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Background: Assessment and drug treatments of hot flashes ('flushes') were discussed in Fast Facts #261 and 262; this Fast Fact reviews non-drug and complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. An estimated 50-75% of postmenopausal women use CAM for menopausal symptoms. Several studies have found that women with a history of breast cancer are even more likely than healthy age-matched controls to use CAM for menopausal symptoms including hot flashes. In the breast cancer population, higher likelihood of using CAM is seen in women of younger age, higher education, higher income and participation in regular exercise or support groups.
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 large red bell peppers, cut into thin strips
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 12 ounces uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 1 1/2 cups frozen peas, unthawed
- 8 ounces gemelli or fusilli pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add peppers and onions; sauté until onions are deep golden, about 10 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, and orange peel; stir 1 minute. Add shrimp and peas; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until shrimp are just opaque in center and peas are heated through, about 4 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Ladle out 1/2 cup pasta cooking water and reserve. Drain pasta; return to pot.
Add shrimp mixture and reserved cooking water to pasta; toss to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer pasta to bowl and serve.
Per serving: calories, 405; total fat, 9 g; saturated fat, 1 g; cholesterol, 126 mg; fiber, 7 g
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type: Quick & Easy, Pasta/Noodle Dish
main ingredients: Shrimp, Pea, Onion, Pasta, Bell Pepper
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Let me start this with a confession: I have a very healthy appetite and I love nicely cooked food. I have a little experience of cooking though. Nevertheless, memories of one of my cooking adventure will always remain with me.
It was during our exercise in School of Infantry and Tactics. We were a syndicate of four. As a part of survival training, we were issue dry ration (pulses, condiments, floor, and vegetable oil and more) before the start and we were required to cook for ourselves for three days. First day we lived on cooked items (fruit, cookies and chips) we were carrying in our rucksacks. On second day we had no choice and when everyone starting have hunger cramps, we decided to cook.
That is how it started; we collected the firewood, put the fry pan (part of our rucksack) on fire, and as a syndicate solution (by all four) put vegetable oil in it. Someone suggested adding everything else in the pan. We did that. It would have been Ok but Khalid – better cook among us - suggested that instead of making bread (rooti), let us add wheat floor as well. And we did exactly that. Result: the fry pan got filled and we could not even poke a fork in the mixture that we getting harder and harder with every passing moment. Thinking quickly, amidst different advices, we removed the fry pan from fire and has a closer look at what we had prepared.
It looked like a burnt cake. It had a taste of salt, chilies and of uncooked wheat floor. Bottom line is that we survived on our half backed cake for the rest of two days in difficult terrain of Baluchistan.Other than that, my best foodie experiences has been up to visiting Food Street, that was capital of Pakistan food sometime back.
I was reminded of this cooking experience when I saw a new blog by Yaseer Ali, the Director Institute of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Gujrat, being born. This blog will display a lot for those who cherish culinary delights for professionals as well as for those who only keep asking what's cooking. What little I know of Yaseer and his background, he is a very innovative and has a lot of drive.
I wish Institute of Hotel and Restaurant Management, students and Yaseer Ali a great success. I am sure the Institute will go a long way in hotel and hospitality industry and, in the longer run, will boost local as well as tourism.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ Tuesday, March 29, 2011,
5 Comments:
- At 11:58, jalalHB said...
Hmm - how are cooking these days?
- At 12:24, S A J Shirazi said...
Thanks JalalHB. You know it :-)
I have perfected my techniques to make an omelet, Doodh Patti. I also can cut lady fingers and peel a potato.
- At 15:03, said...
I know what you can cook and how? I know fully well ;-)
- At 15:04, S A J Shirazi said...
No you don't. So much have changed.
- At 19:57, maleeha khan said...
hahahha :) wish u the good luck for ur cooking.
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posted by wetdawg (CHESTERFIELD, MO) Jun 17, 2011
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42 out of 59 gamers (71%) found this review helpful
-Shooting up aliens like the good old Duke Nukem days.
-Game has Duke Nukem style and humor.
-Distracting puzzle challenges and driving segments.
-Graphics are ok but level of detail is mediocre.
-Less boss battles and more alien shooting.
-Loading times are rediculous.
14 years to perfect junk
posted by RaidenFury (DENNISON, OH) Jun 29, 2011
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51 out of 72 gamers (71%) found this review helpful
If there is one thing this game does well at is excessive loading times. I haven't played a recent game with this bad of loading times in such a long time. And you would think that this wouldn't be an issue with the massive install.
