tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79236244398406565202024-03-18T01:30:32.269-07:00Tammy's Book ParlorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-36540678273417254912024-03-18T01:30:00.000-07:002024-03-18T01:30:00.149-07:00Mistaken Mountain Abduction by Shannon Redmon<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02CksPIbVmTRDCeDr0mHwWsfwW71ZjAX0BT7wUc7qomnFbqvmsNU33t9b6zu5UHu8qbie7WKq0LxVNCY8XJe3OVFasR0ZBQBIZw4L-kzdRkoNBJQMTOWUqqo90ULrZkP53rRww6NA9cPYjcA6XQJnRZzjOsYCCie_aXFVBScPVBTV9Ni1h_TDdZLLLQ/s940/335505750_890771185586680_1925645070299139342_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02CksPIbVmTRDCeDr0mHwWsfwW71ZjAX0BT7wUc7qomnFbqvmsNU33t9b6zu5UHu8qbie7WKq0LxVNCY8XJe3OVFasR0ZBQBIZw4L-kzdRkoNBJQMTOWUqqo90ULrZkP53rRww6NA9cPYjcA6XQJnRZzjOsYCCie_aXFVBScPVBTV9Ni1h_TDdZLLLQ/s320/335505750_890771185586680_1925645070299139342_n.jpg" width="320" /></a> </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span> Oh, my! This is such an exciting and nail biting story. I love a good mystery/suspense read and this one has it all. From the abduction to the romance to the heart racing finale.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>If you enjoy a good heart racing story grab yours here https://bit.ly/MistakenMountainAbduction. You'll thank me later.</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy this on your spring break or summer beach read.</span></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-45624603867492049832024-03-15T10:43:00.000-07:002024-03-15T10:43:42.913-07:00NEVER FALL AGAIN (Gossamer Falls) by Lynn Blackburn<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cC5Iqp4db4vAqlfgS0wh_hye2FeaSDMV-RxNuEow10ZVevtTwyuA_2vLzLOzU3XIGljA4lhAwumVwg47X8vcdr3jrShHCi7RZefsKGNTmsEeHMYqj0-vGrTuAmXzcJv-8BU2qx7CwmxERE292DyTYgFTdp9JU5u-b2w53cY2xAoRJqNuGm3xk5dYpVj2/s400/745362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cC5Iqp4db4vAqlfgS0wh_hye2FeaSDMV-RxNuEow10ZVevtTwyuA_2vLzLOzU3XIGljA4lhAwumVwg47X8vcdr3jrShHCi7RZefsKGNTmsEeHMYqj0-vGrTuAmXzcJv-8BU2qx7CwmxERE292DyTYgFTdp9JU5u-b2w53cY2xAoRJqNuGm3xk5dYpVj2/w282-h436/745362.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description:</span> <span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. As the artist-in-residence, and with her pottery prized by The Haven's guests, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently. She wants to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home to grow up in and hires former Marine Callum Shaw to handle the construction.</span></span><p></p><div class="CBD-TextContent CBD-PD-SubSection CBD-PD-Description CBD-TextContent-SingleColumn -ResponsiveModule CBD-TextContent-2Column" data-cbd-responsivebehavior="text" data-cbd-textcontent-status="active" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow: hidden;"><div class="CBD-TextContent-Text"><div class="CBD-TextContent-Columns" style="column-count: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><p style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cal grew up in Gossamer Falls and always knew he would someday join his family's business. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. Landry is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. Landry has a daughter and a past. Cal has been down that road before and barely survived when the woman he loved left, taking her two sons with her. He can't bear to lose like that again.<br />Before construction on the house can begin, Landry's pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire. It soon becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger--but because of whom? But, after losing one relationship, he is hesitant to try again.</span></p><p style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><b>It's been awhile since I've read a story by Lynn Blackburn. </b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>I love suspense and thought this would be a great read.</b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>I enjoyed reading about North </b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Carolina. However, the story is a lot about </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>relationships with some of the suspense.</b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Honestly, I'm not into reading so much about relationships as the actual mystery/suspense of the storyline.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>While the story was not quite my cup of tea I did think that Lynn Blackburn did a great job of building the characters and their stories.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Landry Hutton is a pretty brave lady with a sweet daughter. Callum "Cal" Shaw is a great character too.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>If you like suspense with a lot of </b><b>relationships and finding out what is going to happen with the characters, you'll love this story!</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>*This book was provided for review by Revell. All views are my own and I was not obligated to review this book*</b></span></p></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-21555173039237625192024-03-13T01:30:00.000-07:002024-03-13T01:30:00.272-07:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmKrzxf7Mop9Sggz1N2kmjR4u0Th8foiKmi-9O9pCtXBBnP3tMlMthx8qSlui9OyzxSnLcmxZ8b38awLR_0C0bvSWBrL0izqqypJ_PL1-ZfRMEvsFuV4qnr7Tgp9H7RWf5yR5vpTHBL5F/s789/139466516_4594648447232599_693834199823941682_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="526" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmKrzxf7Mop9Sggz1N2kmjR4u0Th8foiKmi-9O9pCtXBBnP3tMlMthx8qSlui9OyzxSnLcmxZ8b38awLR_0C0bvSWBrL0izqqypJ_PL1-ZfRMEvsFuV4qnr7Tgp9H7RWf5yR5vpTHBL5F/w281-h422/139466516_4594648447232599_693834199823941682_o.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Slap your tongue happy!</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-38496856890478798292024-03-12T01:30:00.000-07:002024-03-12T01:30:00.143-07:00Know Your Bible Journal for Women<p> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn_6V5mMyB8keAhrEj3l_Gus4XNB9sydPrCAjmbFpaKp5lHat-4yMMTItqjA7EqKVcpnK6zRk43IwJv5AIiG7aT-S1X48gIpUtODHNN_3TigJdyBeUNnld_Zc3ajkqDoDNZ2uU54RQr5n/s523/9781643527871__15577.1614199332.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn_6V5mMyB8keAhrEj3l_Gus4XNB9sydPrCAjmbFpaKp5lHat-4yMMTItqjA7EqKVcpnK6zRk43IwJv5AIiG7aT-S1X48gIpUtODHNN_3TigJdyBeUNnld_Zc3ajkqDoDNZ2uU54RQr5n/s320/9781643527871__15577.1614199332.jpg" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description: </span> Y<span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: italic;">ou want the most from your time alone with scripture. . .</span></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;">this </span><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">Know Your Bible Journal for Women</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;"> provides both simple guidance </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;">and ample space for you to jot down your reflections.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts: </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">This is a beautiful a beautiful Bible journal. There are six pages per book of the Bible. First, there is a Ten words or less page. With a sentence starter for the journalists to write about that book.THe second page is Details, Please. A short paragraph is given to help the writer think about this book of the Bible. The third page is Author and Date. Again, a starter with verses is given to help the journalists. Then the next page is a Quotable page. Four mail quotes from that particular book are given then the journalists can write about her favorite passage. The next page is titled Unique and Unusual. This is a page to write about what unusual or unique things popped out to the journalists. The last page is So What? So what really popped out to you in this book of the Bible?</span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">This soft cover Bible journal is a great asset to any journalists who wants to study the Bible.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><br /></span></b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-27129151999118753182024-03-11T01:30:00.000-07:002024-03-11T01:30:00.135-07:00The Hawaiian Quilt by Wanda E. Brunstetter & Jean Brunstetter <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8rbJF8gXBHryFDH_1xxRe-ELtAwfM18NilGjOukynOManHc8LORPACHrRjzgaqyvkylYD8YuG1dHijj-LToQ7JxWVzJMlj7QD5Xl3eAsm1gPmY4kkrYg85aNMIm8s2om9l-N2bvbnOLM/s1600/2jyQCwAAQBAJ.