Review: Presumed Guilty

Presumed Guilty
Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

love this. fast paced, excellent court room scenes.

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Review: All Better Now

All Better Now
All Better Now by Neal Shusterman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A super interesting book centered around the idea of a pandemic where the people who get sick and recover become deeply content and start shedding/donating etc their worldly possessions. There’s a lot of interesting and thought-provoking ideas here around what it means to be happy, can society survive if everyone is compassionate and giving? What if some are and some aren’t? What’s moral and can you sacrifice some to save many? and so much more. Shusterman is an exquisite author and this book is no exception.

with gratitude to netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Review: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

I am not going to rate this book. I know many loved it and I kept trying and trying but after getting 60+% through this VERY LONG book, I am so so done. Not the book for me. Too much drama, not enough character development.

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Review: Swan Song

Swan Song
Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Hilderbrand’s novels are always a joy to read and this last nod to her Nantucket stories was no exception. Fun story, lovely bowtie to end with.

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The Joy of Art – March 02, 2025 at 06:02AM


Practicing my sketching. “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment it grows in, not the flower.”

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Adventures in Cooking – Parmesan & Peas Pearl Couscous


100 Dishes – Dish 25 – Parmesan & Peas Pearl Couscous

We added corn to this, too. We didn’t have any frozen peas so we used canned which just don’t taste as good. But it was still really tasty. I paired it with the meatballs I’d made during my first week.

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The Joy of Art – February 28, 2025 at 06:02AM


Practicing my sketching. “If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.”

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Adventures in Cooking – Herbed Lemon Orzo

100 Dishes – Dish 24 – Herbed Lemon Orzo

Absolutely, completely delicious. Really simple. Really tasty.

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The Joy of Art – February 27, 2025 at 06:02AM


Practicing my sketching. “The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.”

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Adventures in Cooking – One Pot Sausage and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta

100 Dishes – Dish 23 -One Pot Sausage and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta

This was so full of flavor and so easy to cook. I did it with ground sausage.

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The Joy of Art – February 26, 2025 at 06:02AM

 

Practicing my sketching. “If today gets difficult, remember the smell of coffee, the way sunlight bounces off a window, the sound of your favorite person’s laugh, the feeling when a song you love comes on, the color of the sky at dusk, and that we are here to take care of each other.”

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The Joy of Art – February 25, 2025 at 06:02AM

 

Practicing my sketching. “All I know of hate is that it will never beat the love out of me.”

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