Graphically, the game has very dated visuals and just comes off as cheesy. The humor has lost its edge after being dormant for so long. Maybe I just grew up a lot in those 15 years. The voice acting is also done very poorly.
Game play wise, it feels like I'm playing a shooter that would have been good 15 years ago. The controls are sloppy, the movement sucks, and the weapons and accuracy make no sense to me. Some enemies die with one shot to the torso from a pistol, others take 6 shotgun shells to the head. Keep in mind I'm talking about the PigCops.
Long story short, Duke has surely passed his prime. The only reason I give this game a 3 out of 10 instead of a 1, is the fact that it actually came out.
Don't bother
posted by Smoovie (WINNETKA, CA) Jun 30, 2011
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7 out of 10 gamers (70%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
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posted by MisterSinister (VOORHEESVILLE, NY) Jun 29, 2011
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31 out of 48 gamers (65%) found this review helpful
-Graphics- would of been awesome on PS2
-Gameplay- Irritating and boring. The scenes of conflict were almost predictable. Interaction with the world was primitive.
-Choice of weapons and other gadgetry was limited.
Sorry Duke but you bored me, and to think that GearBox associated themselves with the game is disappointing
Thank Gamefly for saving me 60 dollars.
So rent it before you buy it
Sooooo sad
posted by Mayhem1 (COVINA, CA) Jun 28, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
5 out of 8 gamers (62%) found this review helpful
Solid proof that ratings are meaningless. =/
posted by WarFiend (CHICAGO, IL) Jun 18, 2011
Member since Jan 2008
38 out of 69 gamers (55%) found this review helpful
Bottom line, at least give it a chance. You just might like it. ;)
Decent but not deserving of 6 or higher score
posted by Copperhead (AUBURNDALE, FL) Jun 16, 2011
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7 out of 12 gamers (58%) found this review helpful
Decent for what it was meant to be.
posted by LordCruxis (BELLEVUE, NE) Jun 16, 2011
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10 out of 18 gamers (56%) found this review helpful
As far as a first person shooter goes, its alright but nothing to write home about. The graphics were not meant to push any boundaries so they are a little oldish. The game itself is not meant to be serious, intending on poking fun at the genre, however its also a bit difficult, they don't provide much direction and you can get lost at times.
There are a few things that really do drag this game down. The first; the game drags on and on. It's one of the longer fps's that I've played, taking between 9-11 hours. This may be fine for you, but the game really feels like it's dragging. Second, there are underwater levels, 'nough said.
There are only a few weapons, and you'll find yourself using only 1-2 o them consistently. And lastly the humor does seem to dry up a bit.
Extremely Torn
posted by knifeguy (WINCHESTER, VA) Jul 1, 2011
Member since Sep 2008
4 out of 7 gamers (57%) found this review helpful
Very Good
Why is this game getting low scores?
posted by jooleeunn (DUARTE, CA) Jun 28, 2011
Member since Mar 2010
4 out of 7 gamers (57%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
The wait didn't justify this
posted by tjsmoke (NORTHAMPTON, PA) Jun 15, 2011
Member since Dec 2008
16 out of 30 gamers (53%) found this review helpful
Duke Nukem Never
posted by Gooch (RANDOLPH, MS) Jun 18, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
9 out of 18 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
I would be remiss if I did not point out that I have not played any of the proceeding titles in the series; therefore, my expectations were a bit too high. Time to castigate.
The gunplay is, at times, minimumly entertaining. Due to its repetitiveness and, as with most modern FPS games, constant supply of the same five or six enemies, the experience quickly grows dull and monotonous. Weapon variety is a lackluster collection of generic weapons from games of the same genre; along with a ragtag menagerie of the weapons the alien scourge drops once each wave is dispatched.
There are only two main driving sequences in the game. These help the linear progression of the game by getting Duke from point A to point B with multiple unnecessary stops in among to refuel his truck. The petroleum adventures take place in mundane environments that each have the originality of the next milkshake ordered by a Dairy Queen addict who's daily meal can be described wit the words "the usual." With this being said, these areas serve their points in the story with as much grace and control as an oil slick on a melting iceberg. That is all.