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8rbJF8gXBHryFDH_1xxRe-ELtAwfM18NilGjOukynOManHc8LORPACHrRjzgaqyvkylYD8YuG1dHijj-LToQ7JxWVzJMlj7QD5Xl3eAsm1gPmY4kkrYg85aNMIm8s2om9l-N2bvbnOLM/s320/2jyQCwAAQBAJ.jpeg" width="211" /></a></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">My Thoughts:</span> I love books authored by Wanda Brunstetter! And now her daughter-in-law, Jean, co-authors this wonderful novel, <i>the Hawaiian Quilt.</i></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>This is not your "regular" Amish story. In this lovely story about four Amish friends who take a cruise to the Hawaiian Islands. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>The cruise is nice but the beds not.so.much to the four friends disappointment. Love the real descriptions of the ship and the "funny.to.me" reason Mandy and her three friends decide to take a cruise because their Amish parents wouldn't approve of flying in an airplane. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>When Mandy and her friends decide to split up in to two groups of two to see more Hawaii and then share their experiences later at supper, Mandy loses her phone and this incident causes she and Ellen to miss the ship.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>I love the Hawaiian Christian couple, Luana and Mikaio, who take them in at the bed and breakfast and whose Hawaiian quilts fascinate Mandy. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>This is not your "regular" Amish read! It's about stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing life and God's people.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Loved, loved this fantabulous read! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: "\"verdana\"", sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </b></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Paperback:</span> 288 pages</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Shiloh Run Press </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language:</span> English</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10:</span> 1634092244</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13:</span> 978-1634092241</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-85577209116704693812024-03-06T01:30:00.000-08:002024-03-06T01:30:00.140-08:00WPW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIpydN-ppBty9xaXTJjldB9XdekbuU8lLGBmp0_Ma6V1ptmsk-U8sM023ZzSqrtEjUxOJI7nE7SOiduui-SSx9EyA5n4dlPRL6eGIoTiHx3qcjWR-qGO9qGMNQ3z2Rf4kD68ntPBrI7nr/s608/Screen+Shot+2021-01-13+at+3.56.05+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="608" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIpydN-ppBty9xaXTJjldB9XdekbuU8lLGBmp0_Ma6V1ptmsk-U8sM023ZzSqrtEjUxOJI7nE7SOiduui-SSx9EyA5n4dlPRL6eGIoTiHx3qcjWR-qGO9qGMNQ3z2Rf4kD68ntPBrI7nr/w596-h292/Screen+Shot+2021-01-13+at+3.56.05+PM.png" width="596" /></a></div><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-91381698664761565722024-03-05T01:30:00.000-08:002024-03-05T01:30:00.139-08:00Convergence by Ginny Yttrup<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jabJuvFksvFa_onjawU8AQpo6nFo5HKyllRWTDWn5ETgvbYs2gjlQsXCZmvjGjXsbqeqGWoAuVOZqy4RI-F9xYLAXMR0aeeQjGfU1Lir5Q5btmkOkJcjk-2xNgyCW7Pr-J7lrG4Orycw/s1600/9781683227885_orig.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jabJuvFksvFa_onjawU8AQpo6nFo5HKyllRWTDWn5ETgvbYs2gjlQsXCZmvjGjXsbqeqGWoAuVOZqy4RI-F9xYLAXMR0aeeQjGfU1Lir5Q5btmkOkJcjk-2xNgyCW7Pr-J7lrG4Orycw/s320/9781683227885_orig.jpg" width="210" /></a></p><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">Book Description: </span><span style="background-color: color: #333333;">Psychology professor Dr. Denilyn Rossi contends that the past is either a shadow that</span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"> haunts us or a force that propels us. The choice is ours, she tells her students. What she doesn’t tell them is that her own past is a shadow she can’t seem to shake. Fear has immobilized her and is taking a costly toll.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: color: #333333;">Adelia Sanchez, however, has embraced Dr. Rossi’s teaching. She is ready to confront fear and render it powerless—using the trauma of her past to propel her to entrap the man who stalked and brutally attacked her.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: color: #333333;">As Denilyn’s past and Adelia’s present converge at the Kaweah River, a dangerous man bent on destruction threatens them both. Will he uncover the secret Deni and Adelia have fought so hard to protect?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: start;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">My Thoughts: </span>I was SO excited to see that another book was written by Ginny Yttrup.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: start;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>I love her stories! </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: text-align: start;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And this story did not disappoint.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: text-align: start;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">There are two women with pasts that include alot of fear. Two women trying to get over their past. And both women have a secret.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: text-align: start;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Oh.my! The twists and turns in this suspenseful read had me at chapter three. It took </span></b></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">two chapters for me to get into the story and "see" what was going on. But I know </span></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>how Mrs. Yttrup writes so I was willing to wade into the story.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Once the reader gets into the story there is no going back. Kind of like the two women in the story...once they were in ..... in for a penny, in for a pound.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The reader is taken on a trip of sorts. It's a thrill of suspense and a pondering of mystery. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Loved, loved this read so much so that I read it all cover to cover in one afternoon.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></b></span></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Paperback:</span> 320 pages</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Shiloh Run Press </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language:</span> English</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10:</span> 1683227883</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-15992465364275585962024-03-04T01:30:00.000-08:002024-03-04T01:30:00.133-08:00Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Baking Cookbook<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCM_l2sC9Gv6C-oWtxFwKnATDCUgyB9O-5p2lVzcd36f_wfVzIzp0UBv4v_nmOaYV8wqTY2pbVkXnrMXvni0Arsuy8z8l1TfccylZcPFmNzn7ZMzzUQGL6SGJZKV65gUnGfY5Sjb4iZRj/s528/9781636090856__67268.1627498012.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCM_l2sC9Gv6C-oWtxFwKnATDCUgyB9O-5p2lVzcd36f_wfVzIzp0UBv4v_nmOaYV8wqTY2pbVkXnrMXvni0Arsuy8z8l1TfccylZcPFmNzn7ZMzzUQGL6SGJZKV65gUnGfY5Sjb4iZRj/s320/9781636090856__67268.1627498012.jpg" width="242" /></a> </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Book Description:</span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Fresh-baked buns or cookies waiting for a child's after-school snack is a delight many of us remember from our own mothers and grandmothers kitchens. You can now share the joy of baking for and with your own family through dozens of recipes provided by Amish bakers. Ideas for breads, rolls, cakes, cookies, and more will keep you busy taste testing and sharing all the goodies. Also included are step-by-step instructions, baking tips, and anecdotes from Amish bakers. Encased in a lay-flat binding and presented in full color, home bakers of all ages will be delighted to add this cookbook to their collections.