chicken with Mustard Sauce</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Chicken and Tater Tots</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2022/02/recipe-oriental-chicken-salad.html?m=1" target="_blank">Oriental Chicken Salad</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - <a href="https://easybudgetrecipes.com/english-muffin-pizzas/" target="_blank">English Muffin Pizzas</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/italian-sausage-hoagies/" target="_blank">Italian Sausage Hoagies</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Grilled Cheese</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.thekitchn.com/instant-pot-potato-soup-recipe-23005044?epik=dj0yJnU9ZC1MaDVjTElZUVhVQm5HSnFfaGV3MmZZWkdPTUdzMi0mcD0wJm49N1RUZkRxbTJSUm82TFZrVE1NUHlrdyZ0PUFBQUFBR1hraU5J" target="_blank">Instant Pot Potato Soup</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Beef Ramen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://gatherednutrition.com/easy-roasted-tomato-and-garlic-spaghetti-vegan-gluten-free/" target="_blank">Spaghetti Night</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Mac and Cheese</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/egg-in-hole/" target="_blank">Egg in a Hole</a> with Sausage</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - French Toast</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Family Dinner</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.eatingonadime.com/beef-burrito-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-27704" target="_blank">Beef Burritos</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cheese Quesadillas</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YzfzQtbqJ3_4GOsdVCvkklUv2p2Lndc_TTbNb9wtOEWX0Tn7FE31X_S3Lg398Ly0YgX_Sdi-5wGSsesWjWMury6S0KYS3vfV3sadT2WR0hTEWZGGdiw6GmmVGEdu8ZmWCV5aRunvAwtLCMmVPXQFb_Fibe728GqEsitTDCr8A2Z5ezS5kInOBMzh35A/s1200/1%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YzfzQtbqJ3_4GOsdVCvkklUv2p2Lndc_TTbNb9wtOEWX0Tn7FE31X_S3Lg398Ly0YgX_Sdi-5wGSsesWjWMury6S0KYS3vfV3sadT2WR0hTEWZGGdiw6GmmVGEdu8ZmWCV5aRunvAwtLCMmVPXQFb_Fibe728GqEsitTDCr8A2Z5ezS5kInOBMzh35A/s320/1%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></span></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-2235996477325412272024-02-29T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-29T11:25:43.960-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSR_A4MiPHBKi8K4_OoNTrVbmhDK2Sl8g69sU8il8UjX6Dqo0Jp8QOFymkTVGrHL9Lb5Rufy2UM38c36luCgNNTN7xdNa3uyqBxNVb_R7VDlMFVrA5rdhHWW32pNVBhwNg9-rUmRP_-NCmWQTUZHa1el4n7DkNNqAnleSInVMc3tcDCthYrRTP3FmsNc/s1440/menu4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSR_A4MiPHBKi8K4_OoNTrVbmhDK2Sl8g69sU8il8UjX6Dqo0Jp8QOFymkTVGrHL9Lb5Rufy2UM38c36luCgNNTN7xdNa3uyqBxNVb_R7VDlMFVrA5rdhHWW32pNVBhwNg9-rUmRP_-NCmWQTUZHa1el4n7DkNNqAnleSInVMc3tcDCthYrRTP3FmsNc/w640-h480/menu4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Hey bookish people, this is just going to be a really quick menu for the rest of the week. I've been traveling for my grandmother's memorial and I'm exhausted. Enjoy!</p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEEKLY </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MENU</span></span></h3><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.dontgobaconmyheart.co.uk/crispy-chicken-caesar-salad/" target="_blank">Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Chicken and salad<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.tamingtwins.com/marry-me-chicken-orzo/#wprm-recipe-container-22885" target="_blank">Marry Me Chicken and Orzo</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Grilled Cheese<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.theseasonedmom.com/easiest-burrito-recipe/" target="_blank">Beef Burritos</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - Cheese Quesadilla <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leftovers Night</span></span></div><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3283b2cf-7fff-bec7-9949-ee4ce574f690"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4ZbLemVum7xjNjMH6xOkZBJgH2-cVgnlLJDqjszQyaIIvMuHD0ZmkriFtXMd_T9wOcd4WVbm6RVog2aKftJSnHuXxhMt6tD6ga_feycbbdGn4hOJfp-jQcDMEpoygm-iKgedQW5qk25bE0c9x6W4H9upEET8Cuo2SGHSbQZo5r_DNCcKmJoUWMAl8Do/s1200/1%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4ZbLemVum7xjNjMH6xOkZBJgH2-cVgnlLJDqjszQyaIIvMuHD0ZmkriFtXMd_T9wOcd4WVbm6RVog2aKftJSnHuXxhMt6tD6ga_feycbbdGn4hOJfp-jQcDMEpoygm-iKgedQW5qk25bE0c9x6W4H9upEET8Cuo2SGHSbQZo5r_DNCcKmJoUWMAl8Do/s320/1%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-79454283252940228032024-02-25T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-25T00:00:00.343-08:00Sunday Confessions #239<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8p1ukjjfV5goFLeJy6D5yCehiqADp3QPl9RDptyGgAwqHs2hKwaVdhqA8vISgcp61y4_2sulJJDNSyOCyXcfFAlX2NeX1xLdC5h2_Ez91h0esjvMZCsMnRS0wUy4aQ1R7Qeh84e6hav-qPuL2Kvc6UVCwxAZjHrquNtyROlCcjGt3kJfC9DjoHv61Ek/s1656/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8p1ukjjfV5goFLeJy6D5yCehiqADp3QPl9RDptyGgAwqHs2hKwaVdhqA8vISgcp61y4_2sulJJDNSyOCyXcfFAlX2NeX1xLdC5h2_Ez91h0esjvMZCsMnRS0wUy4aQ1R7Qeh84e6hav-qPuL2Kvc6UVCwxAZjHrquNtyROlCcjGt3kJfC9DjoHv61Ek/w640-h244/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Sunday! It has been a week. Not sure if you noticed, but there wasn't much going on with the blog this week, but I promise, I haven't forgotten you. We had an all day training on Monday at work which is usually my day off and the day I write my blog posts, so not much happened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This coming week is also going to be a bit spars since I wont have access to my laptop this weekend. Just hold tight, I will be back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOKDj-Vq3KpjoSPyjDrpDyagX5Mvlk46Ps71TQQk4Y2xFt_qjuEHVHSuLordPiKn7Fm6Awh0ugwu30b-1BMWtZjsK21gjGiGIsMmIK4AaBofPF1Ol-R-Wk-Xbw26f4vO-WL3z8A2GlDLS-Mt_zIEE9MdA4Jeo2fdb3tuoE25-pS3WRtjrzdn5i2gc7RM/s1347/%231%20last_week.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOKDj-Vq3KpjoSPyjDrpDyagX5Mvlk46Ps71TQQk4Y2xFt_qjuEHVHSuLordPiKn7Fm6Awh0ugwu30b-1BMWtZjsK21gjGiGIsMmIK4AaBofPF1Ol-R-Wk-Xbw26f4vO-WL3z8A2GlDLS-Mt_zIEE9MdA4Jeo2fdb3tuoE25-pS3WRtjrzdn5i2gc7RM/w640-h50/%231%20last_week.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2024/02/weekly-menu-545-and-book-of-week.html" target="_blank">Weekly Menu #545 And The Book Of The Week</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":6723,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":1,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sunday Confessions #238"}" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10pt;">~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":6723,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":1,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":0},"15":"Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sunday Confessions #238"}" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2024/02/book-review-castle-of-cursed-by-romina.html" target="_blank">Book Review: Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bZ_G0Ii4v5vC_ITCz5xcic4iJBMdjpIDLb_rnGmZXVO1SA0FHqXlNQBK7NXu7brpWHMmx5tMKBO9xZJor4M-i9G5mlqHt8gQgDfTM1ofswS1FsM-2vsTm-WjZLIltjHVemNHrBFXNRFNwpWd_U41E2KgFzlr9_D9FitNB2J3OPJ7nHFTZuYpVQMsCMg/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-56194505645735059832024-02-23T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T00:00:00.148-08:00Book Review: Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYGJOvy8O3CxoNmKj-qs-z17an5tWHzkSvDVchU17stZgyfhJ8f1UhheZ33DmpM3nENDnneNrFi8FZLUZWHEn9oH5L7tYVmUI8LI-q6CeX7nM4jhzAt6vvVZe1iw2IRSfyFgDqm0s3CY2fmenn3aqq2scHu8lFNxj0_oh8SpLfwdDkTNff58wwjtceVs/s1500/castle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYGJOvy8O3CxoNmKj-qs-z17an5tWHzkSvDVchU17stZgyfhJ8f1UhheZ33DmpM3nENDnneNrFi8FZLUZWHEn9oH5L7tYVmUI8LI-q6CeX7nM4jhzAt6vvVZe1iw2IRSfyFgDqm0s3CY2fmenn3aqq2scHu8lFNxj0_oh8SpLfwdDkTNff58wwjtceVs/w640-h214/castle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My book review of Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber. A creepy horror novel that will make your blood curl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vGBazwWV2g4mwz0DUascUzoNvVZOkuTIXbTj15iZTHWPaGWY4lsLI5slhJOVwz19OvmeN87h1O33KI4NM01UEhXFnMFwGkHOwFqk01nHzdv_8DZBiqzC5E_KM1dHFKDzwPgjxHgU0yr8_4Wfayoybcpbnt28K-6Z1LfgnLfZoiAdFd8V2kn6hZqcxuw/s2849/Castle%20of%20the%20Cursed%20-%20Romina%20Garber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="1875" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vGBazwWV2g4mwz0DUascUzoNvVZOkuTIXbTj15iZTHWPaGWY4lsLI5slhJOVwz19OvmeN87h1O33KI4NM01UEhXFnMFwGkHOwFqk01nHzdv_8DZBiqzC5E_KM1dHFKDzwPgjxHgU0yr8_4Wfayoybcpbnt28K-6Z1LfgnLfZoiAdFd8V2kn6hZqcxuw/w264-h400/Castle%20of%20the%20Cursed%20-%20Romina%20Garber.