The platforming sections do just as platforming sections are supposed to do. Jump here, pull this, open that. However, these moments of lever and button interactions are done fully in first-person. This one elemental change to the platforming formula is not a good addition, or subtraction depending on your point of view (no pun intended.) Jumps are difficult to judge and getting hanged up while looking for the correct path is simpler than preparing instant noodles in a Easy Bake Oven.
My final thoughts:
Is Duke Nukem Forever a good game? Momentarily.
Do I recommend it? No.
Can I sum this up in large words? Certainly. Duke himself is loquacious, the experience is lugubrious, and development, all twelve years, were extemporaneous.
Good Fun but lots of problems with this game
posted by jason162 (LONG BEACH, CA) Jun 17, 2011
Member since May 2008
7 out of 14 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Wow This Sucks
posted by JayRiot (ROCKPORT, MA) Jun 15, 2011
Member since May 2009
10 out of 21 gamers (48%) found this review helpful
The Bad: Boring stupid puzzles everywhere. Tedious driving sections with even more tedious miniature sections. The game's long length would of been a good thing had it been fun. Shooting is boring and bleh. Graphics are original Xbox quality (think Chronicles of Riddick). Funny crude humor and dialog moments (what you're essentially playing the game for) are way too far and few. There's not much gore, not much boobs, and not nearly enough action.
The Good: You didn't waste $60 on it. The comedy is really funny 10 year old stupid humor. Um... That's really it.
Waste of time
posted by Slyfox43 (EL PASO, TX) Jun 29, 2011
Member since Sep 2008
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
One of the missions that I got stuck on was the Lady Killer Level, first off I understand that the game roots back to the old days, fine no problem but when I am in a room full of charging pigs I expect my shotgun to blow them away. Not the case at all, either I shot them point blank and missed or it stuned them and they kept on charging. If you shoot something point blank its supposed to kill them not miss them, happened the whole time in the game, the load times were to long lost my patience waiting for the game to load, especially when I died from supposedly not shooting one of these hogs, I don't understand why people are giving high ratings if the controls were so bad. Thank goodness for gamefly. WARNING : PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK...CHANCES ARE I MAY BE WRONG!!!!! But I returned the game after 3 hours.
Really Bad
Not Worth the trouble
posted by Shadehawk (LINCOLN CITY, OR) Jun 28, 2011
Member since Apr 2006
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Above Average
Duke Nukem Forever Review
posted by DanMan247 (HAGERSTOWN, MD) Jun 17, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
You can also shrink down to about three inches, and you can also get a shrink ray to shrink your enemies and stomp on them. (most of the time you'll have to solve a puzzle when you get shrunk down) this happens about four or five times in the entire game. (My favorite time is when you're in the kitchen of a fast food restaurant)
There's also a part where you drive a monster truck through the desert.
The campaign is pretty long and is really fun. The boss battles are fun and epic. And right when the game starts getting alittle boring, they throw something new at you. (Not new as in, no one else has done it before though)
Story: The story is that aliens have come to earth and stole all of Duke's Babes, and is destroying everything... And that's it really. The game isn't about the story and the game doesn't take it self seriously, and I like games like that.
Multiplayer: The multiplayer I gotta tell you, is awful. It feels like they didn't care about it at all. I always find myself just shooting at the area of the enemy, because it's impossible to accurately shoot someone. And I suggest you skip the multiplayer.
The Bottom Line: Duke Nukem Forever is a decent to below average game, But when you put it on a 14 year development pedestal, it's going to fall off and break into millions of pieces.
The campaign is fun and all, but I have no urge to go back and play it ever again.
I wanted to give this game a 7, but since I played the multiplayer, i'm giving this game an Overall Rating of 6 (for below average). And I highly recommend you don't buy this but rent it instead.
- DanMan
Above Average
posted by warrentim67 (LA VERNE, CA) Jul 1, 2011
Member since Jul 2011
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Above Average
3.5 Review, Na most like 6.5.
posted by CaptainRamirez (BRONX, NY) Jul 1, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
First off all i got to say is that finally i can be happy that i play Duke Nukem Forever & i was pretty shock how the game turn out to be.
Duke Nukem voice actor still got it.
The game is long
Single Player Trophies & no Online trophies
Increasing your Ego meter is fun
Classic Duke Nukem action.
You get extra things once you beat the game like artwork, movies & history of Duke Nukem Forever Project.
Aiming with the shotgun is bad & zooming is pointless.
