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Here are my top listens of the year so far: Open Book The Mystic Bayou Series : 5 books The Truly Devious Series His Royal Highness The Rural Diaries Once More Upon a Time

Open Book by Jessica Simpson Review Before starting this book all I knew about Jessica Simpson was: 1. Pop star in the 2000's 2. Chicken of the sea incident 3.Dukes of Hazzard 4. Clothing Line- I own a dress by her Like many people I assumed these things were all there was to know about her. Her life affects mine exactly 0%. Her memoir blew me away. It is one of my top listens of the year. Jessica narrates her memoir and that adds a dimension of authenticity to it that I appreciate. This is not a happy go lucky book. It's her story of growing up, failing, choosing herself first, relationships, and dealing with addiction. It is DEEP. I want you to read it.  I got a lot more out of this than I had planned. I thought it was going to be a light memoir. Nope. Wrong. DEEP memoir. Personal memoir. Dealing with dark shit memoir. All of us can see ourselves in her. We have shared experiences. Her story reminded me that we are all human and doing the best we can. Some people have an extr...

Here are some of the cookbooks I have recently reviewed on Netgalley. Pub Date Oct 13,2020 Review:  Wow. Chasing Flavor is phenomenal. There are so many things to love about it. The photography is beautiful. Showing the reader what something is supposed to look like will always win me over. At the start of the book there is a whole section on technique with pictures for how it should look when you do it. Each recipe also comes with a "Takeaway" section that gives insight to the reader. The Tomato-Raspberry Gazpacho was a huge hit in my house. Chasing Flavor gives new and experienced cooks the tools to build a repetoire of recipes and hits that will last for years to come. Although the food is elevated, it is still simple enough to be accessible to the home cook. This is a book I will definitely be gifting to those headed to college/in an apt for the first time/getting married. Pub Date Oct 7,2020 Review:  I LOVE this book. One thing I love about Cook Anime is that each recip...

Here are my top reads of 2020 so far: All of these were AWESOME!

Here's my  July TBR.  So far I have finished Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe and Dark Legacy(Christine Feehan) which was no on my TBR but I really wanted to read.   

There is a lot going on in the world and many of us are turning to books for education, as we should.  This blog post from Audible does a great job of recommending books and why they matter.  Voices of Audible: What we are listening to now Enjoy.