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Title: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Castle of the Cursed</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romina Garber</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Genre: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Horror</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pages: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">304</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Release Date: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">July 30th, 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Wednesday Books</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A delicious and dark gothic romance from bestselling author Romina Garber!</span></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;">THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS HUNGRY…</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After a mysterious attack claims the lives of her parents, all Estela has left is her determination to solve the case. Suffering from survivor’s guilt so intense that she might be losing her grip on reality, she accepts an invitation to live overseas with an estranged aunt at their ancestral Spanish castle, la Sombra.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Beneath its gothic façade, la Sombra harbors a trove of family secrets, and Estela begins to suspect her parents’ deaths may be linked to their past. Her investigation takes a supernatural turn when she crosses paths with a silver-eyed boy only she can see. Estela worries Sebastián is a hallucination, but he claims he’s been trapped in the castle. They grudgingly team up to find answers and as their investigation ignites, so does a romance, mistrust twined with every caress.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As the mysteries pile up, it feels to Estela like everyone in the tiny town of Oscuro is lying and that whoever was behind the attack has followed her to Spain. The deeper she ventures into la Sombra’s secrets, the more certain she becomes that the suspect she’s chasing has already found her . . . and they’re closer than she ever realized.</div></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790931-castle-of-the-cursed" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/T8RZoe1GhLv_aB98IQmtQ3Ak2DsOtOO--P43n2wwdFgTM6ErRWaDVAOV9GQI2FpgbAX05MpkMgZQxgIGGy8qMPn57HT0cNVidQHCFTUO6gMDpc5Hn2ASVSCPlmwemUO1lO-evy6xNgpbqZic5pzKDA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The feels this book gave me were unreal. This read is definitely in my top 10 for 2024.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the tragic death of Estela's parents, the only family she has left to take her in are strangers to her. She's moved around her entire life, unable to put down roots and never knowing why. After strange things start happening around her after moving to her families castle in Spain, she begins to realize her parents were keeping a dark secret from her.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Estela is a strong character, and she has to be. The author really made her struggles and situation feel real and relatable. It was hard not to feel her pain over the loss of her parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The creep factor was wonderful. It started off small and really ramped up in the end. Romina Garber really knows how to weald a blood curdling tale with ease and gusto. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was one thing that kinda threw me off, and is the reason I gave the book 4 stars out of 5. The odd romantic relationship that showed up out of the blue between Estela and the creepy ghost man. It threw me, I'm not going to lie. I was knee deep in the muck of horror and then out of the blue, bam, Estela wants to jump ghost man's bones. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If the author wanted to put some romance into the story, maybe don't make it an after thought.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all, I really enjoyed this read and would love to see what this author has to offer next. </span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghN1eq_gbpBZEh4VpB90ley78Q5HX8HufsyZYYS95SdI0IjaeiFYEPyDa1QrFw9nvHJHLVMSbNW4vBECmzei9uu8KVwl0gMK1Tj6i-Fy0ZO4SR80u9c3l91CyK3oF0_Cil2KCsXVbmF7MaUPFBq7A2Zptm35FP6RPNjfcTnb7yiICTFggzpZQf7tckhqc/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghN1eq_gbpBZEh4VpB90ley78Q5HX8HufsyZYYS95SdI0IjaeiFYEPyDa1QrFw9nvHJHLVMSbNW4vBECmzei9uu8KVwl0gMK1Tj6i-Fy0ZO4SR80u9c3l91CyK3oF0_Cil2KCsXVbmF7MaUPFBq7A2Zptm35FP6RPNjfcTnb7yiICTFggzpZQf7tckhqc/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-66024878209920128822024-02-19T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T00:00:00.140-08:00Weekly Menu #545 And The Book Of The Week<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g10Kz6fpY2DqI3r-4_VwSyv6ixFIbQO8ZxPa7niIkv8ouZQRFzblrJhfRx9nya5tPr3ueU0JyC0dcaCjFaAZic6RDwqB60SYWe6esGil5Jeb4tZoE1dU2MF01K762MEK8o7tHAd3j36foelb6lX0ml65DfKJXPbiSCaK8mGSwvybGv8I6csVBoh1BLM/s1440/menu5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g10Kz6fpY2DqI3r-4_VwSyv6ixFIbQO8ZxPa7niIkv8ouZQRFzblrJhfRx9nya5tPr3ueU0JyC0dcaCjFaAZic6RDwqB60SYWe6esGil5Jeb4tZoE1dU2MF01K762MEK8o7tHAd3j36foelb6lX0ml65DfKJXPbiSCaK8mGSwvybGv8I6csVBoh1BLM/w640-h480/menu5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievLyBc7FWYoSGmegrhi_dNnUaD4AzCL46OP4LQRXdIDKkPa6165H-yWO4DbBUzwY-9-FUKKy5KN2HcpaXIIBfzcF7R0KciFc-Bc8qE9LwgTi9QrgWbLR1hNcfpJxqR-GnXaYATgJdfwRTz1HqF8Rpfyp_tICnnd8W3Id4fCVW1QN_6ia7qnUz7mGIumI/s2200/Weyward%20-%20Emilia%20Hart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1447" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievLyBc7FWYoSGmegrhi_dNnUaD4AzCL46OP4LQRXdIDKkPa6165H-yWO4DbBUzwY-9-FUKKy5KN2HcpaXIIBfzcF7R0KciFc-Bc8qE9LwgTi9QrgWbLR1hNcfpJxqR-GnXaYATgJdfwRTz1HqF8Rpfyp_tICnnd8W3Id4fCVW1QN_6ia7qnUz7mGIumI/w131-h200/Weyward%20-%20Emilia%20Hart.jpg" width="131" /></a></div></div>Hello Monday! Here comes the week from hell. Extra work schedule, meetings at school and a funeral this weekend. Its going to be a lot.<br /><br />I'm hoping to take a little bit of time to myself before the weekend and maybe get some reading done. I'm still working on Weyward by Emilia Hart. Last week was also busy at work and wasn't able to focus enough to listen to a book. This week I'm also hoping to read Robinson Caruso and maybe Mister Monday by Garth Nix, but we shall see.<br /><br />Lets get to this weeks menu, enjoy!<p></p><p><br /></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><h3><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEEKLY </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MENU<br /></span></h3><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.theflavorbender.com/easy-pork-ramen/#recipe" target="_blank">Pork Ramen</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://damndelicious.net/2019/04/24/quick-ramen-noodle-stir-fry/" target="_blank">Beef Ramen</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a51614/best-caprese-stuffed-chicken-recipe/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhpinterest&utm_content=app.dashhudson.com%2Fdelish%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F371312383&undefined=&epik=dj0yJnU9RVU5V1dkMV9BN19rOXRucFdGNzJtb2NZaDFzZ0xscjEmcD0wJm49QWU3ekpZSVJoSTRoZE9vUHRxajM0USZ0PUFBQUFBR1hTSWNj" target="_blank">Caprese Stuffed Chicken</a> and salad<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://www.drink-milk.com/easy-cheese-quesadillas/" target="_blank">Cheese Quesadilla</a> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://ohsweetbasil.com/cheesy-sloppy-joe-sliders-recipe/" target="_blank">Sloppy Joe's</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://www.thechunkychef.com/instant-pot-mac-and-cheese/" target="_blank">Mac and Cheese</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://butteryourbiscuit.com/tequila-lime-grilled-chicken-club-chipotle-mayo/" target="_blank">Tequila Lime Chicken