Guns lack power & the story is like all Duke Nukem games, not so good.
Online is not worth playing since there no one online to play with.
Loading times, oh god the loading time is very long in this game even with the game is install.
The Unreal Engine 2.5 look outdated.
Boss fight are easy
Levels look bad in some parts.
In the end, i was disappointed that Duke Nukem Forever took so long to make but i was even more disappointed how the game came out to be but that not the issue, the issue is that the game run on a old engine & has tons of problems as you see in the Con's but if you miss Classic Duke Nukem action then this is a game for you worth renting.
Well, It's Duke
posted by LucroZim (BUTLER, PA) Jun 27, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Forever Young
posted by Isalon (SOUTH PORTLAND, ME) Aug 18, 2011
Member since Aug 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Is it a bit dated? Technically yes, it was in production for 12 years.
You name me three other games where I can look at a porno and gain maximum health from it. I can urinate in a toilet. I can drink beer. I mean, it's Duke Nukem.
You can even pick up cr4p from a toilet and get an achievement. That in and of itself made this game awesome.
A lot of people focus on what this game doesn't have. Innovative level design. Plain graphics. "Robbing" some ideas from other games, IE rechargeable health bar.
But ask yourself something. Isn't Duke worth it? I don't know any other game where I can use a bosses nutsack as a personal gym :-) I'd rather look at this game for what it does right - good ol' fashioned Duke Nukem fun, with babes, 4chan references (Intro to the game, step 1, step 2, step 3, uh....profit!) and even the shots at doom (Keycard!? I dont need no effin' keycard!!!!)
I love Duke, and I'm glad to see his return. I hope this will cause a launch for another Duke Nukem game. Just this time, I hope the next one contains all that Duke Nukem has been before, and has the time and proper development steps to become the great shining series it has been in the past.
Epic by definition
posted by BosKak (SAN DIEGO, CA) Jul 28, 2011
Member since Jul 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Great Game
posted by voporak5 (WONDER LAKE, IL) Jul 24, 2011
Member since Jul 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
This game blows!!!
posted by wjones9892 (NORRIDGE, IL) Jun 15, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
9 out of 21 gamers (43%) found this review helpful
I just got it in the mail today and after about 15 I turned it off. What is not wrong with this game! The graphics are terrible, this game looks like it belongs on the original Xbox. I thought having this game powered by an UnReal engine that it would have amazing graphics. All levels are blocky and have no texture. Game play is slow and repetitive. Duke tries too hard at trying to be funny, its 10 year old toilet humor. But I dont even think a 10 year old would find it funny.
The only good part is I didnt waste 60 bucks on it
Ignore Negative Reviews
posted by Klutch (GETTYSBURG, PA) Jul 2, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
4 out of 10 gamers (40%) found this review helpful


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"Visit Troy & Roderick Alleyn near the end of WWII"
Ngaio Marsh's background in the theater (for which she was named a Dame of the British Empire) is evident in the "casting" of the characters that make up this ensemble. Sir Henry is a elderly, retired Shakespearian actor and head of a family full of people who are absolutely revel in their eccentricities. Indeed, the story begins when Sir Henry's son arrives at Chief Inspector Alleyn's wife's London flat and begs her to do a portrait of his father. He dangles the eccentricities of his family before her, giving a quick sketch of all the personalities. Unwillingly, she becomes fascinated enough to succumb to his request.

Ngaio Marsh is known for her characterizations, and each of the characters is drawn with enough depth for us to see both redeeming qualities in the repellent and weaknesses in the most noble. You find yourself quite liking the tantrum throwing child, "Panty" and eventually becoming sympathetic to the common, gold-digging fiancée.

I love the stories in this series which feature Agatha Troy, Alleyn's artist wife. This story occurs near the end of World War II when Troy and Roderick have been separated for several years due to wartime activities, and includes their reunion when Rory returns to England in time to solve the mystery. The glimpses of the British wartime lifestyle are an interesting backdrop to this tale, as are the jobs to which the Alleyn's have been put by the war. Other stories which are key in their relationship include "Artists in Crime" where they first meet, and "Death in a White Tie" where Alleyn wins Troy's consent to marry, and "Tied Up in Tinsel" is the story of another portrait painting job gone awry.

I recommend this mystery both as an interesting puzzle with a surprise ending, and as one of the milestone tales in the Alleyn's personal lives in this wonderful series.

