Friday Finds | January 15, 2021 | Books-Food-Fun
Hello, my friend. I hope you are well today. I’m back this week with all the normal recommendations; books, recipes, and something fun to take your mind of any troubles you have. Let’s jump right in.
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Friday Finds | January 15, 2021 – Books on my radar
Havall 16 by A.J. Ullman
Review coming soon.
Immortality. For Havall 16, it’s a fate worse than death. Havall 16 comes back in time to warn Tommy Canada not to take his fledgling company pubic or else society will be cleaved into two factions: the Havalls –- who are young, rich, and can live forever — and the Havenots. Faced with turning his back on wealth and fame, Tommy must consider his personal goals versus those of society.
Havall 16 asks him, “If you could go back in time and kill Hitler when he was a baby, would you? Kill an innocent to spare millions in the future?” You might, she says, have to kill before you ever become the richest man on earth, before you solve humans’ greatest fear: dying. Convincing his partner, Win Gault, presents a problem because the future Havalls know she has gone back in time, and they have a plan to deal with her.
Will she or Tommy have to kill? Or will Win win? The future is plastic, Havall 16 reminds Tommy. One thing is certain, though, as Tommy’s buddy reminds him. We weren’t designed to live forever. Havall 16 taps into our deepest fears of death and dying as well as global warming and our very current worries about income and medical inequality — a future where some have it all — and most have not.
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White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
Review on January 25, 2021
Not all magicians go to schools of magic.
Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam’s life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father’s rage.
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Tell the Rain Goodbye by Jacqueline Sullivan
Review coming soon!
For the last couple of years, I’ve been convinced I was being extremely noble dragging around my special load of guilt and sorrow. I mean, I thought I was the only person in the world who hurt so much. After listening to Lanie, I knew that, in fact, I was pretty much full of my own special kind of crap.
What could a troubled sixteen-year-old and an aging, homeless television actress, now living in her decaying Mercedes, possibly have in common? Plenty as it turns out. Tracy Cooper finds her life begins to change in ways she never could have imagined after a chance meeting with Alana “Lanie” Milner, once one of television’s most beloved stars.
Tracy soon finds herself caught up in the heartbreaking life on the street. The experience becomes a defining one for her, and she uses her camera to record Lanie’s life and the experiences of the homeless women she meets. In the process, she learns to deal with loss and the value of letting go, and she realizes that being a family is more about love and acceptance than about blood.
In case you missed it on the blog this week!
Seamlessly threaded into the emerging hot jazz music scene that captured the hearts of music lovers in 1913 New Orleans, are the themes of the tightening Jim Crow era, World War I and its aftermath of economic ills, political upheavals and epidemics, and the choices, heartbreaks and ultimate decisions of women of all races.
The Unadjusteds by Marisa Noelle
Sixteen-year-old Silver Melody lives in a world where 80% of the population has modified their DNA. Known as the altereds, those people now possess enhancements like wings, tails, and increased strength or intelligence. Although Silver’s parents created the nanite pill used to deliver these genetic modifications, Silver is proud of her unadjusted state. However, when the president declares all unadjusteds must take a nanite, Silver has no choice but to flee the city with her father and some friends to prevent the extinction of the unadjusteds.
Who can forgive a mother who poisons her eight-year-old son? Even if it was an accident.
Tasha thought she had everything under control – her family life, her career as a nurse – until her son got into her stash of painkillers. Now, during her first weekend home from drug treatment, she must come to grips with the damage she’s done and somehow pick up the pieces. Told from the points of view of four different family members,
Weekend Pass is a story about the lies we tell ourselves and the people we love. And it’s about struggling to rise above the mistakes that threaten to define us.
Friday Finds | January 15, 2021 – Recipes
Creamy Corn Chowder from Spend with Pennies
Hot Chocolate Lasagna from omgchocolatedesserts
Friday Finds | January 15, 2021 – Creative Projects
A beautiful yet simple to make crochet shawlette from CrochetHolaOla
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Tweeted. Btw, that hot chocolate lasagna looks amazing. Oh, and wanted you to know that biscuit recipe is stellar!!You shared it on a Friday Find email, I think and we used the lemon juice/milk substitution. OMG. Thank you!!
Thanks, Eve! And I’m glad that buttermilk tip worked out for you.
I just yelled “HOT. CHOCOLATE. LASAGNA.” at Rob so I think he knows what we’re going to be making soon!
Haha. That’s the reaction I had when I found the recipe. Let me know what you think.
Great post Gina!