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I am going off hiatus as a book reviewer for curledup.com. I decided that since I have some extra time right now, I might as well keep my writing fresh. And getting some new books is always good, too. ;)
The titles I selected:
- The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street (Charles Nicholl)
- The Triumph of Deborah (Eva Etzioni-Halevy) (I have reviewed two of her books previously, and both reviews were excerpted on her website)
- All For Love: The Scandalous Life and Times of Royal Mistress Mary Robinson (Amanda Elyot)
- Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution (Anne Newton Walther)
- A Choice of Shakespeare's Verse (Ted Hughes)
- Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of my Father's German Village (Mimi Schwartz) (and my obsession with Holocaust literature continues)
YAY! So excited! I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately, except that I picked up Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool the other day and started reading that. So this will get me back into the books again.
And I still haven't broken in my library card! Been meaning to do that!
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Oh, and while I'm at it...last night's dinner, which was much tastier than I was expecting. Adapted from a Betty Crocker recipe.
Slow Cooker Mexican Beef Stew
1.5 pounds beef stew meat
28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
1 tsp. chili powder
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 TBSP. onion powder
11 oz. can mexicorn, drained
15 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
Mix first 3 ingredients in a 3-4 quart slow cooker. Cook on low 9-11 hours.
Mix in remaining ingredients and cook on high for 15-30 minutes, or until stew reaches desired thickness.
Serve with sour cream and cheese. Yummy yum. The meat was just falling apart when I took it out.
I would actually consider this more of a chili variation than beef stew, but who cares? It's delicious!
The titles I selected:
- The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street (Charles Nicholl)
- The Triumph of Deborah (Eva Etzioni-Halevy) (I have reviewed two of her books previously, and both reviews were excerpted on her website)
- All For Love: The Scandalous Life and Times of Royal Mistress Mary Robinson (Amanda Elyot)
- Loss of Innocence: A Novel of the French Revolution (Anne Newton Walther)
- A Choice of Shakespeare's Verse (Ted Hughes)
- Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of my Father's German Village (Mimi Schwartz) (and my obsession with Holocaust literature continues)
YAY! So excited! I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately, except that I picked up Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool the other day and started reading that. So this will get me back into the books again.
And I still haven't broken in my library card! Been meaning to do that!
Oh, and while I'm at it...last night's dinner, which was much tastier than I was expecting. Adapted from a Betty Crocker recipe.
Slow Cooker Mexican Beef Stew
1.5 pounds beef stew meat
28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
1 tsp. chili powder
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 TBSP. onion powder
11 oz. can mexicorn, drained
15 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
Mix first 3 ingredients in a 3-4 quart slow cooker. Cook on low 9-11 hours.
Mix in remaining ingredients and cook on high for 15-30 minutes, or until stew reaches desired thickness.
Serve with sour cream and cheese. Yummy yum. The meat was just falling apart when I took it out.
I would actually consider this more of a chili variation than beef stew, but who cares? It's delicious!