"Another cliff-hanger, more Vlad and Leila to come!"
Wow! I just finished listening to Twice Tempted and I am blown away. I have been counting the months, days and then minutes after listening to "Once Burned", the first story about Vlad and Leila. I preordered the audiobook and downloaded it seconds after it appeared in my library.
The first story was really interesting, as unlike the previous novels in the Night Huntress World where the vampires, ghouls and demons have special powers, this time it is Leila, the human, who has extraordinary gifts.However, unlike the Night Huntress novels which achieved closure for the main story arc in each novel, Once Burned left us hanging.
This story has even more plot twists, with unpredictable events continually surprising the reader, yet they are integrated seamlessly into the plot line. Lots of trouble, broken hearts and romance, action and adventure, loyalty and betrayal. What a wild ride!
However, at the end, just when I thought the whole plot was going to wrap up nicely, Jeanine Frost left us with another cliff hanger! I am really glad that there will be more Vlad and Leila, but now I need to go scour the author's website to see how long I will have to spend in agonized waiting to find out how this story finally ends! I sure hope it won't be any longer than the wait for this book.
If you read Once Burned, if you are a Night Huntress Cat and Bones fan, this is a must buy audiobook. However if you are as impatient as I am, you may want to wait until this mini series within the larger Night Huntress World has concluded, as the wait is really going to kill me!
Once again, Tavia Gilbert has done a fantastic job with the narration and her skill really enhanced an already exciting story, and bravo to her and Frost for another great story. Hmmm. I think I'll have to listen to them back to back next. . . or maybe listen to the entire series again, as I do not want to leave the Night Huntress World!
"Good Story, Lackluster Performance"
This story is the sequel to Copper Beach, It included a few new twists in her arsenal of psychic talents, but overall both the male and female had talents simlar to those of characters in previous stories. Her paranormal books used to be such fun because each time the main character had some weird new type of talent. This was a good story, but I really wish it had been a great story!
One of the problems for me is the narrator, Tanya Eby. She has a certain way of pacing her sentences that is the same in all the stories, a sort of wry sarcasm that was fun at first but becomes a bit boring. She has narrated a number of the recent Krentz/Castle books and all the characters sound similar. The two characters in this book sound exactly like Marlowe Jones and Adam Winters in Midnight Crystal, one of her futuristic paranormal novels written as Jayne Castle. I actually lost track a couple times as to which book I was listening to! I think the printed book might have been a bit better than the audio, and I can't believe I actually said that!
This story had enough interesting plot twists to keep me interested to the end, and I had not predicted the ending so that was good. I am sure I'll buy the next book because I want to find out who is in it. So far two best friends have married two brothers, so now what? There is a sister but I wonder who the male protagonist will be. It can't be Nick, so who? Inquiring minds need to know, LOL!
"Fans of the Parasol Protectorate, Rejoice!"
I adored Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series and was absolutely thrilled to find that the new Finishing School series is set in the same universe. Ms. Carriger's sense of the ridiculous remains as finely honed as her sense of suspense, and the mystery is wrapped in absurdity with lovely doses of both sarcasm and comestibles thrown in.
Chronologically, this series is a prequel to the Parasol Protectorate series, and many of the adult characters there appear as teens or children in this story.
It was completely delightful to once again see characters with absurd names becoming enmeshed (sometimes literally) in kerfuffles of many varieties. The main character, Sophronia, is a spirited and independent young lady who is curious, fearless and oh, so funny. She is not afraid to take action to set things to rights, and has a gift for making friends and allies both high and low in the class-conscience Victorian society.
The finishing school is a treasure trove of steampunk devices of all kinds, and is itself a rather interesting bit of technology. Gail Carriger has come up with entirely new steam devices as well as giving the early developments in technology that is widely used during the Parasol Protectorate series.
The narrator had the same gift for sarcasm and melodrama as the previous series, but with a much younger voice that is perfect for Sophronia and company. She made the story an absolute joy to listen to and never jarred the reader out of story with mistakes or mispronunciations. This is a story that anyone would enjoy regardless of age, so do not let the young adult aspect dissuade you from listening to his story.
I can't wait for the next book, Curtsies & Conspiracies, due out in November 2013, which I hope will be Sophronia's next year at the Finishing School. And while I'm waiting I am going to listen to this one again to revel in all the finer details, and then listen to the Parasol Protectorate series (again, I never tire of it!) so I can stay a bit longer in this delightful world that Gail Carriger has created.