</span></p><span><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a must-have cookbook for anyone with a soft spot for baked goods, from <span style="font-style: italic;">New York Times </span>bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> <b> I admit that I love getting a new cookbook especially one of Wanda E. Brustetters' cookbooks. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>This cookbook has </b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span><b>some great, unknown recipes or also called recipes I've not heard of. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span><b>There are easy and delicious recipes or there are intricate and delicious recipes. So many great new ideas.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>I am especially interested in the bread recipes right now. After all that has transpired in our world the past two years I've decided to learn to make an easy but good bread. I found two recipes in this book that I'm going to try. Pumpkin bread and Unleavened bread. There's also a recipe for Friendship Bread but that's like taking on a new family member so maybe at another </b><span><b>time for me.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>This is a fantabulous cookbook so be sure to get a copy while they're flying off the shelves.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I did make the recipe below, Cherry Melt-Away Bars, the other day and they are DELICIOUS!</b></div><b>So I'm sharing the recipe with you:</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG4pH_Aaed1h0IgbERmYIqMEUl9Wvo0kj_a_8Kjdi9Ior44Uik2MImA5WGInTsV8_E2u2VdabifJiOBMEzkBe3HRvtwWs5LJ7ao8PtxclMhpbfzZCtps0_M_pZ9fcMTSUDoPZ1Ulxdxgs/s600/240820482_383559196484106_6604459830980740940_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG4pH_Aaed1h0IgbERmYIqMEUl9Wvo0kj_a_8Kjdi9Ior44Uik2MImA5WGInTsV8_E2u2VdabifJiOBMEzkBe3HRvtwWs5LJ7ao8PtxclMhpbfzZCtps0_M_pZ9fcMTSUDoPZ1Ulxdxgs/s320/240820482_383559196484106_6604459830980740940_n.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;"><b>*This book was provided for review by Barbour Publishing*</b></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-63819880399195709542024-03-03T12:31:00.000-08:002024-03-03T12:39:44.071-08:00Letters of Wisdom: Friendship Letters #3 By: Wanda E. Brunstetter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPYO9xYWn_J33hbhBUTUAH1OKnWDjDODW4_mpJPqkhjGncaLqPKNtPgnG3-oh4M9CAYI1emvqfIOrhlo6iyJwoeF_qh9X3_g6lmQYri3k-WN__atbNtGc4bL7KxJwXTcwJLPjmEPkKILvp4mitq1bXAnqBcynCTbfgMLvz6BQPINyJJi_Wnoh8ClnadSu/s400/096223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPYO9xYWn_J33hbhBUTUAH1OKnWDjDODW4_mpJPqkhjGncaLqPKNtPgnG3-oh4M9CAYI1emvqfIOrhlo6iyJwoeF_qh9X3_g6lmQYri3k-WN__atbNtGc4bL7KxJwXTcwJLPjmEPkKILvp4mitq1bXAnqBcynCTbfgMLvz6BQPINyJJi_Wnoh8ClnadSu/s320/096223.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description</span>: <span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Irma Miller thought having a family of her own would bring her joy and a sense of accomplishment, but she struggles with memories of the abuse she suffered as a child at the hand of her stepfather. When she becomes physically and emotionally abusive to her own children, she reaches out to her friend Doretta for prayer and wisdom. But Irma may find herself at an even darker emotional place before she will admit she needs professional help to heal the past traumas. Will Doretta's letters of wisdom help Irma and her family, or will too much be broken to ever be repaired?</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts: </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This is book 3 in the Friendship Letters. Each book is a standalone and all about letters. Not text but </span></b></span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">actually paper mailed in envelopes and written by pen.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I enjoy Wanda E. Brunstetter's books. Not only are they easy to read but the story line captures the readers attention and keeps the reader in tune with the characters. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To be honest this is one of the saddest reads of Mrs. Brunstetter's stories. Irma Miller has a horrible childhood. Abuse from a stepfather, someone who should be your provider and </span></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>protector, has taken a toll on Irma.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Irma doesn't want to be the way her stepfather was but she doesn't know how to not be abusive emotionally and physically to her own children. She decides to write her friend, D</span></b><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">oretta, for help. Bless Doretta's heart. She keeps it honest. She is a blessing.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>I loved the way Mrs. Brunstetter brings out the love and compassion but, yet, she also writes of the way we all must overcome our sinful nature with God's help. We cannot change without Him.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>This is a sometimes sad story and a story of letting God help us overcome.</b></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">*This book was provided for review by Barbour*</span></b></p></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-19654675659774988582024-03-03T12:14:00.000-08:002024-03-03T12:16:12.893-08:00What I Promise You {Echoes of the Past} by Liz Tolsma<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWSGnvZEX0eAeEtE-pT2QPtluSh1s-HPHhNritQRqu821k8TgrVWFdaNdiKQ5vkyL1nD7kCX0DHaRD1bDa-W_x6vWKufmB0LLjBiBL7V26G4GKoZl2ARZNDs12Hyg-PbZpvGFiQdR7qiXIXeMqLkssswYFDUrKOzmxi8xgtp7pQPImnzYzgSnv-Byi27S/s400/097770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWSGnvZEX0eAeEtE-pT2QPtluSh1s-HPHhNritQRqu821k8TgrVWFdaNdiKQ5vkyL1nD7kCX0DHaRD1bDa-W_x6vWKufmB0LLjBiBL7V26G4GKoZl2ARZNDs12Hyg-PbZpvGFiQdR7qiXIXeMqLkssswYFDUrKOzmxi8xgtp7pQPImnzYzgSnv-Byi27S/s320/097770.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description: </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Hannah Elfenbein, a young, pregnant Jewish woman, is arrested in 1942 and sent to the Camp de Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. Drawn to helping other young women escape, she seeks refuge for herself and others at a maternity hospital. But nothing is simple in occupied France, and she finds herself doing the unimaginable to save one precious life.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: w caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eighty years later, Caitlyn Laurant takes a break from training to be a missionary nurse in Spain to visit nearby France, hoping to find her grandfather’s birthplace. But what she uncovers are secrets long buried by WWII atrocities.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: "><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> <b>I love to read about WWII. The title of this book caught my eye and I knew I wanted to read it. The title implies that there is much to life in this read. And I was correct. It is a</b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b> story of lessons and love. Of sacrifice and giving. Of growing and loving beyond measure.</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>As the story begins it focuses on Hannah Elfenbien. She is such a courageous and brave young woman. She is also pregnant. Pregnant during the worst of times. The way Hannah helps other pregnant captives and makes a way for them is simply genius. But war is war and the situations they must go through are heartrending.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Hannah's courageous decision will make you cry. And, yet, make you smile.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Then in the present day, Caitlyn Lauren comes along looking for pieces from her past and stumbles upon the story of Hannah. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>This is a fantastic story! I loved it and if you love WWII stories </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>you'll want to read this one. </b></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">*This book was provided for review by Barbour*</span></b></p></blockquote></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-50194301770625885272024-02-28T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-28T01:30:00.134-08:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO6_GkKGbwm7OMYKgaDVtV-8yJStfvX1OY_lRvYjyNE09Wd7Gdp5gIhMPB01vz_9wPk66OpD2-vP2n9csmhjmH4FOZP-sKxeKjq_hMYmRcGtP9n5lommffz34_awsayzRmFRcmozu4po/s1600/f%252C169%252Ccat-169-200-1%252CCoca-Cola-Cake-Recipes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO6_GkKGbwm7OMYKgaDVtV-8yJStfvX1OY_lRvYjyNE09Wd7Gdp5gIhMPB01vz_9wPk66OpD2-vP2n9csmhjmH4FOZP-sKxeKjq_hMYmRcGtP9n5lommffz34_awsayzRmFRcmozu4po/s1600/f%252C169%252Ccat-169-200-1%252CCoca-Cola-Cake-Recipes.jpg" /></a></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Coca-Cola Cake</b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><h2 class="bold red" style="border-style: none; color: #c00000; font-family: arial, verdana, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 5px 0px 0px 2px;">INGREDIENTS:</h2><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">butter</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Coca-Cola</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">miniature marshmallows</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 </span>square (1 ounce size) <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">semi sweet baking chocolate</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">shortening</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vegetable oil</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cocoa powder</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 </span><span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">eggs</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">salt</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 teaspoons</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vanilla extract</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3/4 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">buttermilk</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 cups</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">sugar</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 1/3 cups</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">flour</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">baking soda</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 1/2 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">baking powder</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial"; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="recipetitle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">***</span>Frosting<span class="recipetitle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">***</span></span></span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">butter</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">cocoa powder</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/4 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Coca Cola</span> (plus 2-3 Tbsp. additional if needed)</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3 cups</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">powdered sugar</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 teaspoon</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">vanilla extract</span></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span class="abc" itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="amount" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/4 cup</span> <span itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">chocolate syrup</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><h2 class="bold red" style="border-style: none; color: #c00000; font-family: arial, verdana, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 5px 0px 0px 2px;">PREPARATION:</h2><div itemprop="instructions" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">Place in a sauce pan butter, cola, semi sweet baking square and bring to a boil remove from heat and add marshmallows and stir until all is blended and the marshmallows are disappear. Set aside to cool enough to tepid or room temperature. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 24px;">In mixing bowl blend the shortening, oil, vanilla and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and buttermilk and beat until smooth. Mix flour with baking soda, cocoa, baking powder and salt, add half of flour mixture to shortening, egg mixture, and beat. Scrape bowl time to time to clean the sides off so ingredients are blended in batter. Add cooled coca cola mixture and beat. Add remainder of flour and beat until completely smooth about 3 - 4 minutes. Batter will be thick. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 1.5em;">Place batter into a 13" x 9" x " 2 oiled and floured baking pan. Set pan on top shelf in a preheated 350* F oven for 35 - 40 minutes. Check for completed baking time with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean by sticking in the middle of the cake it is time to come out of the oven and cool. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 1.5em;">For Frosting: Cream butter, add cocoa, vanilla, Hershey's Syrup, and coca cola, beat until smooth. Add powder sugar a little at a time and beat constantly. Scrape the sides of bowl time to time to get all ingredients into the frosting. If the frosting seams a little dry add a little more coca cola and beat well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; line-height: 1.5em;">Frost warm cake. Serve with natural vanilla bean ice cream and enjoy.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-50869730851873316752024-02-27T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-27T01:30:00.240-08:00The Prince and the Prodigal by Jill Eileen Smith<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfAsLXZXQX-KglQ-yrTxg8uwvwGa2S5ebZqZHqH_swdk1TbILojKxR9ZX14359A6nzqA9eP6F7N99F9SxBcDLzJbpTIl8I6bBG56N62xKy924Pa8XwpUUSJUxG7P6LrZAfzlFgCs-XBzNed9Z2t7DAfavYfjtq6QK8O7C64za6hul0gi4t9SRmaZi4gw=s610" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="395" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfAsLXZXQX-KglQ-yrTxg8uwvwGa2S5ebZqZHqH_swdk1TbILojKxR9ZX14359A6nzqA9eP6F7N99F9SxBcDLzJbpTIl8I6bBG56N62xKy924Pa8XwpUUSJUxG7P6LrZAfzlFgCs-XBzNed9Z2t7DAfavYfjtq6QK8O7C64za6hul0gi4t9SRmaZi4gw=s320" width="207" /></a> </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Book Description: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px;">Joseph is the pampered favorite son of the patriarch Jacob. His older brothers, deeply resentful of his status in the family, take advantage of the chance to get rid of him, selling him to slave traders and deceiving their father about his fate. It seems like their troubles are over. But for Joseph and older brother Judah, they are just beginning.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While Joseph is accused of rape and imprisoned, Judah attempts to flee the memory of his complicity in the betrayal of his younger brother. After decades apart, the brothers will come face-to-face in a stunning role reversal that sees Joseph in a position of great power while Judah begs for mercy. Will forgiveness or vengeance win the day?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts: </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">This is an interesting take on the story of Joseph and his older brother, Judah.</span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">I've never read a story a biblical story with a take on the oldest and one of the younger siblings. </span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Joseph seems to be the pampered and more loved son of Jacob but as we all know he also save a nation and saves his family from starvation. </span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Judah was one of the brothers who sold Joseph into into slavery but as we read in this story Joseph and Judah must come to some sort of </span></b></span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">agreement for the good of the family. Joseph has become wiser and older by the time Judah comes to seek food in </span></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><b>Egypt so Judah does not recognize his little brother, Joseph.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">The prince Joseph must for give the prodigal Judah. This story is more about family dynamics and forgiveness. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">The </span></b><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">author did a marvelous job of providing </span></b><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">biblical background with just enough imaginative fiction to make this wonderful story of Joseph and Judah pop!</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">*This book Was provided for review by Revell*</span></b></span></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-57195415981724305562024-02-26T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-26T01:30:00.255-08:00Sugarcreek Surprise, #2 By: Wanda E. Brunstetter<p> </p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglrNT4SlyFT-7CDp6u5cZ1CBaEz1HUZMGK0VdXbQ5QPxo376OX0rlV8syURh42Xji0hcJZYFQwAjMCOWlK6eD_cfPo3uWrnU--0RQd6c7S1rQwoH1fuKgT9nSeE31Vtmi0HT0uSBWbW0GMddDj407YLGKr5pTtGN3FVXdkQV0gMshGD-g73L95YJgp-w=s396" style="clear: right; font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglrNT4SlyFT-7CDp6u5cZ1CBaEz1HUZMGK0VdXbQ5QPxo376OX0rlV8syURh42Xji0hcJZYFQwAjMCOWlK6eD_cfPo3uWrnU--0RQd6c7S1rQwoH1fuKgT9nSeE31Vtmi0HT0uSBWbW0GMddDj407YLGKr5pTtGN3FVXdkQV0gMshGD-g73L95YJgp-w=s320" width="221" /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description:</span> <span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Welcome to Sugarcreek, Ohio, where the Amish schoolteacher has a determined admirer. Tragically losing her parents as a child, Lisa Miller has grown up being afraid of loving and losing. She dedicates herself to teaching at an Amish schoolhouse and helping the grandparents who raised her, all the while avoiding the advances of newcomer Paul Herchberger. Paul enjoys antiques and meets Orley Troyer while looking for unique old milk bottles at yard sales. Orley and his wife offer prayers and advice as Paul tries to reach Lisa’s closed heart. But when secrets are revealed, will Lisa use them as an excuse to close herself off again?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span><span style="color: #333333;"> I am really enjoying this new series of Wanda Brunstetter's Creek Town Discoveries.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="color: #333333;">This is the second book in the series. If you remember the first book you'll remember that this is set around an antique store with some unusual pieces and unusual folk.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="color: #333333;">Of course, it is about Amish folk. Now that Orley Troyer and his wife own the local antique shop and are dedicated to the Lord. So </span></b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>when they have a garage sale and Paul Herchberger who is a newcomer to their area arrives looking for antique milk bottles. Orley and his wife talk with Paul and then offer to pray with him as he needs some guidance.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Also Lisa Miller is the new school teacher in their area. She is helping her grandparents. Lisa is afraid of loving and losing because it seems that all her life she loved someone and they left. So when Paul wants to get to know her she backs way off but Paul doesn't let up.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>A sweet and insightful story on the dealings of the human heart.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>A grand story!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-52781056474779376062024-02-21T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-21T01:30:00.133-08:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1080" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnGcPeOKBULUWye979-lmKJZbZSfJs4Iht4F8ploX-KQfsH--zkl8AMOBlbc0BvXxC1eU08cK2swj-0SaOBgGDY4_DTabTpzsb4JXl1bcVGcd6ScnV0f2jCQUwp9wRpXHxrytGu0L8cetQC8hNoimA8IOdIDpsQGCR3HwOyZTFefGBsnzqOk99uPBGSQ=s320" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="320" /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-36427081916160326762024-02-20T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-20T01:30:00.126-08:00Controlling Interest by Elizabeth White<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8B1CzeeYOercO8lvIzw2Vwty7AoRFazLNyZbPpsLkbaheFcUEbC6EZYuBe1CIs6MYqyAJzGWOfzk8wv0qbJQuFH4PpJej46Iqdd9RhppTJyQ1QdxJFAtyqJe6Q0LcH0XKOD71mM_Cwnk/s1600/controlling-interest-250.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8B1CzeeYOercO8lvIzw2Vwty7AoRFazLNyZbPpsLkbaheFcUEbC6EZYuBe1CIs6MYqyAJzGWOfzk8wv0qbJQuFH4PpJej46Iqdd9RhppTJyQ1QdxJFAtyqJe6Q0LcH0XKOD71mM_Cwnk/s320/controlling-interest-250.jpg" width="207" /></a></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">Book Description:</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: justify;">THERE'S TROUBLE IN RIVER CITY Matt Hogan's Memphis detective agency has been on the skids since a recent attack of conscience cost him an important case. When a wealthy investor steps in and saves River City Investigations, Matt thinks all his prayers have been answered—until he finds out that with the investor comes a new partner. Fresh out of criminal justice school and a two-year stint in the Tunica County Sheriff's Department, Natalie Tubberville is out to prove she can cut it in the world of private investigations. But her reluctant partner is just as determined to have nothing to do with her—until Natalie makes him an offer he can’t refuse! If Matt solves the next case before she does, she will return her share of the company. And the race is on. As two strong personalities compete, mutual attraction grows…while a simple case of a runaway bride threatens to become an international incident. Will Matt and Natalie call off the competition—or discover an entirely new arrangement? </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">My Review: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Natalie Tubberville is determined to make it on her own without her dad's money. After her dad buys an Memphis Detective Agency, Natalie is going to prove her investigative skills to all.</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Matt Hogan hasn't had much luck with his clients lately. His last client turned out to be a crook which hurt his pride and his pocketbook. So, he feels that he has no other alternative than to accept </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Eddie Tubberville's offer to finance his detective Agency even with the stipulation that Eddie's naive, wanna be daughter is to be his partner.</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>When Natalie and Matt have their first case together it turns out o be anything but fun! Their first case, </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Yasmine Patel, has decided to run her own life and choose the man she will marry and now Yasmine is running for her life! Her fiance wasn't the upstanding man she thought him to be so now she is running scared. She has asked Natalie and Matt to help her get out of this mess. </b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>This turns out to be a mess of an escapade for all involved! </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>This in a great, fast read! I love the story line! Toss in unusual relatives, Yasmine's disappearance and a romance of two unwilling.to.bend individuals. All the characters are well rounded and fun to read about!</b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-87462826535446265122024-02-19T01:30:00.001-08:002024-02-19T01:30:00.147-08:00Psalm 91 for Mothers (God's Shield of Protection for your Children) by Peggy Joyce Ruth & Angela Ruth Schum<p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcMtw5hQQQb_oQjkz8FI0nNvtWOXi-WdndGFvKJOLIDS7J6LDXpAZfOL-091Xnaksn5jUsLz-rlsmBBUIA4SDMD78akpdkk2LpGrs9AfHSFJUc-rEzh4QZVxfQLXZPB_9-hYhZxfyOYW/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOcMtw5hQQQb_oQjkz8FI0nNvtWOXi-WdndGFvKJOLIDS7J6LDXpAZfOL-091Xnaksn5jUsLz-rlsmBBUIA4SDMD78akpdkk2LpGrs9AfHSFJUc-rEzh4QZVxfQLXZPB_9-hYhZxfyOYW/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: blue;">Book Description:</span> <b style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">A Place of Total Protection for Your Family </b></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Did you know there is a place in God—a secret place—for those who want to seek refuge? It is a haven of physical safety and security that God tells us about in the Ninety-First Psalm—the one place in the Bible where all of the protection promises of God are brought together.