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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Preserving Family Recipes: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions in Books

Apr 27, 2018  
Preserving Family Recipes: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions
Preserving Family Recipes: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions
Valerie J. Frey | 2015 | Food & Drink
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is one of the most complete books I’ve ever seen on preparing and attacking a project. Many people have a book or a folder or a pile or even a document with family recipes, but this book is a guide on how to make a treasured heirloom for generations to come. It covers so many different bases, such as working with people or working with yourself, interviews, researching recipes and allowing them to evolve, binding ideas, etc. It is almost overwhelming how much information is included. That being said, one of the best part about instructional books like this is you can take your vision and search through a book for tips, instructions, and ideas. I definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to put together a really special family cookbook.

This review will go live at http://haleymathiot.blogspot.com on October 30 2015
  
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BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in Books

Apr 21, 2019  
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (34 Ratings)
Book Rating
If this was one of my text books I might have done my homework.
I was really unsure of reading this when it first came out since I tend to stay away from novellas or side books but it's for Harry Potter so I took the dive and you know what I was not disappointed.

I really didn't know how I was going to like reading a "text book" book but Fantastic Beasts is really cool in that you do get to learn more about the magical creatures of the wizarding world.. And honestly I wish it was longer!

My favorite thing and what really just helps this book be more immersive is that it is Harry Potter's old school text book so it has little notes from him and Ron. It's a small detail but just really cute and a must have for Potterheads.
  
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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War in Books

Jul 12, 2018  
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach | 2017 | Humor & Comedy
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I own an Advanced Reader Copy of this book but I ended up listening to it on audiobook. The narrator (Abby Elvidge) did an really good job at pulling off the humor and snark that Mary Roach puts into her books. The book was fascinating and it is always fun to see how much research Mary Roach puts into her book. I'm never disappointed and I always leave her novels knowing more than I ever thought I could have learned.

Mary Roach has a way of making you want to gag and laugh at the same time. Her snark and humor is always fun and adds a lot when you start learning about decomposing shark flesh. I love reading/listening to her books because it delivers knowledge with a side of humor.

All in all, this was really fascinating. I would recommend reading this.
  
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism in Books

Nov 3, 2019  
The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism
The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism
David Mitchell | 2014 | Biography
9
8.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
a book written on autism by someone autistic (0 more)
It's the real deal
There are a lot of books on autism. A lot written by experts but non are as big an expert as this little boy. Naomi Higashida struggles with communication and his mum made him a letters graph where he could point and he started writing a book. This is the book. It i simple and affective and explains what it is like being an autistic child from the inside. This will give you insight we rarely ever have have where Higashida explains not only the traits and behaviours and why he does them but at the same time how doing them and then people's reactions to them make him feel. It has opened my eyes to think about things very differently and makes this one of the most important books ever written.