2/16/23 8:54a.m. I just finished book 2. Killman Creek. I’m starting this one today and I hope it’s as good as the last 2. 2/24/23. 8 days. I just finished Wolfhunter River. It was good but not as good as book 2. Gwen, Sam and the kids have to skirt over to Wolfhunter to …
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Earl’s Old Lady
2/24/23 Earl’s old lady: 3 lbs honey (from Glenns) 15 Twinings Lady Grey black tea 1 gallon purified water Lalvin D47 (half packet) SG = 1.090 I started by steeping the 15 bags of tea in 4 quarts of the purified water. I added the honey to the carboy and added the warm tea. Pitched …
Rachel Caine – Killman Creek Book 2
Starting on 2/8/23. I literally just finished book 1 and I’m going to read this one again. I think I’ve read it before I started keeping notes. Chapters are written by character. I like that. 2/16/23. I just finished Killman Creek. Wow! This was a page turner. I could not put this book down. I …
Earl’s Great Pineapple Cider:
2-4-23 2 Gallons Great Value 100% apple juice 3 1.4 lb cans Pineapple Chunks in juice 1 tsp Pectic Enzyme 2 tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 package Lalvin 71B yeast I added both gallons of apple juice to the sanitized bucket. I added all three cans of pineapple in a straining bag to the bucket. Including …
Earl’s Pineapple Mead
2-4-23 Earl’s Pineapple Mead: 2 Gallons Purified Drinking water (from Dollar Tree) 2 hand fulls raisins (not measure, not chopped) 2 tspn yeast nutrient 1 tspn pectic enzyme 5 lbs honey (2.5 Walmart honey & 2.5 local honey from Glenn) 15 oz Hot black Earl Grey tea 3 cans of Great Value Pineapple in syrup …
Stella Blu: BlueBerry Mead
https://advancedmixology.com/blogs/art-of-mixology/how-to-make-blueberry-mead#recipe Ingredients 1-gallon Water (non-chlorinated or filtered) 2-3 lbs. Honey (depending on how sweet you want your mead) 1 to 2 lbs. Blueberries (fresh or frozen) ½ packet Champagne yeast or other wine yeast 1/8 cup Raisins or yeast nutrient 1 Vanilla bean sliced lengthwise (optional) 1 Cinnamon stick (optional) Directions Put the blueberries into …
Rachel Caine ~ Stillhouse Lake
I’ve actually read this book before but I’m reading it again to start the series. I have books 1,2,3 and 5 in the series and would like to read them all through. Starting on 1/30/23. Finished on 2/8/23. 9 days. Gina Royal has to go on the run with her kids because of her “demon” …
Someone Else’s Life ~ Lyn Liao Butler
This is an Amazon First Read book. I actually got 2 books in December for some reason. I just finished Billy Boyle today but will start this book later. Starting day 1/18/23. I finished the book last night. I did NOT like this book. The writing was way to frilly for me. There was a …
James R. Benn ~ A Mortal Terror Billy Boyle Book 6
I started this book on 1/2/23. I’m about 25% done with it. Billy just met up with Kaz in Italy. He’s there investigating 2 murders. The 10 of hearts and the jack of hearts. So far he doesn’t know much. Let you know later….1/18/23 I finished the book today. Another great BB read. Billy’s brother …
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Appetite for Innocence – Lucinda Berry
Damn! I purchased this book on sale. I LOVE this author. She is amazing. I’m only abut 20% done with this book but man I can’t put it down. I started on 12/26/22 and plan on finishing before the end of the year. Chapters are short, characters (there’s really only 3 characters) are very well …