</span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">In <i>Psalm 91 for Mothers</i> Peggy Joyce Ruth guides you through a personal study of this psalm, explaining verse by verse God’s promises of protection, provision, and blessing for your children. Drawing from her personal experience as a mother and grandmother, she covers topics such as:</span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Accessing God’s shelter in times of danger</div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Protection from evils over which we have no control</div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Intervention of God’s angels on your child’s behalf</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">· Teaching your child to call on God for protection</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue;">My Thoughts:</span> I'm a mom and I long for total protection over my family. But how do I achieve this? Through prayer and God's care. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 22px;">Reading <i>Psalm 91</i> is such an encouraging read for Mothers of all ages.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 22px;">This read begins with the heart rending story of a too worn out mom who left a beautiful baby on top of her car with in an infant seat in the heat of the crazy Dallas traffic. The author "just" happens to be behind this car and sees the infant carrier atop the car with the sweet little infant inside. She is afraid for the child and out of urgency screams the name of Jesus four times just as the infant seat propels through the air towards traffic. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 22px;">This is quite an amazing story. *true story* And the rest of this book is chock full of life lessons and stories of God's amazing mercies and love to His people . . . based on Psalm 91,<span style="color: blue;">"</span></span></b><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: blue;">He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.</span></b></span></div><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span><span style="background-color: color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><div class="passage version-KJV result-text-style-normal text-html"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-2" id="en-KJV-15398"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">2 </span>I will say of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span>, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-3" id="en-KJV-15399"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">3 </span>Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-4" id="en-KJV-15400"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">4 </span>He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-5" id="en-KJV-15401"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">5 </span>Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-6" id="en-KJV-15402"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-7" id="en-KJV-15403"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-8" id="en-KJV-15404"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">8 </span>Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-9" id="en-KJV-15405"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">9 </span>Because thou hast made the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span>, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-10" id="en-KJV-15406"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">10 </span>There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-11" id="en-KJV-15407"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">11 </span>For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-12" id="en-KJV-15408"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">12 </span>They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-13" id="en-KJV-15409"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">13 </span>Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-14" id="en-KJV-15410"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">14 </span>Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-15" id="en-KJV-15411"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">15 </span>He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-91-16" id="en-KJV-15412"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: top;">16 </span>With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation."</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>I posted the whole of Psalm 91 because the reader must read this verse to understand the book. . . this book is all about 'I will not fear' based on this one Psalm from God's Word.</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>There's no need to live in terror or fear because when one believes God and His Word, He answers!</b></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>A wonderful encouraging read that makes a nice gift for that new mom, too!</b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paperback:</b> 192 pages</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Language:</b> English</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ISBN-10:</b> 1616387343</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ISBN-13:</b> 978-1616387341</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Product Dimensions: </b>7.9 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches</li></ul></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-21598760272969407552024-02-14T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-14T01:30:00.124-08:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKlG_2x-IzYls5VM84meEvlse_I4UP6o0RE3Ti8lSr8LnmpESlyERwAV4HiyCOQjHDbqWUpl7K1e1mJZO5UkQuwNHof8gBandZG72XMjSYrh7gA2vxy_XfE7btziWvnkdWIJZt0sjglRkeRFqWSpgiWtMQ5HCu-c54kJM7JmwZGydlVfqp5sTFwZtCrQ=s579" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKlG_2x-IzYls5VM84meEvlse_I4UP6o0RE3Ti8lSr8LnmpESlyERwAV4HiyCOQjHDbqWUpl7K1e1mJZO5UkQuwNHof8gBandZG72XMjSYrh7gA2vxy_XfE7btziWvnkdWIJZt0sjglRkeRFqWSpgiWtMQ5HCu-c54kJM7JmwZGydlVfqp5sTFwZtCrQ=s320" width="291" /></a> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Go <a href="https://www.iheartnaptime.net/easy-navajo-tacos/?fbclid=IwAR2KWmEkTjQbzZR0PHGoAqeEcrXnYf25hIWWiKO643DhNYJwmW8OlDgyfVA">HERE</a> for recipe</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-6402275930053527862024-02-13T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-13T01:30:00.128-08:00The Devoted Life by Marjorie Jackson<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hfdEZVosKFlrTfNDHetKOU9wJY_e35r7rgfdFh8MzMF5C3eHRA8M-WUtjq7xkAcwpQj90CV0DLGPDYHuLw2mXBjtjlLWskvrkcvoEaFQjETdhYr5g-qqaYFzEQtvS7sPL1T8NHaxCmZh/s1600/9781683226871.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hfdEZVosKFlrTfNDHetKOU9wJY_e35r7rgfdFh8MzMF5C3eHRA8M-WUtjq7xkAcwpQj90CV0DLGPDYHuLw2mXBjtjlLWskvrkcvoEaFQjETdhYr5g-qqaYFzEQtvS7sPL1T8NHaxCmZh/s320/9781683226871.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description:</span> This topically guided creative journal for teen girls offers inspiration and encouragement for those who desire to live their lives fully devoted to Christ. Amidst the loud, confusing voices of the world, trying to tell them which way is the right way to go, girls need to stop, rest, refuel, and reflect in the presence of their truest Friend and most loyal heavenly Father. Whether it’s through creativity, meditating on scripture, prayer, or writing, readers will join young author and artist, Marjorie Jackson, for a time of life-giving fun, faith-strengthening encouragement, and God-glorifying growth. As girls connect with their first love, Jesus, they will begin to understand that life is truly good with a God who is absolutely great! </span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span> Every December I begin to think of what journal/devotional I'll use for the new year. This year I chose The Devoted Life by Marjorie Jackson. I was so excited when I received it. It's a pearl pink color...not a tan color like the picture indicates. It's beautiful! I know this devotional is geared for girls but this year I wanted something a little different. It's divided into 31 sections and each section has a devotional, Scriptures for going deeper and then journal prompts. Journal prompts allow one to write down what is going on in life. This is imitation leather but it's so nice. I love the thin line feel, not bulky at all. At the back of the book