The New American Heart Association Cookbook (Book Review)

The New American Heart Association Cookbook came at the right time! My uncle just had a heart attack at the age of 54. Our family has had several people with high cholesterol and with young heart attacks. So, I think I need to spend some time with this cookbook.

One thing that I like about this book, every recipe has nutritional information after them. Good for me to think about.

One thing I didn't like about this cookbook, no pictures. I struggle when I don't get to see a picture.

Thanks to Blogging for Books for a copy of this book.

Cozy Up With Some Good Books

Design Your Day was a great quick read. As I was thinking about the next year, and making goals, this book made me think about my goals.

I love how Claire wants people to focus on their goals,but then gives them strategies to be able to get things done so that they can enjoy life.

Thanks to Moody for a copy of this book.

Habit Changers gave a page that had a mantra on the page and then explained about how you can use that mantra in your life.

For me, this book would be a good coffee table book where you could read as time permits. Not really a book that I really wanted to sit down and just dive into.

Thanks to Blogging for Books for a copy of this book.

 Lord, Change My Attitude Before It's Too Late has been a hard one to read because I have needed it so much. I haven't gotten all the way through it because I have had to take my time. 

I like to have a bad attitude and complain too much. This book works on that attitude. Youch. Can't say I am loving this book,but I am needing this book.

Thanks to Moody for a copy of this book.

Cozy Up With Some Good Books

If you remember, I have been wanting to read a fiction book for a while, but didn't have one on hand. Was super excited when I got this one in the mail. Some days, I just need to sit down and let my mind unwind and I would rather do that sometimes with a good, clean fiction book than in front of the tv.

Cowgirl Trail filled that need in my life. The daughter in this book, Maggie, came home to find her dad dying and the men on the ranch ready to strike. She set up a group of cowgirls to take care of things on the ranch and the cattle drive. I loved her determination to do what needed done even if it shouldn't have been done by girls.

Thanks to Moody for a copy of Cowgirl Trail in exchange for an honest review.

I wish that the authors from Twenty Dinners would come over and make me a meal! Their food looks good but some of the foods are more than what I would make. Not really into the random sea foods out there. But would be fun for someone else to cook for me!

One recipe for roasting a chicken interested me. They fried the chicken in a cast iron skillet on all four sides before putting the chicken in the oven. Maybe some day I will have to try this method.

I received Twenty Dinners from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.

Cozy Up With Some Good Books

Brave Queen Esther was a fun book to read with Esther. I loved all the pictures that were in the book. The story line was also interesting. The book kept my little one's attention, but yet told the story well.

There were a few things that bothered me, that seems to be a theme with kid's books, part of the story was not Biblically accurate. For example, Haman was arrested and not killed.

Thanks to BookLook Bloggers for a copy of Brave Queen Esther.







When originally given the opportunity to review this book, I was thinking it was by Dr. Kevin Lehman, When I dug it out to start reading, I realized that it wasn't. Despite that fact, I was not dissapointed!

More Than Just the Talk: Becoming Your Kids' Go-To Person About Sex was an excellent book. While I know this topic is not one I will have to deal with for a few years, it was good for me to think about how we will broach the subject. Jonathan talks a lot about how this is not a one time talk, but a conversation that needs to be throughout years. Questions to the child are huge.

I hadn't realized how accessible not appropriate matter is. Grand Theft Auto. Oh my! I never realized that gamers find a prostitute, choose the kind of sex you have with her, then kill her. I didn't realize how graphic. Yikes! And that is just the start.

This book will definitely get kept for future reference.

 Thank you to Bethany House for this book in exchange for an honest review.

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I have to admit that I would be more interested in Infuse: Oil, Spirit, Water if I drank. I don't, but was still intrigued by the book.

I loved all the pictures in the book. Makes me want to infuse water all the time just so that I can have pretty jars full of water! Simple recipes that look like a lot of fun!

I never really thought about the need to muddle, or smash, the fruit when you put it in water. Makes a whole lot of sense to get the flavor out.

One of the infused waters that I thought was interesting has grapefruit, jalapenos, and agave. This mixture sounded interesting to me. Not sure I would be a fan with the jalapenos in the water, but might have to try some grapefruit water.

