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Review: The Plot Thickens

The Plot Thickens by Mary Higgins Clark

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Good mix of authors and different story types. Hubby read it too!



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Review: Fearless Fourteen

Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Very very entertaining as always. I had picked up this autographed copy in Hollywood. I treasure it!



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Review: Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


My first Agatha Christie. I guessed one of the not-who-he-appears-to-be. But I didn't know whodunnit or howdunnit. Very fun read.



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Review: Power Thoughts

Power Thoughts by Joyce Meyer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This really helped me. I started reading it after my father died and I lost my mother before I finished it. Meyer is really good at helping you feel more self-esteem and happiness.



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Review: Being Familiar With A Witch

Being Familiar With A Witch by Sapphire Phelan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I knew nothing about the behind the scenes goings on in the arena of witchcraft before I read this book. Ms. Phelan walked me through it logically, right into Revolutionary Virginia. Lots of action, deep point of view and very explicit explicitness. Great to read in one sitting.



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Recipe: Spice Cake

From the Kitchen of the Late Great Marion Morris, Long Island Housewife Extraordinaire Spice Cake 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup shortening 1 tsp vanilla 3 eggs Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Add buttermilk, shortening, vanilla and eggs. Mix on low one minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Beat on medium 30 seconds. Pour batter into greased and floured 13" x 9" x 2" pan. Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Frost if desired.

Review: Live to Tell

Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Another fantastically entertaing Detective D.D. novel. It really opened my mind and my heart to mentally and emotionally challenged children and their exhausted and traumatized familes. Thanks to authors like Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen, I'm getting so much better at being brave enough to read about sensative taboo subjects.



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Recipe: Sour Cream Coffee Cake

  From the Kitchen of the Late Great Marion Morris, Long Island Housewife Extraordinaire Sour Cream Coffee Cake 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 tsps baking powder 1 cup currants or raisins 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tbls melted butter 1/2 tsp cinnamonIn large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg. Stir together the sour cream and baking soda. Sift together the four and baking powder. Add sour cream and sited ingredients alternately mixing well after each addition. Spoon 1/2 batter into a well buttered 9" square baking pan. Cover batter with raisins and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp cinnamon. spoon on remaining batter. In small mixing bowl, mix 1/4 cup flour, brown sugar & remaining cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter. Bake in a 350° preheated over for 1 hour.

Recipe: Ruby Slipper Cake

Ruby Slipper Cake
1 pkg yellow cake mix
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup water
2 eggs
1 pkg (3 oz) Raspberry Jell-O gelatin

Combine cake mix, sour cream, water & eggs in large bowl. Blend then beat at medium speed 2 minutes until creamy. Spoon 1/3 of batter into well-greased & floured 10" fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with half the gelatin. Repeat layers, spread remaining batter over gelatin to cover.  Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes until cake springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

Review: Vampire Island

Vampire Island by Sandra Cox




I was enthralled from the first page. A 17-year-old girl is suddenly orphaned and whisked off to a secret island in the Bahamas. Vampire Island. Where of course, her uncle is a bit scary and strange things are outside her castle window. This is a must read for every red-blooded soul out there who loves a little twist to her nights. Bravo!



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