Club</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids - <a href="https://www.plainchicken.com/south-carolina-bird-dogs-football-friday/" target="_blank">Birddogs</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pizza<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/bacon-grilled-cheese/" target="_blank">Bacon Grilled Cheese</a><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leftovers Night</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbusaAXSX3LRUn3B_IjfH_g49qltrPC2mUkPJqY3EiauiYjRPd9hbxvexHLCpHAdRK2Pg0-182stqBBtupp1KjbkkoWI0nFASO2OHRyWqhka-7-C2SKAz-BBKu5thPW1UMiih6TyxFdbGAZ47B0X7HnI9MeOfxT142RRQriGMrW5uFoctxn8vjH9H4Rhg/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbusaAXSX3LRUn3B_IjfH_g49qltrPC2mUkPJqY3EiauiYjRPd9hbxvexHLCpHAdRK2Pg0-182stqBBtupp1KjbkkoWI0nFASO2OHRyWqhka-7-C2SKAz-BBKu5thPW1UMiih6TyxFdbGAZ47B0X7HnI9MeOfxT142RRQriGMrW5uFoctxn8vjH9H4Rhg/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-52246634303500191672024-02-18T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-18T00:00:00.137-08:00Sunday Confessions #238<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls challenge</a></div><div>~</div><div>93/100 in my <a href="https://www.exballerina.com/p/100-books-to-read-before-you-die.html" style="color: #d6be80; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">100 books before you die challenge</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiebyriB5JkQEU1i2kUSMYxPxue1YsBJtp9m1aEgBwv8WcKvG8bZKnbHNnqrhNHkGCk-4Gje7E4TiCH6W70LNdNVQWMsXauX-bR2s_3t_YmaMgYdNAfJ_CTWBAq2K3saFOjpYLDdld9utCGhhL0yWnesJFzcjAZUVch5Ka-eT0YJC3gHWv9CvXVYaaotM/s1347/%237%20final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiebyriB5JkQEU1i2kUSMYxPxue1YsBJtp9m1aEgBwv8WcKvG8bZKnbHNnqrhNHkGCk-4Gje7E4TiCH6W70LNdNVQWMsXauX-bR2s_3t_YmaMgYdNAfJ_CTWBAq2K3saFOjpYLDdld9utCGhhL0yWnesJFzcjAZUVch5Ka-eT0YJC3gHWv9CvXVYaaotM/w640-h50/%237%20final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are again with another wonderful week gone. Its been so busy, I can hardly keep up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy reading, friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLAYB4ejHsl7ONsn7x5eHpWkalBxMVB9T-MRVCfSPmWsFzOTACvthp0Z3b8dyoxSP67vQVp1z3oP1yHIQvepFxFEVLtSNHcGG-_rd_raMcTH763H_QZK9WvNIbRqEo5Mtmf9WrZy05T3G3QfamOjqGSCJPGgenM5RicobmHP_8nhepmlERVOwt-SxTDo/s1200/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLAYB4ejHsl7ONsn7x5eHpWkalBxMVB9T-MRVCfSPmWsFzOTACvthp0Z3b8dyoxSP67vQVp1z3oP1yHIQvepFxFEVLtSNHcGG-_rd_raMcTH763H_QZK9WvNIbRqEo5Mtmf9WrZy05T3G3QfamOjqGSCJPGgenM5RicobmHP_8nhepmlERVOwt-SxTDo/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-29942598356025922652024-02-16T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T00:00:00.159-08:00Book Review: Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw1W4Lt60L5IXZnP-SYCCw33HGdjF7dplMtZGgXKqCqe0MDgLhVGVE-5bDXd3i5hP8LmSkuyuE6W80nEfmfR_wQGBiBLIXnakDjnCHi5lAdLVJ31QPM3gc0kwAKDs6WyIdsJP9GJDUlgYOrzozrzsNB-qW-_ugVxptfoqvs-RMxa8HD0YV41BT1697Pk/s1500/slew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw1W4Lt60L5IXZnP-SYCCw33HGdjF7dplMtZGgXKqCqe0MDgLhVGVE-5bDXd3i5hP8LmSkuyuE6W80nEfmfR_wQGBiBLIXnakDjnCHi5lAdLVJ31QPM3gc0kwAKDs6WyIdsJP9GJDUlgYOrzozrzsNB-qW-_ugVxptfoqvs-RMxa8HD0YV41BT1697Pk/w640-h214/slew.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My book review of Slewfoot: A tale of bewitchery by Brom. This dark historical horror has everything you crave when it comes to the witching hour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS02Bo_QYiaPGDiCLZlLjgHTqHEnmRLP6BXyglCA3cZTB-D4fy1h8wGmNU5pC81dQgwhsbeXmME5XH9AWayQ-dVTm-QydWAuzmyUFponzrdRprGfgtNNs3vgYhH4l3mORq1oD8a54wqE0LILIG8IJQVhZ4JWEegFka37lrSog9YQDFFF6XtKjnilD14cE/s2180/Slewfoot%20-%20Brom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS02Bo_QYiaPGDiCLZlLjgHTqHEnmRLP6BXyglCA3cZTB-D4fy1h8wGmNU5pC81dQgwhsbeXmME5XH9AWayQ-dVTm-QydWAuzmyUFponzrdRprGfgtNNs3vgYhH4l3mORq1oD8a54wqE0LILIG8IJQVhZ4JWEegFka37lrSog9YQDFFF6XtKjnilD14cE/w302-h400/Slewfoot%20-%20Brom.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-84207574-7fff-860b-2108-77470abb32a2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Title: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Slewfoot: a tale of bewitchery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">By: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Horror</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pages: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">307</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Release Date: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">September 14th, 2021</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tor Nightfire</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★★</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 700;">Set in Colonial New England, </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 700;">Slewfoot </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 700;">is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.</span></span></div><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A spirited young Englishwoman, Abitha, arrives at a Puritan colony betrothed to a stranger – only to become quickly widowed when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. All alone in this pious and patriarchal society, Abitha fights for what little freedom she can grasp onto, while trying to stay true to herself and her past.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Enter Slewfoot, a powerful spirit of antiquity newly woken ... and trying to find his own role in the world. Healer or destroyer? Protector or predator? But as the shadows walk and villagers start dying, a new rumor is whispered: <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Witch</i>.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Abitha and Slewfoot must swiftly decide who they are, and what they must do to survive in a world intent on hanging any who meddle in the dark arts.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Complete with 8 pages of Brom’s mesmerizing full-color artwork and chapter illustrations throughout, his latest book is sure to delight.</div></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179372-slewfoot" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/IlDi_swvXzkDz7Bk82z2Q9GAOoInDVOZf4Ln2S7lhxfnGo82zNyYQ92qA5XmRY6lUZr4ErAQspFNS9cTk_OEWr9HaPgp-SzAVQIoSwbwYvRqq1USbNrc4IPAwVQ2VIOO-yx0eFMPLVaKpvFnQkceKw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Review:</span></h3><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This horror story was devious and dark. I loved it to its core and that's saying a lot. </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Abitha has a simple life with her husband, until one day she finds herself alone after her husband falls into a deep cave. To save what little happiness she has left, Abitha makes a deal to save her farm, but when she starts seeing dark shadows in the forest, things seem to take a turn for the worst. </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brom has a magical way of changing a sweet character into a bitter vindictive monster. The actions in this story are infuriating and brutal, but based in truths for the times. I couldn't imagine what those women went through. The torture based on superstition and hate. </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the end, Abitha finally feels the freedom and happiness she deserves, and those who only saw her as a witch suffered greatly. There was nothing more satisfying than reading those last few pages. </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brom has a wonderful eye for horror, but also a great writing voice. This book could only deserve 5 stars. I can't wait to read it again.