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Demi (22 KP) rated Nailed It in TV

Apr 27, 2018  
Nailed It
Nailed It
2018 | Comedy, Documentary
Fun spin on the cooking competition genre
This show is so fun to watch. I love competition shows, but they can start to feel a little too familiar after a while. Nailed It feels fresh and original. The contestants are all amateur chefs. Anyone who's ever tried to recreate an amazing recipe they saw online or on a cooking show will relate both to the competitors and to the premise. You cheer them on even as you laugh at their failures, because everyone has been there at some point, or had a friend or relative that turned up with some epic cake fail at a birthday party. Because of this, the show wouldn't work if the judges were mean, and they aren't. They're funny, and they gently tease the would-be chefs throughout the show while they give advice and encouragement. The host is charismatic and fun, and the banter between the judges always sparkles. Currently my cooking show of choice.
  
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What Does Consent Really Mean?
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Where to start? Well, this is certainly the book I wish I'd had when I was growing up and when my own children were of the age to need this advice for that fact. This book, "What does consent really mean?" is presented as a graphic novel and shows multi-cultural characters discussing and growing in knowledge about the topic of consent. This inclusion of such a range of opinions, yet, still coming to a consensus, also demonstrates to young people how you can and should be able to discuss matters openly in a healthy relationship. I found especially good the part where the teenage girls were more able to discuss this area than the teenage lads although through their clearly good friendships they worked through this, once again demonstrating a mature attitude to the audience.
I can certainly recommend this book as a reference book for any teenagers, schools or those involved with working with this age group.
  
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What Does Consent Really Mean?
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Where to start? Well, this is certainly the book I wish I'd had when I was growing up and when my own children were of the age to need this advice for that fact. This book, "What does consent really mean?" is presented as a graphic novel and shows multi-cultural characters discussing and growing in knowledge about the topic of consent. This inclusion of such a range of opinions, yet, still coming to a consensus, also demonstrates to young people how you can and should be able to discuss matters openly in a healthy relationship. I found especially good the part where the teenage girls were more able to discuss this area than the teenage lads although through their clearly good friendships they worked through this, once again demonstrating a mature attitude to the audience.
I can certainly recommend this book as a reference book for any teenagers, schools or those involved with working with this age group.
  
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Lindsay (1747 KP) rated English River: Amish Horses Series Book III in Books

Feb 8, 2018 (Updated Apr 9, 2019)  
English River: Amish Horses Series Book III
English River: Amish Horses Series Book III
Thomas Nye | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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English River is about a young man who is thinking of becoming Amish. He got a girlfriend and works on his uncle farm. What will his decision be? He as an English friend named Johnny and he a has a wife and soon to be a father.

 In the process of thinking and work, he finds out a lot about himself and his uncle family. There he seems to make travel this English River theory that his Uncle Leroy must think and advice. He wants to find his friends brother and find out the reason for why he left the Amish and his family behind.

He also wants finds Davey. What will his friends and girlfriend do to make him understand, that she will go wherever he goes. Whatever lifestyle he chooses his love will follow. To find out what he decides and his friends do and how it ends you will need to read the book.
  
Sorry, Not Sorry is Naya Rivera's ode to her life. It follows her path from childhood stardom (sort-of) to motherhood with all the trials, tribulations, successes, heartbreak and awkwardness in-between. Her honesty in the book is refreshing and makes me admire her more. She's not perfect and no one is, but she has gone through the good and the bad in her life and come out the other side a stronger person. Naya has very relatable stories and advice for any reader. Her story with Ryan is real and makes you root for them, even if they didn't have a picture perfect start. In her book, she says she set out to write something that was real and I feel that she hit the mark beautifully. She is honest, relatable and inspiring. This is one of the "celebrity" books that I enjoyed reading the most, and would recommend it. It's a quick read, so what are you waiting for?
  
Food52 Mighty Salads: 60 New Ways to Turn Salad into Dinner--and Make-Ahead Lunches, Too by Editors of Food52 is a very extensive collection of recipes including a lot of earthy recipes as well as some of the classics with European and Asian based choices as well.

What I like the most about Food52 cookbooks is all the helpful hints they give you such as how to refresh wilted greens, best way to store and easiest way to peel hardboiled eggs. This book is filled with good advice as well as gorgeous recipes. It has great photos and there is an abundant amount of dressing recipes and not just your standard vinaigrettes. I really want to try the seared scallop salad with black lentils, peanut noodle salad, spring vegetable panzanella and the Caesar- style kale salad sounds interesting.

I received this book from Ten Speed Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.