Thanks to Blogging For Books for a copy of Infuse: Oil, Spirit, Water.

Cozy Up With Some Good Books

I really wanted to sit down and read a book the other day. I really just wanted to sit down and read a fiction book, but I didn't have any here to read. So, I picked up the top book on my non fiction pile to start reading. Couldn't have been a more appropriate book to read at the time.

In one of the first chapters of The Set-Apart Woman: God's Invitation to Sacred Living, Leslie talks about making the things of God our first priority. Not going to the tv, or my guilty one- facebook, to fill out time. She said when she spends her free time focusing on God, her life is far more fulfilling.

I was really challenged by that discipline and have been trying to read a chapter in a non fiction book each day before picking up a fiction book.

Leslie's challenges were very convicting and she wove Scripture throughout the book. I was definitely blessed by having the chance to review this book.

Thanks to Tyndale House for allowing me to review The Set-Apart Woman: God's Invitation to Sacred Living in exchange for an honest review.


The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book is a book that I ordered not thinking that it would prove to be that valuable. Boy, was I wrong!

Thankfully, with Esther, my mom made most of her purees last summer. I did make carrots and I remember cooking them forever. There is a chart in this book that says exactly how long you need to steam your fruits and veggies before pureeing them. How handy would that have been when I kept bugging my mom that my carrots were still too hard!

Esther is now eating mostly finger foods, but there is a section in this book about those as well. Creamy Fruit Roll Ups look really good to me!

I love all the variety of recipes that are in this book.

Thanks to Blogging for Books for a copy of The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book in exchange for an honest review.


Because I haven't had any fiction books to review, I decided to get Remnants: Season of Fire Remnants: Season of Fire and give it a read.

This book kinda had a sci-fi twist to it.Took me a while to get into it because I hadn't read the first book in the series.

There is a battle of good and evil. Interesting book, but not one that I am gushing over.

Thanks to Book Look Bloggers for a copy of Remnants: Season of Fire Remnants: Season of Fire.

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 Duck Commander Devotions for Kids has been a fun book to read Esther at night. We always read her a Bible story before bed, and this book provides a nice alternative. There is a Bible verse given, a story, and a very practical application given. 

This book will probably be more beneficial as she gets older, but right now this momma likes having a little different format for reading our bedtime Bible story.

Thanks to BookLook Bloggers for our copy of Duck Commander Devotions for Kids.







I love the book The 5 Love Languages. Scott gave me a hard time while dating that I gave him this book to read before I told him that I loved him.

I have looked forward to reading The 5 Love Languages of Children for a while. Although, the recommended age for truly figuring out a child's love language isn't til 5, I think it is good to think about how I can show Esther love.

I really liked the chapter about how to discipline a child with the knowledge of their love language so that you make them feel loved while disciplining them. Not something that I had thought a whole lot about before.

Thanks to Moody for providing me with The 5 Love Languages of Children in exchange for an honest review.



I recently heard about a lady at my church who has chickens and eats about 5 meals of eggs a week. I saw The Perfect Egg: A Fresh Take on Recipes for Morning, Noon, and Night as a book to review and I immediately thought of her family.

The recipes in this book are definitely not just eggs for breakfast. I tried the recipe for Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. Wasn't super impressed. :(

I love that there are pictures of every recipe. That is the kind of cookbook that I like! I like that it has a hard cover as well.

Thanks to Blogging for Books for a copy of The Perfect Egg: A Fresh Take on Recipes for Morning, Noon, and Night.




 Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will is a book that I had requested on paperbackswap.com a while ago. Never came available when I had credit with them. So when I saw that I could review the book through Moody, I jumped on the chance.

I think the main thing that stuck out to me in this book is that we stress so much now about what God's will is. There are a ton of options and we have to weigh all of them. Our ancestors grew up and did what their parents did because that is what they knew to do. They married a Christian in their community because those were their options. We are a society of options. Not always a good thing!

He also impressed the fact that 1 Thessalonians 4:3 says, "For this is the will of God, your sanctification." Sounds a lot more simple to seek sanctification than to search every option at every turn.

Thanks to Moody for a copy of Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will.