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEok4Uj9GGrhl7YB597is9K-sjXhR8RVsyqq5VZvzL-_-LqzE2A53MnqW3xIKPweasvV4P7Bd7x__GboV7hop9dQDwa4G_rwwUGj-AWl2I83oRislbAwp9wcU4tg8lStm9jgA3eCrf7WG8vTTgd51gGIMu3NzFJY0BA_LlXaMbdT5rH85Q8CX2uTtpAc/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEok4Uj9GGrhl7YB597is9K-sjXhR8RVsyqq5VZvzL-_-LqzE2A53MnqW3xIKPweasvV4P7Bd7x__GboV7hop9dQDwa4G_rwwUGj-AWl2I83oRislbAwp9wcU4tg8lStm9jgA3eCrf7WG8vTTgd51gGIMu3NzFJY0BA_LlXaMbdT5rH85Q8CX2uTtpAc/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div></span><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-1135907201702193892024-02-15T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-15T00:00:00.163-08:00Reading through the Star Wars Universe Part 10<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0y22IXJeCEpcSfh5mxyyM8v-mqS7XI1Wi71DNxjQXvr6_4RLrcMoTTbZpZKOpbig4_2I7Fo1iMvgJ6JWs7_x_xm0IfU9d5iN2FqAIMB5quiDc7wVLl5fkAO5WpbKeedFMIHyfa7vNIdmmChu8RdBaQra8XWKZ16v-z70oN5vkyB4ZVYgQUD8KzadMf34/s1035/Star%20wars%20Books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1035" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0y22IXJeCEpcSfh5mxyyM8v-mqS7XI1Wi71DNxjQXvr6_4RLrcMoTTbZpZKOpbig4_2I7Fo1iMvgJ6JWs7_x_xm0IfU9d5iN2FqAIMB5quiDc7wVLl5fkAO5WpbKeedFMIHyfa7vNIdmmChu8RdBaQra8XWKZ16v-z70oN5vkyB4ZVYgQUD8KzadMf34/w640-h444/Star%20wars%20Books.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we go again. Another 5 books from the Star Wars universe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really loving reading through this timeline. I'm at the point right before Anakin goes postal and turns into Darth Vader. Its a really exciting place to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5ktjgA7RhAmKABy3j0UNanuYfVHYTCyqv-Tn-HwNNitqNRDxdTdGmK6JZ6SEkhMIriUgzoZsLwe6jsqwhmDvMi3KiMtn8kOUxLEtcwie0td1lGVNnrWM7H0JlY0PoSYJXEKAKSy_atkbo4-vsSmpZQFkpXN-x_TO2BOBJNEYxaw445bC9JkLvKNOOT4/s1004/38600062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="669" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5ktjgA7RhAmKABy3j0UNanuYfVHYTCyqv-Tn-HwNNitqNRDxdTdGmK6JZ6SEkhMIriUgzoZsLwe6jsqwhmDvMi3KiMtn8kOUxLEtcwie0td1lGVNnrWM7H0JlY0PoSYJXEKAKSy_atkbo4-vsSmpZQFkpXN-x_TO2BOBJNEYxaw445bC9JkLvKNOOT4/w133-h200/38600062.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Most Wanted<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4074051.Rae_Carson">Rae Carson</a></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Set before the events of Solo: A Star Wars Story! Han and Qi'ra don't have a lot in common other than not having a lot. They're street kids on the industrial planet Corellia, doing whatever it takes to get by, dreaming of something more. They each jump at a chance to prove themselves in the perilous world of Corellia's criminal underbelly, only to discover they are on the same mission for the same unscrupulous boss. When the job goes disastrously wrong, Han and Qi'ra are on the run--from pirates, a droid crime syndicate, the Empire, and their boss--and will have to learn to trust each other if they are going to survive.</span></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLRWuBoH-g_J-DQItgL-YWSSXOj9nkD7QYSu_RC8ZnrJH1ssfA6Pm__fmAz9gAZEtsug0fSEwPNhutCFPPzYFq_cHltR7RN0JZKbwxd5B9hLGp6EHrKUJq6n_xTHT1Y-eszg2tUc9trCJBurBsVeoueH4m2V-d68288kfsMc-gnCMCtCed8B-Ue41kwE/s680/%7B3858E172-23BD-4ED9-9DF3-2F62D1329F54%7DImg100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLRWuBoH-g_J-DQItgL-YWSSXOj9nkD7QYSu_RC8ZnrJH1ssfA6Pm__fmAz9gAZEtsug0fSEwPNhutCFPPzYFq_cHltR7RN0JZKbwxd5B9hLGp6EHrKUJq6n_xTHT1Y-eszg2tUc9trCJBurBsVeoueH4m2V-d68288kfsMc-gnCMCtCed8B-Ue41kwE/w150-h200/%7B3858E172-23BD-4ED9-9DF3-2F62D1329F54%7DImg100.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ece0bab8-7fff-94ae-517c-cdb6372a6e61"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Leia: Princess of Alderaan<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1192311.Claudia_Gray">Claudia Gray</a></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....there was a princess who became a legend.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sixteen-year-old Princess Leia Organa faces the most challenging task of her life so far: proving herself in the areas of body, mind, and heart to be formally named heir to the throne of Alderaan. She's taking rigorous survival courses, practicing politics, and spearheading relief missions to worlds under Imperial control. But Leia has worries beyond her claim to the crown. Her parents, Breha and Bail, aren't acting like themselves lately; they are distant and preoccupied, seemingly more concerned with throwing dinner parties for their allies in the Senate than they are with their own daughter. Determined to uncover her parents' secrets, Leia starts down an increasingly dangerous path that puts her right under the watchful eye of the Empire. And when Leia discovers what her parents and their allies are planning behind closed doors, she finds herself facing what seems like an impossible choice; dedicate herself to the people of Alderaan—including the man she loves—or the galaxy at large, which is in desperate need of a rebel hero....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3-pX5mWGScQ1vVSMyxnDntlreeTNr1jnLdfkvSEh6muhs05ulRJSLtK2XAn8qceuGFmXMTzJ4rD_Rd34Gg839kVKf_cq0ALx0srzcAxqLy7cnCy90V6DXMPri-IBQKgb3kEeLRhCTf99VqxiQf-0jLTg9zKObLZqUQU1LPIa0vPJXSwwTpIEc1g0MRM/s400/35464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3-pX5mWGScQ1vVSMyxnDntlreeTNr1jnLdfkvSEh6muhs05ulRJSLtK2XAn8qceuGFmXMTzJ4rD_Rd34Gg839kVKf_cq0ALx0srzcAxqLy7cnCy90V6DXMPri-IBQKgb3kEeLRhCTf99VqxiQf-0jLTg9zKObLZqUQU1LPIa0vPJXSwwTpIEc1g0MRM/w125-h200/35464.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a110d5e5-7fff-1a2f-9cb3-1018acb91a7c"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Cestus Deception<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20058.Steven_Barnes">Steven Barnes</a></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ord Cestus, a planet mostly barren and inhospitable to life, was first colonized as a prison world—until a handful of hardy pioneers discovered its rich ore deposits and managed to build up a successful droid-manufacturing industry. But when the Clone Wars erupted, bringing severe rationing of imported resources and a Republic ban on the production of battle droids, Ord Cestus was threatened with imminent economic collapse.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Enter the Confederacy of Independent Systems—the Separatists—with a life-saving offer to purchase a generous quantity of the planet’s most lucrative export: bio-droids. Possessed of tactical capabilities that rival the fighting abilities of even the most advanced Jedi, these sophisticated, techno-organic hybrid units would prove a most formidable weapon if ever deployed for military use. And now the Confederacy’s intention to invest in what amounts to an army of bio-droids has sent ripples of alarm through the highest echelons of the Republic government.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Determined to halt the bio-droid sale—but fearing a show of force will result in a political backlash—Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dispatches a team of envoys, led by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Their mission: persuade Ord Cestus’s government to abandon its dealings with the Confederacy . . . while secretly stirring up revolution among the planet’s struggling underclass. Diplomacy is paramount. But if all else fails, the Republic will not hesitate to launch a full-scale attack—and wipe out not only the means of bio-droid production, but countless lives as well, to demonstrate the consequences of disloyalty.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Obi-Wan, the prospect of such wholesale slaughter only serves to fuel his growing suspicions about the sinister path the Republic seems to be taking. But the brash Jedi Master Kit Fisto and the detachment of clone soldiers assigned to the mission are ready and willing to do the Supreme Chancellor’s bidding. As the leaders of Ord Cestus refuse to capitulate and Palpatine rapidly loses patience, Obi-Wan’s hopes of a peaceful resolution are dwindling. Now, facing a crisis of conscience, Obi-Wan must find the wisdom and strength to prevent a bloodbath and safeguard the Republic— while abiding by the ancient code to which he has pledged his life.