Cooking/Food – Page 85 – Cannonball Read 17

The friendships were great, the romance was not.

For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa

July 14, 2022 by Emmalita 6 Comments

So… What I couldn’t get past is that Leo inspired viewers to give his co-host the nickname Nasty Nina and three years later he still doesn’t understand how that harmed her. For Butter or Worse is one of those rare books where I think the dual point of view made me dislike the character more. I dislike Leo when we first see him from Nina’s perspective, and then I grew to dislike him even more when we get his perspective. It bothered me a lot […]

Hijinks and Goop people

Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout

July 11, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The main character in Weird Kid is an alien, therefore expect a comedy of errors to happen. There is an interesting story arch that shows that that things are a not to subtle representation of puberty and the changing we go through in middle school. It is very unbelievable (though there are two interesting pieces of realism that was surprising). It is also funny. An adult can forgive the bumps that occur as kids 10 and up will get a kick out of everything happening. […]

Fox and Boar are friends

Tiny Fox and Great Boar Book Two: Furthest by Berenika Kolomycka

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Tiny Fox and Great Boar Book Two: Furthest has three different stories that are connected. Berenika Kolomycka’s second book in this series is set in three different locations. The first is a meadow, the second during their travels and a foggy mountain, and the final one the seaside/the ocean. Now, it might have helped to have known book one, but this book does mostly stand on its own. The format is broken into three chapters that show the travels and adventures of two characters, Tiny […]

Two reviews, four books

The Many Hats of Louie the Rat by Sakshi Mangal

Time to Go! by Marta Cunill

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I wanted to read Revenge of the Raccoons by Vivek Shraya and illustrated by Juliana Neufeld. I clicked on the link I had, and The Many Hats of Louie the Rat by Sakshi Mangal showed up. But that was just par for today’s course. My day started late, my computer wanted to act up at work, I had to stand in a too long line for lunch only to have the food gone bad. I needed something good and fast. Now, The Many Hats of Louise […]

Hickey jokes, messy eating, and bubble baths.

Fangs by Sarah Andersen

July 6, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There have been several coincidences lately. The most recent is I just found my Sarah’s Scribbles books by Sarah Andersen, then a few days later I found Fangs by them. Now that might not seem like a big deal, but I had not even thought about Andersen’s books in months (though I do have her weekly planner), and here I am getting bombarded by their wonderful work. I have not felt well for a few days (just the “summer blues” not due to sickness), but […]

100 Recipes and Almost as Many Nopes

Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley

June 30, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader 4 Comments

Vegan 100 is going to be a cookbook I don’t cook much out of; it turns out to be more pretentious than I tend to like, making it interesting to read but not practical to actually cook much from. It calls for sea-beans in a couple of recipes and I have never seen those in any local market within 75 miles of me. It also thinks I’m going to scratch make everything; I’m all for scratch cooking, the challenge can be fun, but not all […]

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