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4/14/25
2 Gallon Batch
6lbs Honey
1 lbs Briess 2-row Black Malt
2 gallons spring water
1 T yeast nutrient
D-47 yeast
S.G. = 1.088 (about 10%)
4/21/25 S.G. = 1.042
5/4/25
S.G. = 1.000
Racked and stabilized.
1 t metabisulfite
1/2 t potassium sorbate
.75 oz cascade Hops
6/4/25
Labels Created. Bottles prepped.
Amazon First Read: Started on 5/15/25. Finished on 6/9/25. 25 Days.
Chapters were short. Characters were written well. Story drug on a bit for me. I didn’t like going back and forth between past and present. The chapter cliff hangers were few and far between but when done they were done well.
3 friends try and help the “fourth” friend escape her parents. Mary Beth, the sister of the fourth girl was already banished by the parents. The four girls promise to help Caroline and to meet at the 1 year anniversary of her escaping.
Then on the 25th anniversary Gordy gets murdered. Is it Caroline? Is it Talia?
Was a fairly decent read but it did drag a little. I’m giving this book a 7/10.
Amazon first read. Started on 5/13/25. This was a 1 day book. It was short but very good. Giving this book a 9/10.
Tells the story of an inmate on death row and the struggles of the last days.
Amazon First Read. Started on 4/30/25. Finished on 5/12/25. 13 Days
Anna (Adria) lost her memory and showed up to a strangers house freezing cold and wet in the middle of a blizzard. Gregg let her in. With no memory she knew nothing of her life. Strange things start to happen in the house. Making her question her sanity. A stranger showing up at the door makes her question who she is. She struggles between visions of real life and her past.
Turns out it’s not her past but her story. She’s an author.
Great book and an easy read. Chapters were short and characters very well defined.
9/10
If you haven’t heard about the awesome Alexa skill called Radio Browser you should check it out.
The add on does some really awesome stuff, but I’ll tell you how I use it.
I happen to run a Jazz radio station (mainly just for me and my family) and I love being able to walk throughout my house and ask my Amazon devices to play the “radio browser”. Now I have it setup so that the “only” station that this skill plays is my stream meaning I don’t have to say anything else to her to get her to play my music. I don’t have to tell it to play a specific station.
There are LOADS of stations that are available, I just want to hear my own music.
The add on is completely free for 14 days and then if you’d like to add your own stations to radio browser there is a small charge but is completely worth it.
Check out radio browser here: https://radiobrowser.esp8266-server.de
If you’d like to check out my radio station check it out here: https://wtur.org
Amazon First Read. Started on 3/25/25. Finished on 4/2/25. 9 Days!!
Wow! Matthew & Sarah have been married for 9 years. They have 2 kids. Their marriage isn’t doing well. Sarah doesn’t know much about Matthew’s past and Matthew goes off on his own quite a bit.
A family camping trip should fix everything but things go terribly wrong and Matthew goes missing.
Did Sarah do it? Did Bella do it? Izzy, Sarah’s sister comes to help.
This one had me on the edge of my seat! Giving it a 10. I couldn’t put it down.
I started this on January 1. It took me all month to finish it. It’s January 30th. It was a really good book that I didn’t want to finish.
Well hello old friend. Started this book on 2/20/25 and finished on 3/20/25. 28 Days. Enjoyment: 9
Billy finds himself investigating a murder of a French guy AND investigating the dissapperence of a missing girl AND helping his home town friend Tree free a wrongfully imprisoned soldier. Tree and Angry are to afro America soldiers in a tank destroyer unit. Angry is accused of killing the person Billy is investigating. It’s a great story of friendship even through the racial divide of the USA.
Started this book on 1/30/25. Amazon First read. Free. Finished on 2/20/25. 23 Days. Enjoyment: 8
Sienna, a NY Cop who had to leave NY goes back to her home town to the police force. Her ex boyfriend is a wealthy card player. Murders are happening and Sienna has to jump in right away. A few run in with her ex and his family along with the investigation of the murders. This is a spaghetti mystery that will have you hanging on the edge of your seat.
Amazon First Read: Funny cause it’s the first read of the year 2025.
Asher has a girlfriend who is trans. He is the hockey star of his high school team. No one in the school knew that they were trans. He didn’t even know. Did he kill her or did someone else do it? Read it to find out.
Started on 01/01/2025
Finished on 01/28/2025
28 days.
Enjoyment lever: 7
