Recipe Review: Colossal Ginger Cookies from The Daily Cookie

It's been a while since I wrote about The Daily Cookie cook book, but my husband wanted some chocolate-dipped ginger cookies and I wanted to see if I already had a recipe for them before digging through the internet archives. Luckily, I found this one. Also, I bought this incredible Size 16 cookie scoop (and …

Recipe Review: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Handle the Heat

Original recipe here! I'm a huge fan of recipes from Handle the Heat, and so last week I finally took the plunge and bought her cookbook. Why not give a little monetary support, right? I also was really interested in the promised science of cookie-making, and figured this would be an excellent book. The actual …

Recipe Review: Devil’s Food Party Cake from Dorie Greenspan

Yes, it's from that cookbook again. But can you blame me? I've yet to find a miss in this cookbook, and this one is one that I am particularly proud of. I told my mom I'd make her a chocolate cake for her birthday, and then I made two additional "test cakes" before making that …

Book Review: “Gallant” by V.E. Schwab

Is this the time to admit that I've never read The Secret Garden? I think I once watched one of the movies, a long time ago, but I couldn't tell you anything about it. I assume there's a hidden garden, and so I picked up Gallant on a whim because it sounded like a better …

First Impression Friday: “Carry On” by Rainbow Rowell

I've seen this book on the shelves in bookstores for years (it came out while I was still working at BAM), but I never bothered to open it. I heard a few things about it from people online as to how good it was, but honestly, I didn't like the cover and so I didn't …

Recipe Review: Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies from Freebie Finding Mom

Original Recipe Here! I don't know if you can tell, but I absolutely love to bake. Whenever we go somewhere to meet up with friends, I usually take some sort of baked good with me, whether it be cookies or something else. However, recently we met up with some friends and their kid has nut …

TTT: Bookish Merchandise I’d Like to Own

Welcome back to the first Top Ten Tuesday that I've managed to do in a long time, hosted as always by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week's theme is bookish merchandise I'd like to own, and honestly, there are so many things that I'd like to have, but I can't remember most of them under …

Book Review: “Rule of Wolves” by Leigh Bardugo

We'll get this out of the way first: I really, really love the Grishaverse books. I think the magic system is pretty cool (although it sometimes gets a little muddy as to who can do what and why), and the Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom duology have become some of my favorite books. However, sometimes Bardugo …

First Impression Friday: “Gallant” by V.E. Schwab

Confession time: after the abysmal The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, I thought about cancelling this pre-order so many times. (I'm seriously glad I borrowed Addie from the library instead of buying it outright!) However, I'm glad that I didn't, and I think I'm really going to enjoy this one. From GoodReads: Olivia Prior …

Recipe Review: Easy Sesame Chicken from Budget Bytes

Recipe Here! I know I've talked about the Budget Bytes website before, but let me tell you that this website has been an absolute lifesaver over the years, and every single time I try a new recipe, it always comes out perfect. I've even gotten my sister hooked on their recipes! Image from BudgetBytes, but …