What I read Dec and Year Round Up

I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit.  Check out what everyone else is reading. My reading has been on the slim side.

Match Making for Beginners by Maddie Dawson was a quick light read.  If you like a bit of quirk I think this is great read.  A match maker leaves her apartment to her nephews fiance who she barely know in hopes that she will become the next match maker.
***currently free on Kindle Unlimited

The Cut Out Girl
Is the true story of a survivor of a Jewish survivor of WWII. Lien de Jung. She was child taken in by the Holland Resistance Movement. The author's grandparents hid Lien but later they had a following out after the war. Bart learns of her story and explores what happened to Lien. This story brought me to tears.

Best Books I read 2019

 Only Woman in the Room
Celine
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
The Time in Between
The Gown
Reading People

Wordy Wednesday

Here is my very seasonal letter board.

Wordy Wednesday

Just a bit of Harry Potter for ya. This is currently what is on my letterboard.

What I Read November

The year is winding down but my reading hasn't. Once again the Hot Reads table at the library caught me . I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit link up. Check out what everyone is reading.

Garden of the Lost and Abandoned by Jessica Yu

This is the true story about Gladys Kalibblat who is a journalist in Uganda who has column called "Lost and Abandoned".  She investigates children left abandoned on the street and tries to reunite them with their families.  But Gladys involvement goes way beyond that.  Gladys is amazing and how she really rally's all her money and connections to take care of some street kids.

The Book of Separation by Tova Mirvis

A raw read of a woman who walked away from Orthodox Judaism. If you like to read about other religions check this out. I find other religions fascinating and Orthodox Judaism is seeped in tradition and rules. Tova Mirvis decided she couldn't live within the confines of Orthodox Judaism and this is the story of her separation.

****At the time of this blog post this book was free on Kindle Unlimited

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

I have read several other books by Marie Benedict such as The Other Einstein and Carnegie's Maid.

"The Only Woman In The Room" did not disappoint. If you like reading about famous people and underestimated woman this book is for you. I did not know Hedy Lamarr's back story and it is incredible. She was a film actress but also a scientist/inventor. Marie Benedict also has a new book to be released Jan 7 called Lady Clementine on Winston Churchills wife.

Fruity Pebbles Cookies

I gave Fruity Pebbles Cookies a shot for our band bake sale. They were strangely addicting. Recipe here. They did turn out flatter than I intended and I am not sure why. Maybe because I used a silicon mat.

Googling My Way Through Life - Updates

A few of my posts have some updates.

The Secret - Another treasure has been found in Boston. Secret Treasure Unearthed in Boston

Amateur Sleuths - Nancy Moyer . There is a sizzle reel made for possible Oxygen special.

Check out my entire series here

Googling My Way Through Life - Visual Cookbooks

I have a 21 year old son who is learning to cook.  He is autistic and cooking is hard for him in less it has a microwave involved.  My son gets overwhelmed very easily. We do a lot of cooking and baking together because he really enjoys it.

I have been trying to develop a somewhat visual cookbook.  Where things are broken down with some pictures. A lot of visual cookbook ideas I googled were for lower functioning people or for recipes we don't use at our house.

Visual Recipes for Non-Readers

This is the start of my personalized book I am making for my son. Below is a sample page.

I used Project Life App to create the page. It is so easy to do this way.

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