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Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook by Better Homes and Gardens
5.0
This is the best general reference cookbook there is. Every kitchen needs one, it has all the basics - how to hard boil eggs, make fudge, mash potatoes, etc. with easy to follow instructions. Love it!
Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2002 by Robin Mather Jenkins
5.0
I love the Cooking Light Annual Recipes books. I have 2001-2008. Most of the dinners I cook are a Cooking Light recipe. When I'm making our weekly menu, I search for recipes on the Cooking Light website and note the year and month they were originally published. Then when it's time to make the dish, I pull out the corresponding Annual Recipe book. I don't have to hassle with printing the recipe out, etc. Love it!
A Page Out of Life by Kathleen Reid, Kathleen Reid
1.0
This book follows three main characters: Ashley, Tara and Libby, who are in a scrapbooking club together. Ashley is a frazzled mom of four, Tara is a single grad student and Libby is a grandmother whose son is involved in a corporate scandal.
I was interested in this book because the characters scrapbook (like me!). But this book is in SERIOUS need of editing. There are continuity error and grammatical errors throughout and the writing is just.not.good. Someone needs to give the author a thesaurus and a lesson on how to craft a metaphor. The general story was mildly entertaining until about two-thirds of the way through when there is a completely unrealistic plot twist that makes little sense. I think the publisher is banking on the fact that scrapbookers will be so excited about the fact that the book has scrapbooking in it that they won't care that it's poorly written. Luckily, I checked it out from the library so I didn't waste my money.
I was interested in this book because the characters scrapbook (like me!). But this book is in SERIOUS need of editing. There are continuity error and grammatical errors throughout and the writing is just.not.good. Someone needs to give the author a thesaurus and a lesson on how to craft a metaphor. The general story was mildly entertaining until about two-thirds of the way through when there is a completely unrealistic plot twist that makes little sense. I think the publisher is banking on the fact that scrapbookers will be so excited about the fact that the book has scrapbooking in it that they won't care that it's poorly written. Luckily, I checked it out from the library so I didn't waste my money.
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable by John Brockman
3.0
This book contains over a hundred essays from scientists and thinkers on what they consider to be their most dangerous idea. Some ideas were good, some were ridiculous and some were incomprehensable. My eyes glazed over during the physics section - string theory, blah, blah. But I really enjoyed reading the ideas that were related to the social sciences and psychology.
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
5.0
This is my favorite true-crime book ever.