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2wBkogO00ByUPV2VjMMUqP29W7UAMMP-i6MeCZ_fE7LusEHd38DsgLpY3Lkp5DuZFU9jlVx-HB3z6AHqjFKuQH_s7b7iOmZPzYGULTcErEZmya6V8qljG1dIizXSZMTwDEsHwDuieXYsZbS10-qcQZFEkavmCdo1yLM3nhj6DdhywOXJyXLF1eJCnJM/s400/17308112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="246" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2wBkogO00ByUPV2VjMMUqP29W7UAMMP-i6MeCZ_fE7LusEHd38DsgLpY3Lkp5DuZFU9jlVx-HB3z6AHqjFKuQH_s7b7iOmZPzYGULTcErEZmya6V8qljG1dIizXSZMTwDEsHwDuieXYsZbS10-qcQZFEkavmCdo1yLM3nhj6DdhywOXJyXLF1eJCnJM/w123-h200/17308112.jpg" width="123" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-7482a6ce-7fff-e35d-dbf2-00c5f3d6300e"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Star Wars: Medstar I - Battle Surgeons<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12537.Michael_Reaves">Michael Reaves</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6262.Steve_Perry">Steve Perry</a></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A novel of healers in wartime, in which a unit of medics struggles against the worst possible circumstances to save lives as the Clone Wars rage around them. With a special appearance by Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee, who will gain her Knighthood in the course of this exciting duology. A little of M*A*S*H, a little of ER, a lot of Star Wars! A must-read for everyone who saw STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and looks forward to seeing STAR WARS: EPISODE III!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTpVbI94CU2_dhtOluE3epOHBgpkuqXxiFF4NwxC1IZsKEuUbMAAq5LKMhTjY-7oMjU-y4MdGgEvEN_6TKnpLO4SsnfI0aNQGanYgiMWjXK0_G7ssf7gHCj4ZTKSBlkvZdMQjKPWH6gg0GykovqI3O-b1darpqHJgQpRnC4i5Sihm9sTyYt7gJvrnNb0/s1503/20262705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="995" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTpVbI94CU2_dhtOluE3epOHBgpkuqXxiFF4NwxC1IZsKEuUbMAAq5LKMhTjY-7oMjU-y4MdGgEvEN_6TKnpLO4SsnfI0aNQGanYgiMWjXK0_G7ssf7gHCj4ZTKSBlkvZdMQjKPWH6gg0GykovqI3O-b1darpqHJgQpRnC4i5Sihm9sTyYt7gJvrnNb0/w133-h200/20262705.jpg" width="133" /></a><span id="docs-internal-guid-89dd9c25-7fff-fe8b-3f55-4fb3ae30fbd9"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A New Dawn<br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20028.John_Jackson_Miller">John Jackson Miller</a></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ever since the Jedi were marked for death and forced to flee Coruscant, Kanan Jarrus has devoted himself to staying alive rather than serving the Force. Wandering the galaxy alone, from one anonymous job to another, he avoids trouble--especially with the Empire--at all costs. So when he discovers a deadly conflict brewing between ruthless Imperial forces and desperate revolutionaries, he's not about to get caught in the crossfire. Then the brutal death of a friend at the Empire's hands forces the ex-Jedi to make a choice: bow down to fear, or stand up and fight.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But Jarrus won't be fighting alone. Unlikely allies, including a bomb-throwing radical, a former Imperial surveillance agent, a vengeful security officer, and the mysterious Hera Syndulla--an agent provocateur with motives of her own--team up with Jarrus to challenge the Empire. As a crisis of apocalyptic proportions unfolds on the planet Gorse, they must stand together against one of the Emperor's most fearsome enforcers--for the sake of a world and its people.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIkV29dRy-ru8yzmjxzk9ayHD3V61gJxr2Cg8ZPpanqAPu-l5inWujNrFFmkeXT3BXAN1UJZfJ-mdVvEbzrqu6wr5E6DMjD8sh8TrkWf6vDJ6junq-Dttjc7_theA_162hSxoeUJ-k4VldxCIOc7yXLmvUEAY6KV1U0g2QcovJ2chkbiHpUBoKOndBWQ/s1506/New%20Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1506" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIkV29dRy-ru8yzmjxzk9ayHD3V61gJxr2Cg8ZPpanqAPu-l5inWujNrFFmkeXT3BXAN1UJZfJ-mdVvEbzrqu6wr5E6DMjD8sh8TrkWf6vDJ6junq-Dttjc7_theA_162hSxoeUJ-k4VldxCIOc7yXLmvUEAY6KV1U0g2QcovJ2chkbiHpUBoKOndBWQ/w640-h196/New%20Image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div><p></p></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-36580912691489595172024-02-14T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-14T00:00:00.289-08:00Book Review: The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aGxCf1shaWYDDDYTobuevxEv7E737k83y51HC7z2oCE4zMNfVcTB0ri4pLWexinnU73kZprKBOj7nOetMD8WRz0_XL6vtL9G5QU3jR_ZQRRKYEIgsB51sE6uDdE_f0autXxMnxSDUcpp6LwJKN4KzfLQngRLmQ1W9z2tXsUxNWIwWiBRiMckhY9KsB8/s1500/red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aGxCf1shaWYDDDYTobuevxEv7E737k83y51HC7z2oCE4zMNfVcTB0ri4pLWexinnU73kZprKBOj7nOetMD8WRz0_XL6vtL9G5QU3jR_ZQRRKYEIgsB51sE6uDdE_f0autXxMnxSDUcpp6LwJKN4KzfLQngRLmQ1W9z2tXsUxNWIwWiBRiMckhY9KsB8/w640-h214/red.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> My book review of The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard. This was a wonderful scifi with LGBTQ undertones and a rambunctious family dynamic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV-2y7UB4c0VdM2_T2ZXQjSsY4g2SueD3ivoBK-XsnL7gml5ue4bYLk-UxDB6s7tHq1dFvmEm5AmmUxheqkyO0dqfQTmKrord1h2x2KeqmUym5U_gdijk2NWok-X-ueEIp7Y8vS_kBAY16c57b-Lnp5sIF7Ojd21I9AFgvdpOy0dE9FAwxcYXHZsEkb8/s769/Red%20Scholar's%20Wake,%20The%20-%20Aliette%20de%20Bodard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJV-2y7UB4c0VdM2_T2ZXQjSsY4g2SueD3ivoBK-XsnL7gml5ue4bYLk-UxDB6s7tHq1dFvmEm5AmmUxheqkyO0dqfQTmKrord1h2x2KeqmUym5U_gdijk2NWok-X-ueEIp7Y8vS_kBAY16c57b-Lnp5sIF7Ojd21I9AFgvdpOy0dE9FAwxcYXHZsEkb8/w260-h400/Red%20Scholar's%20Wake,%20The%20-%20Aliette%20de%20Bodard.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-3b673b5f-7fff-ce66-73bb-2d0985cea6dd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Title: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Red Scholar's Wake</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">By: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Aliette de Bodard</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Scifi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pages: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">336</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Release Date: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">November 24th, 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Gollancz</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xích Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xích Si and herself.</span></span></div><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si's help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si's technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for each other. As the interstellar war against piracy intensifies and the five fleets start fighting each other, they will have to make a stand-and to decide what kind of future they have together...</div></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60811024-the-red-scholar-s-wake" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/IlDi_swvXzkDz7Bk82z2Q9GAOoInDVOZf4Ln2S7lhxfnGo82zNyYQ92qA5XmRY6lUZr4ErAQspFNS9cTk_OEWr9HaPgp-SzAVQIoSwbwYvRqq1USbNrc4IPAwVQ2VIOO-yx0eFMPLVaKpvFnQkceKw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wasn't sure what to think of this read at first, but it quickly grew on me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rice Fish is a sentient ship and the leader of the Red Banner pirates. Her wife recently died under suspicious circumstances. When Xich Si's ship is captured, Rice Fish has a proposition that would change both their lives. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At first, I couldn't understand how a sentient ship was such a threat. How it could marry and how it could have children. To be honest, I still don't fully understand it, but with a story like this, I was still very entertained. The depth of these characters and how their family is woven into the storyline is wonderfully put together.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">De Bodard has a beautiful writing voice that built a world that is dark and brooding. The </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">surroundings</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> were easy to picture from the </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">descriptions</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the author left like bread crumbs and the characters had feeling and depth. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. It was full of surprises and twist I didn't see coming. A </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">definite</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> read. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMrd2vDkAeh6VmmHdQ7vY1pmPsvAviaJ-2_PYJJGfij0Rc7z3CZ26CjrRuLfkrgItW4q_v9mZKGrRlRMg9maeH9a3_86DH2M-d7Wi9VeFOJ8Q83Y7DBo29rcljiFARRD52IWGK_y6dy_sUWUq-T_vH1tWTc8ERCtBV2B9qyb_mSvy6kWPfQJHU0gZlGI/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMrd2vDkAeh6VmmHdQ7vY1pmPsvAviaJ-2_PYJJGfij0Rc7z3CZ26CjrRuLfkrgItW4q_v9mZKGrRlRMg9maeH9a3_86DH2M-d7Wi9VeFOJ8Q83Y7DBo29rcljiFARRD52IWGK_y6dy_sUWUq-T_vH1tWTc8ERCtBV2B9qyb_mSvy6kWPfQJHU0gZlGI/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div></span><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-58663396468410448802024-02-12T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-12T00:00:00.138-08:00Weekly Menu #544 And The Book Of The Week<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6imyXJEsun8F8rBDIbWWgWARCFGcWjwy9CQcgAnSzUnzYqfkefvNttCp9h58f6EpZoCMnJX8gF1gKdg22JhLgh9PejNg_u0SKWS-2Is6szqhx9HcFdSG661WohSeYJ7BL5JctoOTSNQKVDBaggu75tCaKLAH_PRQyx_VmrqUZkbrR5v-8Rx1j-hU_hno/s1440/menu1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6imyXJEsun8F8rBDIbWWgWARCFGcWjwy9CQcgAnSzUnzYqfkefvNttCp9h58f6EpZoCMnJX8gF1gKdg22JhLgh9PejNg_u0SKWS-2Is6szqhx9HcFdSG661WohSeYJ7BL5JctoOTSNQKVDBaggu75tCaKLAH_PRQyx_VmrqUZkbrR5v-8Rx1j-hU_hno/w640-h480/menu1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5xe8AWyBQjgimQINRxWOqDxirFiXgEqSe0LkEXsnG4ev-KB4bWIkrfgCTIDLrXFZWsgMuTUPIIWAcZHTC6wr0eJF8zGzOOHY9JPtea0py0QkVdczbnSeuHpn6zH_rb-Hmc9JirkUOBio4qeB7eHA3Z5meXqJIuUIfWpAAJ7SsRxBLEIdLTgM_oM7Y9Q/s2200/Weyward%20-%20Emilia%20Hart.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1447" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5xe8AWyBQjgimQINRxWOqDxirFiXgEqSe0LkEXsnG4ev-KB4bWIkrfgCTIDLrXFZWsgMuTUPIIWAcZHTC6wr0eJF8zGzOOHY9JPtea0py0QkVdczbnSeuHpn6zH_rb-Hmc9JirkUOBio4qeB7eHA3Z5meXqJIuUIfWpAAJ7SsRxBLEIdLTgM_oM7Y9Q/w131-h200/Weyward%20-%20Emilia%20Hart.jpg" width="131" /></a></div></div>Hello Monday! Welcome back to my weekly menu where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week.<br /><br />Somehow, there is only one book on my TBR right now. Not sure how that happened. Here it is. This weeks read is Weyward by Emilia Hart. The book appears to follow three women throughout time. Not always my style, but It looks interesting. We shall see.<br /><br />Lets get to this weeks menu, Enjoy!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a51e449-7fff-a059-9e8f-ad2257fafc1a"><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">WEEKLY </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">MENU</span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.apinchofhealthy.com/epic-beef-nachos-supreme-better-taco-bell/" target="_blank">Beef Nacho Supreme</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Nachos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><a href="https://www.honeyandbirch.com/potato-kielbasa-soup/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Potato and </span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kielbasa</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Soup</span></span></a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Sausage and Tater Tots</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/doritos-taco-salad/" target="_blank">Doritos Taco Salad</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Doritos and Chicken Nuggets</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><a href="https://marleyspoon.com/menu/67123-chicken-schnitzel-roasted-potatoes-with-cabbage-salad-honey-mustard-dressing?epik=dj0yJnU9amtSazIzajJvQXJiX2RLZDU2RVVnRzhGc0x6Q2ZjdG0mcD0wJm49Mlg0ZS13eFd4VHA5T0pha2ltRTdnUSZ0PUFBQUFBR1hJOXpV" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chicken </span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Schnitzel</span></a> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Chicken Tenders</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://culinaryginger.com/full-english-breakfast/" target="_blank">English Breakfast</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">French Toast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.exballerina.com/2021/03/recipe-open-face-egg-salad-sandwich.html?spref=pi" target="_blank">Egg Salad Sandwiches</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Grilled Cheese</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://gatherednutrition.com/easy-roasted-tomato-and-garlic-spaghetti-vegan-gluten-free/" target="_blank">Spaghetti Night</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y1EoGtFv2n6zwY4YJEmnKxPBzeV_y7blGWHtIQPN6q9ez2oKAWFPfqtdvi12_3a3QP8UlKx0ZvFtyZsv5e55YuyUql3-vX5fZtJmioaRlLRszTZAzTw8ZY4EnC_PFkTMTRn2WCj9u1P6WBnkx0szdXG7dxFyJ_DQEw0-wpN2KJvOt9h4fxU2dsoQkeY/s1656/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y1EoGtFv2n6zwY4YJEmnKxPBzeV_y7blGWHtIQPN6q9ez2oKAWFPfqtdvi12_3a3QP8UlKx0ZvFtyZsv5e55YuyUql3-vX5fZtJmioaRlLRszTZAzTw8ZY4EnC_PFkTMTRn2WCj9u1P6WBnkx0szdXG7dxFyJ_DQEw0-wpN2KJvOt9h4fxU2dsoQkeY/w640-h244/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Sunday! Welcome back to the blog. We are recapping the week with all the wonderful books and recipes we've been sharing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPXAhnZAE3iYLi1KRzrD4L1hBA7Rnmbqp15eNkpZ9V_XM8oSO0k90dKN_CBPXI2fuaEvO7F9vaidTB13ASDQ4V_822W4PkstjFQaPOSvELdeORm-vgx0oFBFzinq24R_1KCy2w-_xgpSKCpCX7RzMMN6UHum1On0sutujjc3FUMgEPXs_a3qFjToMnow/s1347/%231%20last_week.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPXAhnZAE3iYLi1KRzrD4L1hBA7Rnmbqp15eNkpZ9V_XM8oSO0k90dKN_CBPXI2fuaEvO7F9vaidTB13ASDQ4V_822W4PkstjFQaPOSvELdeORm-vgx0oFBFzinq24R_1KCy2w-_xgpSKCpCX7RzMMN6UHum1On0sutujjc3FUMgEPXs_a3qFjToMnow/w640-h50/%231%20last_week.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN52H4666tK_c5giIZp9sk7P0XowglLNoQ7zgb485spf9HxXgCL0c9PSUiFeIZtIM1eMJvsVjcfBKtxLozz1s7-s0IXjSGypkks_YwqbRlGIfzmnP_jCqRMrAAcLWIB2MYhsSeDUCK8s6DAwFk62uJ_H4ll2iAiNbNZz50iNHF-RONW8g8DiM9bGwVj5Y/w640-h50/%237%20final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another great week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh863NQDcmKRq-XMMgXVmnJWql_SVdcDtGQSCnZ0pSnhZWwNDuycB-yI_IVLy9VE-nNNy3o4T-9hyk1X7Hz-owMEct5HRoU41rphBd8J6B55wf5gaQ9KTu9wxCCud2hV9nuCj4SCzTVJ04mie3qk8UtOLQ_h2gS2pyasPpY5yTzxrSeseBn8RCKMWeRz9Q/s1200/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh863NQDcmKRq-XMMgXVmnJWql_SVdcDtGQSCnZ0pSnhZWwNDuycB-yI_IVLy9VE-nNNy3o4T-9hyk1X7Hz-owMEct5HRoU41rphBd8J6B55wf5gaQ9KTu9wxCCud2hV9nuCj4SCzTVJ04mie3qk8UtOLQ_h2gS2pyasPpY5yTzxrSeseBn8RCKMWeRz9Q/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-69502771398085421662024-02-09T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-09T00:00:00.132-08:00Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">My book review of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzy_lgaAs_ReWSh2-0L_tCiE_yZLi9OIVamPHFoqZBm0YcUJSgyrjTEGYgd8pESwvLTqhueJfJcgtVAijjHI5oIRBCP_JxeBn7OM82ccKXl822W1LYWYrmQ4ex5qEdinH750kmMmpbdrfmNA8W66wzhlTlpI6Eg_2Xv_t0phehW7Fr6dqUfCjndSYVro/s2400/18144590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzy_lgaAs_ReWSh2-0L_tCiE_yZLi9OIVamPHFoqZBm0YcUJSgyrjTEGYgd8pESwvLTqhueJfJcgtVAijjHI5oIRBCP_JxeBn7OM82ccKXl822W1LYWYrmQ4ex5qEdinH750kmMmpbdrfmNA8W66wzhlTlpI6Eg_2Xv_t0phehW7Fr6dqUfCjndSYVro/w264-h400/18144590.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Title: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alchemist</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paulo Coelho</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Genre: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fiction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pages: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">182</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Release Date: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1988</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;">The Alchemist</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"> has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.</div></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/qmiBLr3UyYcZXMFfaE6d4OHZK5JrujNA6OnTIvMVu3mOyQ6JnJs4v07svFGbX3yanLMd8HQz_WQsDQFtAqvp-9s8f6miYjmhVzZQNzp476Nh9UmqMx5vJIWWXThaflTm5kT0wLZTvVelni3Z5eUe1A" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love diving into a book that is unknown to me and seeing where it will take me. This read was an adventure unlike any other. The author took me to a world that was vivid and full of life. The whole story was one big lesson, but I didn't feel like I was being taught. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paulo Coelho has a wonderful writers voice and creative palette. I didn't expect to love this read as much as I did.