"Beginning of my favorite custom Kleypas playlist!"
This story is where Derek Craven and his elite gambling hell are first introduced. While this is the story of "lawless Lily" and Lord Raiford, Craven plays a major role and is quite a complex character in his own right.
I loved Lily's story. She is a strong, valiant, eccentric young woman who has had a lot of heartache and her actions and motivations are completely true to character. There are a lot of great plot twists as her problems are gradually resolved and I love to "re-read" this audio often.
The author did a great job of portraying Derek's cockney accent, with the authentic Th's mixed up with F's and V's (fink = think, wiv = with for example) plus all that great slang. Derek crawled his way out of the gutters of the Rookery in London and what he has accomplished is due solely to the the strength of his personality.
I have a favorite playlist I think you might enjoy:
1. Then Came You - Lily, Alex and Derek Craven, and we meet Derek's competitor, ex prize fighter Ivo Jenner. A favorite side character is the club's factotum, Worthy.
2. Dreaming of You - Derek Craven and Sara Fielding, and more of Lily, Alex, Worthy and Ivo Jenner.
3. Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, Book 3) - Ivo Jenner's daughter, Evie, and Lord St. Vincent. She elopes with St. Vincent to escape her mother's family and spend time with her lower-class dying father. We meet Cam Rohan, the gypsy factotum of Jenner's elite gambling hell. (You could also insert book 2, It Happened One Autumn where St. Vincent is introduced, ahead of this one, but the flow from the earlier stories is better without it.) Cam Rohan is a good friend of Evie's and a very interesting character.
4. Mine Till Midnight (Hathaways, Book 1) - gypsy Cam Rohan and Amelia Hathaway. St. Vincent, Marcus and Lillian from the Wallflower series are major supporting characters. Cam is a major character throughout the rest of the Hathaway series.
5. Seduce Me at Sunrise (Hathaways, Book 2) - Win Hathaway and Kev Merripen, a gypsy adopted into their famly as a child.
6. Tempt Me at Twilight (Hathaways, Book 3) - We go back to the amazing Rutledge hotel, where the Bowmans and Simon Hunt from the Wallflower series used to stay. Harry Rutledge is entranced by Poppy Hathaway. Love this quirky family and especially Beatrix' pet ferret, Dodger, and her hedgehog, Medusa!
7. Married by Morning (Hathaways, Book 4) - Cam's brother-in-law, Leo Hathaway and the younger girls' companion, Catherine Marks. More of the Rutledge hotel also, and the ferret plays a major role!
8. Love in the Afternoon (Hathaways, Book 5) - The conclusion with Beatrix Hathaway and her pen pal, Captain Phelan, along with her animal menagerie!
Let me know if you try this custom playlist, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!
"Fun young detectives make a great team!"
This is a really different Agatha Christie as it is not Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Superintendant Battle or Parker Pyne! It is a stand-alone novel with a good puzzle and a bit of romance.
The vicar is wondering when his son Bobby, who is fresh out of the Navy, is going to decide on a new career and DO something and get out of the house.
Bobby is worried about his dad's health and wondering how long he can stand living at home to look after his father. He plays golf but not well, and he is smart but not brilliant, and he is steady, persevering and trustworthy.
Lady Frankie, daughter of the local peer, is bright and vivacious with a flashing intelligence. She and Bobby have been friends since childhood, and when Bobby is pulled into a mystery she teams up with him to solve the puzzle of a dying man's words: "Why didn't they ask Evans?"
The plot line is full of twists and turns and you will be surprised at where you end up!
This is a fun story with a good puzzle, but the main reason I return for a periodic listen is the characters. I really like them, I enjoy the development of their relationship and the ending is satisfying and fun!
"Back to St. Mary Mead and our old friends!"
Listening to a Miss Marple mystery is always like reuniting with old friends, especially this one which is set back in St. Mary Mead like Murder at the Vicarage and The Body in the Library. Miss Marple is getting older and more fragile, and her skirmishes with an over-helpful companion and the happy resolution to help around the house is a fun sub-plot. We get to visit Dolly Bantry; now a widow, she has moved into the lodge house and the Hall is now occupied by movie stars!
