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No recipe today my friends.
Please don’t panic. I have not fallen out of love with food. I’ll be sharing two new recipes with you before the week is complete. If you can’t wait that long click over to my recipe file where more than 400 recipes are just waiting to become your new best friend.
I am taking a little recipe break, because I have recently read a book that is so amazing and inspirational, I couldn’t help but tell you about it. Just in case you know how to read, and enjoy doing so on a regular basis. 🙂
Unbroken is written by Laura Hillenbrand. It’s the biography of Louie Zampernini, Olympian Athlete and World War II survivor.
It is difficult to read at times, due to the insanely harsh and unbelievable conditions Mr. Zampernini experienced during the war. However, the story is compelling, riveting and immensely moving. It’s the kind of book that makes you grateful just to lay your head down at night on a clean pillow in the safety of your own home. Page after page I found myself in complete awe of Louie Zampernini, his constant will to live, the strength of his character, and his kindness to those suffering around him. It left me wanting to be better, do better, live better.
Read it, my friends. Your time will be well spent.
I would love to order a copy of this book for TWO of you. To enter the giveaway, leave me a comment telling me one of your favorite books, and why you loved it. Also, please leave your email address with your comment. You can enter from now until Sunday night at midnight. The winners will be announced Monday morning bright and early with the sunshine.
Have a good day, everyone! See you back here soon. Calories will be included in the next several posts. 🙂
I have heard this is a great book! One of my all time favorite books is Jane Eyre. And one of my most recent favorites is A thousand Splendid Suns, it was one of those life changing books that really made you look at life around you and see how blessed I am to live here in America.
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I love to read, and it is hard to pick a favorite. I would have to say Pride and Prejudice or Anne of Green Gables.
“The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom. It was a great example to me of living unselfishly and doing the right thing during difficult circumstances, even if it meant sacrificing your own life. It's a true story about Corrie's life and her family's during World War II.
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Harry potter series, I read all of them 2yrs ago. The writing just draws you in! The first 3 are much more juvenile but the next four are much more adult themed. [email protected]
For little kiddos, I love “Barnyard Dance”. For young kids, I love “Junie B. Jones loves Handsome Warren”. For myself? I love a lot of books…the one that effected me the most in the past while is “Sarah's Key”.
My favorite series of books is the Harry Potter books. I love them so much because of the inevitable win of good over evil. Fascinating to read and enjoy.
I love classics. So my favorite is Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I love the undying love Heathcliffe has for Catherine.What a love story. [email protected]
My favorite book is a book by Gloria Naylor (author of Women of Brewster Place) called Linden Hills. It is a tale of a broken family and property lines (sounds weird I know) IT IS A GREAT BOOK! It weaves back and forth between generations and I just love that, she is a great writer. My email address is [email protected] and I would love to win because I love books with historical value.
one of my favorite books is a similar genre… Flags of our Father's. I actually took the time to write the author it has such an effect on me! Love historical books! Love your recipes! [email protected]
My favorite book is Goodnight Mr. Tom. It is about an abused boy that is evauated from London during the war and placed in a home with a grouchy old man. I love seeing both of the characters grow and develop as their trust and dependency on each other blossoms.