</span></span></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-82281855307643737682024-02-08T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-08T00:00:00.132-08:00January 2024 Wrap Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96d00gLHM5IVbBGlgOQvaSqMMoOPc5flvpOXS18r_8IhZtT8nMKfMysDLdMm_zq_gMDxRDYaQmbqhmFIRUI6HuPELHZECYJbYZNwC7KbrRl1OIDgjiOh9GT8558dYidBCo4t0TZnyCLZep1GHFbs9gMX_ZkhegcsCJ2XCu_Kl83ErDawf2mq_EInh600/s1656/%230_wrap_up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96d00gLHM5IVbBGlgOQvaSqMMoOPc5flvpOXS18r_8IhZtT8nMKfMysDLdMm_zq_gMDxRDYaQmbqhmFIRUI6HuPELHZECYJbYZNwC7KbrRl1OIDgjiOh9GT8558dYidBCo4t0TZnyCLZep1GHFbs9gMX_ZkhegcsCJ2XCu_Kl83ErDawf2mq_EInh600/w640-h244/%230_wrap_up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello February!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">January hit me with a bang. It went by so fast, but thankfully we made it through in one piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lets wrap up January.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO0MB9L6AI420BvKt_nJboI_iHhuYbnzSx6lgn3MHY2Xq-ymbZ2BoviIOPWaImDCUQfY4xHejmFWhssaw6kfy9AJUuBJkwQAB5HJNgFZd89C-UjGZxaqBF0Tnu0NG6mVJFA2luFyK2rIh4z1rvRtGbsaXJP5eskA8u7uVYDji-tMkBB9ZENHSRvhs4Ag/s1320/%232%204%20Stars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="1320" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO0MB9L6AI420BvKt_nJboI_iHhuYbnzSx6lgn3MHY2Xq-ymbZ2BoviIOPWaImDCUQfY4xHejmFWhssaw6kfy9AJUuBJkwQAB5HJNgFZd89C-UjGZxaqBF0Tnu0NG6mVJFA2luFyK2rIh4z1rvRtGbsaXJP5eskA8u7uVYDji-tMkBB9ZENHSRvhs4Ag/s320/%232%204%20Stars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yes, I went a little hard on the Star Wars books, but the timeline right now is wonderful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait for next month. Happy reading, Friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3HVIGkDgxoFWqaTraM8JvYyJ0vJ_M-0V9lwz7xcWNSDy1OFagtXU1JSTnsdSUm5ZzfatGbOTT54SiylzFqpmr-scjSb1Y2VHc4pLk82RlR31zZI94qd19OOJ1OVlRnhwFMV3qR4tZpETVrrWLMjuK0NV-CrOWVEscnB7pPgZhi0xotUQBZHHXUl-Xlo/s1200/%239%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3HVIGkDgxoFWqaTraM8JvYyJ0vJ_M-0V9lwz7xcWNSDy1OFagtXU1JSTnsdSUm5ZzfatGbOTT54SiylzFqpmr-scjSb1Y2VHc4pLk82RlR31zZI94qd19OOJ1OVlRnhwFMV3qR4tZpETVrrWLMjuK0NV-CrOWVEscnB7pPgZhi0xotUQBZHHXUl-Xlo/s320/%239%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-28783983769130611852024-02-07T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-07T00:00:00.187-08:00Book Review: Pageboy by Elliot Page<p></p><div style="text-align: center;">My book review of Pageboy by Elliot Page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNjdpn7XVQ7g4Iq2GT0GzAfuJCEIcrK7acjIyzIeiDcAQSTyghhr2AY2N3gGadhocSfa7Chwmm7W06eFozn64BdC7-Kktzs_I7uXwPw2hn2ofBBodcht2Ha6jYIK56hDHnx_dXClLBNBjq1UtW5ya3-TBb4O1AJkkwdHtrdimRQ1M1mZob-krho1laRE/s2200/Pageboy%20-%20Elliot%20Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1423" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNjdpn7XVQ7g4Iq2GT0GzAfuJCEIcrK7acjIyzIeiDcAQSTyghhr2AY2N3gGadhocSfa7Chwmm7W06eFozn64BdC7-Kktzs_I7uXwPw2hn2ofBBodcht2Ha6jYIK56hDHnx_dXClLBNBjq1UtW5ya3-TBb4O1AJkkwdHtrdimRQ1M1mZob-krho1laRE/w259-h400/Pageboy%20-%20Elliot%20Page.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Title: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pageboy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elliot Page</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Genre: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memoir</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pages: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">271</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Release Date: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">June 6th, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Flatiron</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do, until enough was enough. Full of behind the scenes details and intimate interrogations on sex, love, trauma, and Hollywood, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pageboy</i> is the story of a life pushed to the brink. But at its core, this beautifully written, winding journey of what it means to untangle ourselves from the expectations of others is an ode to stepping into who we truly are with defiance, strength, and joy.</span></div></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61332132-pageboy" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/qmiBLr3UyYcZXMFfaE6d4OHZK5JrujNA6OnTIvMVu3mOyQ6JnJs4v07svFGbX3yanLMd8HQz_WQsDQFtAqvp-9s8f6miYjmhVzZQNzp476Nh9UmqMx5vJIWWXThaflTm5kT0wLZTvVelni3Z5eUe1A" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love Elliot Page. He has transformed right before our eyes, and I love that for him.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book really dove into the journey from Ellen to Elliot and all the growing pains in between. There were times where I felt a bit uncomfortable and sometimes a bit cringe, but maybe those stories were too far out there for me. Either way, a great read.</span></span></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-89567647231984410072024-02-05T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-05T00:00:00.174-08:00Weekly Menu #543 And The Book Of The Week<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWujy1RfeMmBx3gwsKWzHC_zKTOZh9p8wkbnNAX9RRTwXddwWWj2qOsvmOCqQJLm2BMNHXBD4rnn1m12mmNzbleS6VS48o_a6N7YcazXBOXq1zeI-gWc91VjRQBfCmryLuThNjungQDsxlVHXkl_ni6SohoBulOSEEFydsaa-qwWMQ6COt1wYzDyg2S4g/s1440/menu2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWujy1RfeMmBx3gwsKWzHC_zKTOZh9p8wkbnNAX9RRTwXddwWWj2qOsvmOCqQJLm2BMNHXBD4rnn1m12mmNzbleS6VS48o_a6N7YcazXBOXq1zeI-gWc91VjRQBfCmryLuThNjungQDsxlVHXkl_ni6SohoBulOSEEFydsaa-qwWMQ6COt1wYzDyg2S4g/w640-h480/menu2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m_B_3Vx4VT69pGu5kcsUfmRTwucXOigjXOCuEXgKeK0coR6OHtN4LRdSKQhyaXV-M0KwocoP3EhYGWsI1nq9uoGnzKg6HlzDbcp0iBy96LFTDmCfspoulh_Xg4L4Bwt6GDxqmnboK0hnZPkpQopEAWJ5dabBK8xBUFOG3SsO86wjw24V4kFZ0BcAlxI/s3000/14942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1999" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m_B_3Vx4VT69pGu5kcsUfmRTwucXOigjXOCuEXgKeK0coR6OHtN4LRdSKQhyaXV-M0KwocoP3EhYGWsI1nq9uoGnzKg6HlzDbcp0iBy96LFTDmCfspoulh_Xg4L4Bwt6GDxqmnboK0hnZPkpQopEAWJ5dabBK8xBUFOG3SsO86wjw24V4kFZ0BcAlxI/w133-h200/14942.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Hello Monday! Welcome back to my weekly menu, where I share all the delicious recipes we will be making this week.<br /><br />Things are moving quickly around here, and I'm starting to realize how busy February is going to be. We have a Holiday party, training day at work, school meetings and a memorial for my grandma who just passed. Its a lot.<br /><br />Within all the things that have to be done this week, I'm hoping to read a few more books. First on my list is Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Wolf. I've been waiting for this book for a while, and finally got my hands on it. Its one of the reads on my 100 books before you die list. We are getting to the end, finally!<br /><br />Ok, lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEEKLY </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MENU</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cc38228d-7fff-99ed-f5b1-8419f9cb261b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.aheadofthyme.com/mediterranean-chicken-patties/" target="_blank"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mediterranean</span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Chicken Patties</span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Chicken Nuggets</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://cafedelites.com/creamy-tuscan-chicken/" target="_blank">Creamy Tuscan Chicken</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Pizza</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.aheadofthyme.com/chicken-parmesan-stuffed-peppers/" target="_blank">Chicken Parmesan Stuffed Bell Peppers</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Beef Ramen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://natashaskitchen.com/beef-tacos/" target="_blank">Ground Beef Tacos</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kids - Cheese Quesadillas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Holiday Party</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://butteryourbiscuit.com/tequila-lime-grilled-chicken-club-chipotle-mayo/" target="_blank">Tequila Lime Chicken Club</a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kids - Chicken Burgers</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leftovers