are pages with places to color and draw or write whatever on wishes. This is absolutely beautiful! And would make a lovely gift, too. </span></b><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Imitation Leather: 208 pages Publisher: </div><div>Shiloh Run Press </div><div> Language: English</div><div> ISBN-10: 1683226879 ISBN-13: 978-1683226871</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-1141863082861636572024-02-12T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-12T01:30:00.122-08:00What I could Tell You by Liz Tolsma<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeR8hF_jCDhgqlII0qfU72DRk3-hhyj1AldaYhvogMZtan3Vs7QuxMee9Zj208CeQpMTgAtVOXLzNzYGtLTfjMrEaVxZhoyxuBwM8P2tfTt1jkn5rY7Xx25xPZ9Mxevx5SC9OOvr9Mx3nfjgzmenXOdOvLYMIxvUw18U3y6YdvnVqbIspyB-iJ0kdigQ/s1000/61Qc+VVGLWL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeR8hF_jCDhgqlII0qfU72DRk3-hhyj1AldaYhvogMZtan3Vs7QuxMee9Zj208CeQpMTgAtVOXLzNzYGtLTfjMrEaVxZhoyxuBwM8P2tfTt1jkn5rY7Xx25xPZ9Mxevx5SC9OOvr9Mx3nfjgzmenXOdOvLYMIxvUw18U3y6YdvnVqbIspyB-iJ0kdigQ/s320/61Qc+VVGLWL.jpg" width="210" /></a></p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Book Description: </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">1941—The pounding of Nazi boots on the streets of Salonika, Greece, reverberates in Mathilda Nissim’s ears, shaking her large community of Sephardic Jews to its core and altering her life forever. If only her people would rise up and resist their captors. At great risk to herself and those around her, she uses the small newspaper she publishes to call them to action, all to no avail. Her husband encourages her to trust God to watch over them, but God has once again deserted His people. Amid the chaos, Mathilda discovers she’s expecting a longed-for child. Still, nothing stops the occupiers’ noose from tightening around their necks, and she may have to resort to desperate measures to ensure her daughter’s survival.</span><p></p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">2019—College student Tessa Payton and her cousin take a popular DNA heritage test only to discover they don’t share any common ancestors. In fact, the test reveals Tessa is a Greek Sephardic Jew. This revelation threatens her tenuous faith. Always the overlooked child in her family, she empties her savings account and jets off on a journey to Greece to discover where she belongs and which God demands her allegiance. The enchanting curator at the Jewish museum guides her as she navigates life in Thessaloniki, helps with her genealogical research, and loans her a fascinating journal written by a Jewish woman during WWII. Tessa’s search, however, may open old wounds and uncover long-hidden secrets that could fracture her family forever and leave her with more questions than when she started.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts: </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">I love stories about WWII. However, I'm not fan of duel timelines. </span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">But I can see that this story requires a dual timeline for it to make sense.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">It's interesting that all her life Tessa thinks she is part of a family until one fateful day she discovers through a DNA test that she isn't really cousins or blood </span></b></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><b>related at all to her cousin.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">This brings up all kinds of unanswered questions which then lead to Tessa's discovery about her roots with the Sephardic Jews. Jews that lived in Greece but were also affected by Hitler's regime.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">The more Tessa digs into her family's past the more she discovers. Some of the discoveries answer her questions like why she does certain things and other discoveries open up a whole new world.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">The dual timeline threw me at times so I had to read carefully as not to mix up the characters. Otherwise, it was a wonderful telling of a story.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Such an interesting story!</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);">Loved it and couldn't put it down!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-86281316337009991342024-02-07T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-07T01:30:00.139-08:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GbXkb3bRWMs4C0I3yozZN_muD8mZlyBIA_zjJIEM-x7YMuNLQs-X2i2qlXJ5sgpHmYO8FTKwsPgX469gGewjE6LEiTYhCwCnChvvczaviydNyr1LtMgMrYvNQB74tWXopZT8n_00fbC4/s1600/10888792_10152956549263934_1544797108913317318_n-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GbXkb3bRWMs4C0I3yozZN_muD8mZlyBIA_zjJIEM-x7YMuNLQs-X2i2qlXJ5sgpHmYO8FTKwsPgX469gGewjE6LEiTYhCwCnChvvczaviydNyr1LtMgMrYvNQB74tWXopZT8n_00fbC4/s1600/10888792_10152956549263934_1544797108913317318_n-1.jpg" width="316" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A very non nutritional Valentine's Treat!</b></div><div></div><div id="fbPhotoSnowliftViews"></div><div class="fbPhotosSnowliftFeedback" id="fbPhotoSnowliftFeedback" style="margin-top: 8px;"><div id="fbPhotoUndoSpamReport" style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 15px;"></div><span class="UIActionLinks UIActionLinks_bottom" data-ft="{"tn":"=","type":20}" face=""helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #999999; font-size: 12px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 15px;"></span></div><br /><div><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; width: auto;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span><br /><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_54a4671f269e59567923465" style="display: inline;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; width: auto;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b>Oreo Bomb Cake:</b></span></span></div><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; width: auto;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span></div><div><b>1. Dip oreos milk</b><br /><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; width: auto;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">2. Line pan with them<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />3. Cover in Cool Whip.<br />4. Layer and repeat.<br />5. Consume</span></span></b></span></span><br /></div></div><div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; width: auto;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-17209834947533091282024-02-06T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-06T01:30:00.145-08:00Beautiful Wisdom Daily Devotions by Barbour Books<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description: </span> <span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;">God's Word is living and powerful and sharper than a sword (Hebrews 4:12), and through His Son, we have new life (Romans 6:4). This lovely daily devotional collection will bless women of all ages with scriptures carefully selected from the easy-to-understand New Life Version of the Bible. Each devotion includes a title, scripture, faith-building reading, and prayer—designed to draw you closer to your heavenly Father through daily quiet time with the One who loves you most. This gorgeous devotional is perfect for personal use or makes a thoughtful gift that will be cherished for years to come and pairs perfectly with the Beautiful Wisdom Bibles, available from Barbour Publishing</span></span><span face="Montserrat, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;">!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts:</span> I love, simply love devotional books! I'm always on the lookout for THAT one special book. Well today I believe I have found THAT book for this year.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>It has 365 Encouraging readings for the believe to read and think about. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>At the top of each page is the day. Eg. Day 183. Then the title of the devotional. Then a scripture that goes with the devotional. Next the devotional which takes up most of the page which is appropriate since it is a devotional book.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>At the very end of the page is a short prayer for you to pray after reading the devotional or add to the prayer somewhat like a prayer starter.