Amazon First read. I started this book on 9/16/24 and finished on 10/13/24. Right during the move. The book was just ok for me. Chapters were long, story was good and characters were well written. Jacinda (Jac) Brodie a college student has an affair with her prof. It didn’t go well and has to return …
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Lucinda Berry ~ If You Tell a Lie
Well, it’s Lucinda so of course I’m going to read it. I started it on 9/1/24. Finished on 9/15/24 (14 Days) The book was just OK for me. Lucinda has written some bangers and this one just isn’t one of them. It revolves around 4 girls who go to camp every year. They’re outcast kids …
MRM ~ Cannonballs are made of Bananas
6/19/24 (Day 1) 6 lbs Golden Lake Honey 1.5 lbs very ripe bananas 2 Gallons spring water 1 tsp pectic enzyme Mangrove Jacks yeast Boiled the bananas (peel and all) in about 1/2 gallon of the spring water. Used the other half to help warm the honey for easier pour. It worked! Boiled bananas for …
Lauren Thoman ~ You Shouldn’t Be Here
This is an Amazon First Read. Starting the book on 8/16/26. Never read the author before. Finished on 8/31/24. I liked it. There were lots of characters. Chapters were kind of long. Rent a house from a slum lord and see what “ghosts” you can conjure up. A dead body in the wall behind the …
Steven Konkoly ~ Deep Sleep (Devin Grey Book 1)
I found this author and just finished 1 book. I’m starting this book in the Devin Grey series on 7/19/24. I’ll let you know how it goes. I just finished this book on 8/16/24. That’s the longest it’s taken me to read a book. I mean it was OK but not that great. Lots of …
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MRM ~ Jump on the “Pyment” Trane
5/21/24 2 Gallon Recipe 4 lbs Honey. I used a mixed batch of honey for this one 2 96 oz Great Value White Grape Juice Lalvin 71B yeast 8 Grams Fermaid – O .5 Grams tannin Mixed all ingredients. Added yeast. S.G. = 1.118 (15.5% potential ABV) 6/19/24 (Day 30) Racked into big glass carboy. …
Steven Konkoly ~ A Clean Kill (Garret Mann Book 1)
Amazon First Read: Started on 7/1/24. I really liked this book. The characters are memorable. There are a lot of acronyms in the book that get a little muddy sometimes. Overall really liked it. Finished on 7/18/24. 18 Days. Garret and his cohorts are on the chase of a serial killer who dumps his victims …
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MRM ~ Holiday with IPA
NOPE, Not a mead, but kind of is. 6/19/24 (Day 1) 1 Gallon recipe for the keg 2.12 lbs CDW Bavarian Wheat Extract .75 oz Citra hops (60 min boil) .80 oz Calypso hops (30 min boil) .50 oz Tettnang hops (5 min boil) 8 oz Trader Joes Honey 1 gallon spring water 1 package …
MRM ~ Goodman’s a Viking Too
5/2/25 (Day 1) 1 Gallon Spring Water 32 oz Knudsen Black Cherry juice 32 oz Knudsen Tart Cherry juice 12 oz frozen raspberries 24 oz Frozen Sweet Cherries 2 Black Tea bags 1 oz Mexican Hibiscus 1 oz TeaJitsu Cherry Tea 2 lbs honey (I forget what I used) Mangrove Jacks Mead yeast Brewed the …
MRM ~ The Square “Root” of the Sun…..Ra
4/14/24 (Day 1) 2 Gallon recipe 1 lb Trader Joe’s Mesquite honey 3 lb Glenn’s Honey 2 gallons spring water Lalvin QA23 yeast 1 tsp Fermaid-O .5 – .8 oz Zatarains Root Beer extract Mixed the ingredients to start a traditional mead. I reconstituted the yeast with a small amount of water and honey. Will …