Book Review: “Mr. Churchill’s Secretary” by Susan Elia MacNeal

What is this? A book review? In my book blog?! How dare you! Oh, wait. That's the whole reason this blog was created in the first place. This week's book is Mr. Churchill's Secretary, by Susan Elia MacNeal. I picked it up on a whim at Barnes & Noble a few months ago (I think I've got …

Recipe Review: The Best Coffee Cake. Ever.

Original recipe located here. Well, well, well. It's been a long time since I've done a recipe review on the blog, mostly because I haven't been cooking as much as I used to. Or, rather, I'm cooking, but I'm not trying anything new. This past week I needed to have some sort of easy-to-make dish …

Podcasts: Lore

This week's podcast is related to the first one I did, Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities. Like Cabinet of Curiosities, this one was written and produced by Aaron Mahnke. Unlike Cabinet of Curiosities, this one is much longer and covers a wide variety of unsettling topics. Winner of the iTunes "Best of 2015" & "Best …

Series Review: “Shades of Magic” by VE Schwab

I finished this book on December 28, but I wanted to have all of the First Impression Friday entries done before I went through with this review. I have to say, I am still sitting here, about ten minutes after finishing the last book, just in shock at what I read. What did I read? …

Book Review: “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry” by Fredrik Backman

I previewed this book a few weeks ago on a First Impression Friday post, and I actually finished it a long time ago but never got around to writing a review for it. I'm here to remedy that now. This book ended up going in a completely different direction than I was expecting. That's the …

Book Review: “The Frame-Up”

I'm going apologize in advance for this review, because the majority of this is going to be dissecting the main character, MG, and why she's is the worst main character I've ever read, second only to Jazz from Artemis. If you want to skip to my review of the actual story, scroll down to the last …

Book Review: “A Darker Shade of Magic” by V. E. Schwab

It has been a long time since I've read a book that made me want to just sit and finish it in one sitting, and in the past two weeks I've read two of them. One of them is the one in this review, A Darker Shade of Magic, and the other I'll review next …

Recipe Review: Salmon & Spinach Pasta

Original recipe from this Nutrition Guide. Well, this recipe is a little different from the ones I usually do. This time, I'm not trying a recipe I found online. I started working out a few weeks ago and purchased a workout program to help me through it, and it came with a nutrition guide that …

Recipe Review: Easy Crockpot Chili

Original Recipe from Spend With Pennies. This is the second of three chili recipes that I'm going to review here on my blog. I went over the first one last week and it was a smashing success. I'm here to say that this week's recipe wasn't quite as good. First and foremost: disclaimer/changes I made: I …

Book Review – “The Nest” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

If you'll remember from Friday, this is a book I was predicting a 3.5 - 4 star review. I've had a lot of time recently to listen to it, and I've finally finished it. First of all, my initial prediction thoughts seem to have been spot-on. This is a book about a dysfunctional family, and …