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Camden Baird ~ The Last Morning

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Version 1.0.0

Started on 12/2/25 and finished on 12/16/25.  14 Days.
Great Book for SURE!!!  Had you going from first chapter.

Chapters are short and character written.  Love that.  Characters are easily recognizable.
Sadie, the mom sends her child to kindergarten reluctantly.  Allen the husband has been married before and has a son with previous wife Teresa.
Is Teresa crazy?  Kate the teacher has a grudge against Allen.  Who took Emma?  Read it to find out…

10/10

Rachel Howzell Hall ~ Fog and Fury

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Started this book on 12/17/25.  Finished on 12/30/25
First time reading author.  Let’s see how it plays out.

Story line was good.  Characters well written.  Not too many characters to remember.  Chapters were fairly short.
A young football high school star has to move to a new town and isn’t liked by the new team.  He gets unalived and Alyson Rush, the new P.I. in town has to solve the case when the Haven police won’t touch it.  Secrets crawl out of the fog.  Did the racists do it?  Did one of his team mates do it?  Who stole the dog?

Read it and find out.
I’m giving this book a 9/10 for keeping my interest and short chapters.

MRM ~ Kohln Cider

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8/9/25 (Day 1)
64 oz Pineapple Juice
64 oz G.V. Apple Juice
S.G. = 1.050
1/2 packet 71B

8/24/25 (Day 16)
Racked off lease.  Stabilized!!!
No additions yet.

9/4/25
Added pineapple juice to fill to 1 gallon mark.
ABV = 6.5 BEFORE pineapple juice

9/9/2025
Kegged and set pressure to 20 lbs to carbonate.
6% ABV in keg.

MRM ~ Christians Dark Cherry

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8/9/25 (Day 1)
2.8 lbs Frozen Dark Cherry (Great Value)(Thawed for 24 hours)
2 lbs Kevins Honey
1 Gallon Tap Water
S.G. = 1.060
1 tsp Fermaido
1/2 packet K1-V1116 yeast
1/2 tsp Tannin

Mixed all ingredients.

8/23/25 (Day 15)
S.G. = 1.000

8/26/25 (Day 18)
Racked off cherries.  Stabilized.  1/2 tsp tannin.  1 charred oak spiral added.

9/9/25 (Day )
backsweetened to 1.012 with the rest of the honey.
Not much oak flavor yet.  Gonna let it set for another couple weeks.

 

Megan Abbott ~ Give Me Your Hand

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Amazon First Read:

Started 6/21/25
Finished 7/6/25
5/10.  I didn’t like this book.  It was all over the place.  Chapters were long.  Characters were well written but the story line just drug on way to much.
Kit and Dianna.  Growing up together, both running cross country, both studying for the same course is school.  Kit does things the right way, Dianna not so much.  She reveals a secret to Kit that unravels Kit’s life for a long time.
They meet up again in the prestigious lab that Kit works in.  Stories come back to haunt and people end up dead.

I’m glad this one is done.  To much fluff and not enough story. 15 days.  5 out of 10.

 

 

MRM ~ Ayler’s Pineapple Express

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6/9/25

1 Gallon Batch

64 oz Pineapple Juice
64 oz Great Value Apple Juice
1/2 packet QA23 Lalvin yeast

O.G. = 1.050 ~ 6.5%

Mixed and pitched

6/12/25 (Day 4)
S.G. = 1.000.  Tastes good.  Needs sweetening.  Pineapple comes through nicely.  This one won’t last long in the keg.

6/25/25 (Day 15)
Racked off lease and sweetened with 1 frozen apple juice concentrate and Erythritol.
Added 1/2 tsp tannin to increase mouth feel.
Racked into keg and set carbonation pressure to 20 lbs for a few days to carbonate.
7/7/25
Well I didn’t stabilize before sweetening with the apple juice so it’s still fermenting in the keg. I have to release pressure every day so it doesn’t build up to much.  I didn’t think about that when I added the frozen juice.
The flavor is still nice though from what little I’ve tasted.

8/12/25
Keg is almost gone.  It’s nice with a sweet finish.  It’s a little hot just due to the secondary fermentation.
I’ve already started another batch.  Next time I’ll not let it re-ferment though.