A Great Cookbook!

I picked up the Hungry Girl Cookbook last night and I just love it! For those of you who don't know, the Hungry Girl is a woman after my own heart because she loves food but tries to find ways to make her favorites in a healthy way. Lisa Lillien started out with a fun website: www.hungry-girl.com and now has her own book loaded with easy and tasty recipes as well as great tips! This book was just fun to read and I can't wait to try some of her guilt-free recipes! If you love to cook and are a health nut, than you HAVE to get this book!

Book Review

Last night I finished These Is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner. A fictional story inspired by the author's family memoirs, this story is like the diary of a young lady from the late 1800's. Sarah Prine is a woman who didn't have the chance for a real education but learns a love of books and reading. The story takes place in the Arizona Territory and it seems like the settler's endured more trials and suffering than happy times. I would reccomend this book as it really gave me a greater appreciation for how the women of years ago had to live. I realized that we have it so easy living in a modern world.

Recipes

I will admit that I am a magazine junkie! I just can't help myself when I'm in the grocery store and I see that eye-catching cover claiming I can lose 10 lbs. in one week or cook chicken fifty different ways. I also really love magazines for the great recipes. I find that I hold on to old magazines way too long because there's a great recipe in it that I want to try. I am trying to be more organized so I bought this cute recipe keeper at Barnes and Noble (I've also seen it at Costco) and cut out all of the recipes that I want to try, put them in sheet protectors and into my binder. It even has sections for appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, desserts and miscellaneous. Instead of having magazines pile up or loose recipe clippings lying around, you're able to put everything into one tidy binder. Then if I try a recipe I don't like, I just toss it. This sounds sad, but sometimes I think I just have more fun reading the recipes than actually cooking!

Another cute bookstore!

I was recently on a trip down south. Anyone who has ever traveled with me, knows that if there is a quilt shop, antique shop, yarn shop, or book shop on the trip, you can count on stopping. My sister was so good to stop with me here and look around a bit! She even found a book for herself as well! This shop is in Moab, Utah. It has a great selection of local interest books, and a huge selection of rare and used books in the back, as well as many other books. It also had alot of fun and unique journals and book marks for sale.

It is called "Back of Beyond Books", and is right on the main street in Moab, Utah.

The Host

I just finished reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer and it was interesting. I was skeptical since the plot sounded a little strange but because everyone was reading it I gave it a try. I devoured the several hundred pages in just a few days. Whether intended by the author or not I found a great hidden message. So if a book about aliens taking over people's bodies doesn't sound like your cup of tea, just give it a try anyway. And you have to stick it out through the first few chapters. After that, you will be hooked!