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>It's a beautiful devotional chockfull of God's goodness for every day of the year.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The only drawback of this devotional book which doesn't affect me but something to be aware of when buying is that the font is small not tiny but maybe small for some to read.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>It's the perfect gift for a young woman for graduation or for a birthday gift. It also makes a nice "card" for that person who needs encouragement.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyot-H4MIlwn6GzbDI3Uoz95nkEHCrScI_-FR6HSIImzheI4Fn918HrB2RuVqiCkgvGomeli1JOez8tACKjesyagTUHSwBbkKYONrqMnDwMMlwJ8mKOVWSC77hq6NXxTcKZ-tgNRSAs6YmN0oum3qJP5obCT_Rl7-i40oF91NutmUXT7cer_k0EZVpKA=s300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyot-H4MIlwn6GzbDI3Uoz95nkEHCrScI_-FR6HSIImzheI4Fn918HrB2RuVqiCkgvGomeli1JOez8tACKjesyagTUHSwBbkKYONrqMnDwMMlwJ8mKOVWSC77hq6NXxTcKZ-tgNRSAs6YmN0oum3qJP5obCT_Rl7-i40oF91NutmUXT7cer_k0EZVpKA" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-57739475964863884562024-02-05T01:30:00.000-08:002024-02-05T01:30:00.139-08:00All's Fair in LOVE and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3HXRKFwTynzFns6A2g8jJEvep2i2n1pzTLRkZLY7sBFAadOypKLQ0bUp4UGbKmiERQoDjQHuZS03lAPfYhRyUlM4tGL1K2oph1YDGmYK-typY5tWjzN-HEwKCjF8ZRnHyrYA4DJOHgOW/s1600/_233_380_Book.1423.cover.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3HXRKFwTynzFns6A2g8jJEvep2i2n1pzTLRkZLY7sBFAadOypKLQ0bUp4UGbKmiERQoDjQHuZS03lAPfYhRyUlM4tGL1K2oph1YDGmYK-typY5tWjzN-HEwKCjF8ZRnHyrYA4DJOHgOW/s1600/_233_380_Book.1423.cover.jpg" width="210" /></a></p><p> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; text-align: justify;">Book Description: </span><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-align: justify;">Kat inspected rows of the same old cupcakes. They seemed to blink back at her, as if they knew she was capable of so much more. </strong></p><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Kat Varland has had enough of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">At twenty-six years old, Kat is still living in the shadows of her family in Bayou Bend, Louisiana. Still working shifts at her Aunt Maggie’s bakery. Still wondering what to do with her passion for baking and her business degree. And still single.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">But when Lucas Brannen, Kat’s best friend, signs her up for a reality TV bake-off on <em>Cupcake Combat</em>, everything Kat ever wanted is suddenly dangled in front of her: creative license as a baker, recognition as a visionary . . . and a job at a famous bakery in New York.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">As the competition heats up, Lucas realizes he might have made a huge mistake. As much as he wants the best for Kat, the only thing he wants for himself—her—is suddenly in danger of slipping away.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The bright lights of reality cooking wars and the chance at a successful career dazzle Kat’s senses and Lucas is faced with a difficult choice: help his friend achieve her dreams . . . or sabotage her chances to keep her in Louisiana.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span><span style="color: #333333;"> <b>Betsy St. Amant pens a "sweet read" in <i>All's Fair in LOVE and Cupcakes! </i></b><i> </i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>I admit that I chose this book based on the title and the picture (shameful, I know!) But I love cupcakes and was caught up in the reality cupcake bake off.</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">I like Kat she is slowly coming into her "own." And then there's Lucas...oh! Lucas! </span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Lucas sees Kat's potential and he signs her up for a reality bake off show. Kat is not sure about going on national TV for a bake off. But she wants something more in her life than plain chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. {This seems to be the catalyst of the story.}</span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The relationship between Kat and Lucas was, at times, a little like plain vanilla . . . they're friends but not sure if they should love each other. The romance part of this story was clean and best described as young love. Kat and Lucas like each other and are the best of friends BUT they are in love and can't seem to get the love part out. </span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b>The best part of this story are the cupcakes and bakeoff. </b></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b>A fun, light read!</b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923624439840656520.post-23063547221543365442024-01-31T01:30:00.000-08:002024-01-31T01:30:00.143-08:00WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOP2F7qjrPHMFP2dv339zMrndm3XaTux01-8V8fehZYOlHVahPpujI9oPjEbgma9L7hentL_fKBGMlzLqNPLB9PHznrXsNvI8s659EdXseNxNUiy-cItfI25Wj1bW0yNw_Qd36-pmcFQc/s526/181110452_1184596642025353_3459154564842311296_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMgRP_L6peUt3wYMWB67_ax8CjOVnXthowWQnoalHMkd77ePeTK0HvMUXHKGSuKUfsQLyrYuNtTNkaYpL4fl7viQ-AHqRp8hdJzj0rcf1-jx4s-8lMrseOQBggAywAiMpfMfTIV9DmVbi9h7pVFQrNL7ECD-5WYY3emYSD7KqK7iAqdF_kDt1NDd2Lq1Y/s320/7189tmcc2IL._SL1500_.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Description:</span> <span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111;">As a child, artist and potter Dani Bennett witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. With no memory of the incident or her true identity, she was forced to take on a new name and a new life, hidden away in Montana for the past 25 years.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;">Mae Richmond has spent the same stretch of time searching for her granddaughter, who went missing the night her daughter and son-in-law were murdered. Convinced the woman she saw in a pottery magazine feature is the woman she's been searching for, she enlists the help of K-9 officer Mark Lassiter of Pearl Springs, Tennessee, who tracks Dani down.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;">Skeptical but curious, Dani sets out on a journey to uncover the secrets of her past and reclaim her true identity. But someone close to her is determined to keep the truth of what happened all those years ago hidden.</span></p><div><b style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts: </span></b><span style="background-color: caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"> <b>THIS cold case story will not only keep the reader on the edge of her seat but it will keep the reader trying to read as quickly as she can turn a page. </b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: color: #0f1111;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not only is this story a real page turner it also has all the markings of a first rate murder investigation. </span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: color: #0f1111;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The suspense of Dani Bennett's life from the time her parents were murdered to fast forward to the day her </span></b></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>grandmother sends a K-9 officer, Mark Lassiter, to track Dani down. This is where the story begins...if Mark is trying to find Dani who else is trying to find her to keep the secret and the murder of her parents quiet.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>Dani decides to see of she can regain her true life but someone doesn't want anyone to know what happened all those years ago.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>The suspense/mystery in this story was </b><span style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17);"><b>incredible. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>Patricia Bradley hits out of the ballpark with this book 2 of Pearl River Novel. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>be sure to read book 1 too. The books are stand alone but you won't want to miss one!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: verdana;"><b>*This book was provided for review by Revell*</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0