Night</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6UK-H1kHN_kneTBn6AfjqFeLg-L0IvgWAwCcHuKCuKxp6HYnCuSxuX-O7G1SsQgtGt4gz3XlY6JZwNSAVSzYmVGwVR4ysrmtGueP8X8m-6u-acrKiWoWrvtfndTf8fAM9qgPbO2A__MbBy3GjhD3_h5Zsp9WFORTL8TP7XuagJiZyUokjbNFTlve7AE/s1200/sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6UK-H1kHN_kneTBn6AfjqFeLg-L0IvgWAwCcHuKCuKxp6HYnCuSxuX-O7G1SsQgtGt4gz3XlY6JZwNSAVSzYmVGwVR4ysrmtGueP8X8m-6u-acrKiWoWrvtfndTf8fAM9qgPbO2A__MbBy3GjhD3_h5Zsp9WFORTL8TP7XuagJiZyUokjbNFTlve7AE/s320/sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></span></div>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-27745826618585695532024-02-04T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-04T00:00:00.151-08:00Sunday Confessions #236<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCcVcLV4WDqilz4yL8AU-ihTWJ32sfS42kk9Du8fOWwdhNsIYbhkRFb7rzRSqERBv7XA22yNazR-zMmnxaBLyObcDvgjFOAxdqZsNJHfI3MKp-MmduOULMhMVjKD4GNIHxSVz9TWceKbOjS6L11VVKWs-HJpjzlVNbCHUPtrWPKJL3OnrwELpesENRLQ/s1656/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1656" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCcVcLV4WDqilz4yL8AU-ihTWJ32sfS42kk9Du8fOWwdhNsIYbhkRFb7rzRSqERBv7XA22yNazR-zMmnxaBLyObcDvgjFOAxdqZsNJHfI3MKp-MmduOULMhMVjKD4GNIHxSVz9TWceKbOjS6L11VVKWs-HJpjzlVNbCHUPtrWPKJL3OnrwELpesENRLQ/w640-h244/%23%201%20sunday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello Sunday! Welcome back to my confessions where I recap the blog from last week. 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From what I can gather, a small child died tragically and now these three women are weird around each other. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo1gpWTW2DBQ2xl8iKIku_-jvZyxCr5q3DA_3JiA348wFBnnRBlyKg1lWyJQ9FcWZp5NxjpxISxwdce_jy0ZC5cJc8v7IRuLYsAub23BF31NHhpHzRQuUUYbzM0HdrReveMPFWNd5XmMQUgjIZg0TNBC2KjV5xLUwTKJgAsKn_XrrNOylASihevixdjU/s1347/%236%20book_updates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo1gpWTW2DBQ2xl8iKIku_-jvZyxCr5q3DA_3JiA348wFBnnRBlyKg1lWyJQ9FcWZp5NxjpxISxwdce_jy0ZC5cJc8v7IRuLYsAub23BF31NHhpHzRQuUUYbzM0HdrReveMPFWNd5XmMQUgjIZg0TNBC2KjV5xLUwTKJgAsKn_XrrNOylASihevixdjU/w640-h50/%236%20book_updates.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls challenge</a></div><div>~</div><div>92/100 in my <a href="https://www.exballerina.com/p/100-books-to-read-before-you-die.html" style="color: #d6be80; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">100 books before you die challenge</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OjCGn45fopRkZ4cgkC2hYr1C-8y-1PjrEOVWADqdk-_uG6Texxf2TrvGbaq6QYI90Q3mLsd4VD1r4rLEp5jwcWs0jD8aEbooSK9JogOyJL4VLrykJznAkVmJ3o-sUs-lqCNByZX0Zwbfw2LrH5jknqamqsKciHB842C3tIo9HURPs23o590iDza_NNw/s1347/%237%20final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="1347" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OjCGn45fopRkZ4cgkC2hYr1C-8y-1PjrEOVWADqdk-_uG6Texxf2TrvGbaq6QYI90Q3mLsd4VD1r4rLEp5jwcWs0jD8aEbooSK9JogOyJL4VLrykJznAkVmJ3o-sUs-lqCNByZX0Zwbfw2LrH5jknqamqsKciHB842C3tIo9HURPs23o590iDza_NNw/w640-h50/%237%20final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've really had a wonderful time reading through the Star Wars universe. I'm in a great place in the timeline, and its just fun. I'm hoping to continue the momentum this week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy reading, Friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-avCtffDyQSr_k8441JNcdKfp2UdDWeCTaS14SP7exxVtUspTTrQevlW_zUJ4yMNajpERUCC6XWALvBbOpkcvKgHQ20yBzgDH8RSMr45POi7aa23I4r7d3t6_t2IMCJFI_kjBjnpIu6qbPrktAdVqyKNPA8CsSxqjWwoGLZoK0CcInYjHwWoaxEw2Kk/s1200/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-avCtffDyQSr_k8441JNcdKfp2UdDWeCTaS14SP7exxVtUspTTrQevlW_zUJ4yMNajpERUCC6XWALvBbOpkcvKgHQ20yBzgDH8RSMr45POi7aa23I4r7d3t6_t2IMCJFI_kjBjnpIu6qbPrktAdVqyKNPA8CsSxqjWwoGLZoK0CcInYjHwWoaxEw2Kk/s320/%2313%20sara_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-429540620946636169.post-55577120322910058702024-02-02T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T00:00:00.249-08:00 Book Review: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7d2bdrXPPccvwq3HDLJZYaO3qqbgsNUWgGXlmgPknW1ZV3g7Ujfx-F9wrxaMV4fPfPdFldmWtolMrzesrGxcvV83L-6uZUF9utj8IgrRV-k26OvbDznLnYauF_8eTmCZCcOSTnnujzoPuCwaknpgaIk5qZmdJppicwxJzioIwytmyZm0gS3qm0kT7oo/s2200/Yumi%20and%20the%20Nightmare%20Painter%20-%20Brandon%20Sanderson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7d2bdrXPPccvwq3HDLJZYaO3qqbgsNUWgGXlmgPknW1ZV3g7Ujfx-F9wrxaMV4fPfPdFldmWtolMrzesrGxcvV83L-6uZUF9utj8IgrRV-k26OvbDznLnYauF_8eTmCZCcOSTnnujzoPuCwaknpgaIk5qZmdJppicwxJzioIwytmyZm0gS3qm0kT7oo/s2200/Yumi%20and%20the%20Nightmare%20Painter%20-%20Brandon%20Sanderson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1415" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7d2bdrXPPccvwq3HDLJZYaO3qqbgsNUWgGXlmgPknW1ZV3g7Ujfx-F9wrxaMV4fPfPdFldmWtolMrzesrGxcvV83L-6uZUF9utj8IgrRV-k26OvbDznLnYauF_8eTmCZCcOSTnnujzoPuCwaknpgaIk5qZmdJppicwxJzioIwytmyZm0gS3qm0kT7oo/w258-h400/Yumi%20and%20the%20Nightmare%20Painter%20-%20Brandon%20Sanderson.jpg" width="258" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7d2bdrXPPccvwq3HDLJZYaO3qqbgsNUWgGXlmgPknW1ZV3g7Ujfx-F9wrxaMV4fPfPdFldmWtolMrzesrGxcvV83L-6uZUF9utj8IgrRV-k26OvbDznLnYauF_8eTmCZCcOSTnnujzoPuCwaknpgaIk5qZmdJppicwxJzioIwytmyZm0gS3qm0kT7oo/s2200/Yumi%20and%20the%20Nightmare%20Painter%20-%20Brandon%20Sanderson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-472e8de2-7fff-d1ac-c52c-78b78407e84f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My book review of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Title: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yumi and the Nightmare Painter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">By: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brandon Sanderson</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fantasy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pages: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">480</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Release Date: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">July 1st, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4f4f4d; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dragonsteel Entertainment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rating: ★★★★☆</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></h3><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">#1 </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">New York Times</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmere universe told by Hoid, where two people from incredibly different worlds must compromise and work together to save their worlds from ruin.</span></div><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other’s communities from certain disaster?</span></div></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60531416-yumi-and-the-nightmare-painter" target="_blank">Add on Goodreads</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 168px; overflow: hidden; width: 320px;"><img height="168" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Jmu99g6MuAw-YRzsOpWSq-Cy7be46-6-uiKymvDfj0uqGVWJjElgEXeom9-NbJ4aHFnlM4L0CCLLeiLIr7G3YsHvpu22ct-QKZT_5AACBo1MMZdXwtBNxmK2ZTJS3lSasbHALa5CeRpqHb1hGS8GqA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Review:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I found everything about this book to be super unique. I've never been enveloped in a world like this and probably will never be again. Brandon Sanderson has a wonderful vision and execution of his writing. He is truly a treasure.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yumi is quiet and sweet. She follows the rules, but feels a deep longing for change. The Painter is troubled to his core, but dreams of so much more. They are poler opposites, but just what the other needs. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They fight a battle on two fronts, taking over each others lives in strange ways. Painter in Yumi's body, but Yumi in Painters place. Together they need to figure out why the spirits have brought them together, but it won't be easy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the shadows close in, truths are revealed that I promise you wont see coming. With the mystery of the ending looming, you will definitely have to read this book. </span></span></div></span>Sara @ Book Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18412162611959946973noreply@blogger.com0