The plot is quite complicated and every time you think you know what is going on, the storyline gives itself a good shake and we have to begin your calculations anew. The solution and ending were extremely satisfying, both as a completed puzzle and an emotionally satisfying solution.
Joan Hickson played the quintessential Miss Marple in the BBC dramatizations. Her voice is old and it may take you a few minutes to adjust, but it is well worth it. She has acted these stories for television so she comes in with a depth of understanding of the character that other Miss Marple narrators do not match. I have the DVD collections of these Miss Marples and I love them dearly.
This is one of my favorite Miss Marples, and for a short series, I would recommend listening to Murder at the Vicarage, followed by The Body in the Library, then this title. Lovely listening!
"Great Anthology and a Wonderful Value!"
There are so many titles in the Sherlock Holmes series, and I have been in a real quandary about where to start! I knew I would eventually get every title, and what a huge amount of credits that would be; a strain even on the Platinum plan! And how do you pick a favorite title to begin with when every story is so clever?
Needless to say I was THRILLED to see the first volume in a series of three anthologies; for three credits I will be able to get every title. "The Complete Stories" in the title makes me so happy; there are no compromises to be made here. What joy!
The narrator was excellent; while I did not care for his female voices, there are not that many times when women are actually speaking in a Sherlock Holmes story. His male voices are excellent; it was always easy to distinguish between Watson and Holmes. Sherlock's voice had that edgy quality that reminded me of the best Sherlock actor from the old black and white movies (Basil Rathbone?).
I know I will listen to these stories again and again! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Volume 1 and am eagerly awaiting Volumes 2 and 3. Just think - three titles and I'll have them ALL (insert gleeful chuckle). :-)
"You need to Set your MP3 Playback to FASTER!"
I really enjoyed this story. I just finished the second story, and I thought I would share my comments here also as they apply equally to both. The narration was driving me INSANE - he speaks so slowly and deliberately. Then I found the setting to speed up the audiobook playback to faster. WHAT a relief, I am actually enjoying the story now. His female voices are still poor and his kids' voices make me cringe. All the adult characters sound very similar except Ryder. Too bad this is Beckett's story. I like the family, I like the locale, and I like the pets, especially D.A. (Dumb Ass)!
The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy is also very unusual, in that Boonsboro is a real town and the businesses named really exist and are actually owned by Nora Roberts and/or her family. They rehabbed the historic inn, had a terrible fire while it was under construction and had to start over. You can actually go and stay in the rooms, which are all named after famous fictional couples, although I suspect the ghost in the Elizabeth & Darcy room is a literary device! I also thought it was great fun that they have an Eve & Roarke room, the husband and wife team that is featured in 40+ Eve Dallas stories by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (my all-time FAVORITE series, with fantastic narration by Susan Erickson; what a joy they are to listen to!)
Turn the Page Bookstore is owned by the Roberts and it is where all her book signings take place, in fact it is the only bookstore to offered books signed by the Nora. Vesta Pizza is real and really offers room service to the Inn, and Gifts Inn Boonsboro is real too. If you go to Nora's website there is a link to the bookstore and Inn.
I think it is fun that she used her actual experiences of going through the rehab, setting her fictional characters against a true setting. But I think I would like it better if Nora was open about her connection to these businesses. Without the open acknowledgement, it smacks a bit of a sneaky marketing ploy. I wouldn't mind if she was up front about the connection. Perhaps there will be an acknowledgement at the end of the third book when it comes out.
Still, I am enjoying the series very much and will probably listen again, now that I found out how to set my audiobook playback to FASTER! Sure wish we did not have to wait so long for the final installment!
"Speed up your MP3 Player!"
I really enjoyed this story. The narration was driving me INSANE - he speaks so slowly and deliberately. Then I found the setting to speed up the audiobook playback to faster. WHAT a relief, I am actually enjoying the story now. His female voices are still poor, in fact all the characters sound very similar except Ryder. Too bad this is Owen's story. I like the family, I like the locale, and I like the pets; seems like you often have dogs in a Nora story! As are most of her trilogies, these are romances so the relationships are the main focus of the story. It is interesting because there are some story arcs that span all three books and others that complete within each volume.
The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy is also very unusual, in that Boonsboro is a real town and the businesses named really exist and are actually owned by Nora Roberts and/or her family. They rehabbed the historic inn, had a terrible fire while it was under construction and had to start over. You can actually go and stay in the rooms, which are all named after famous fictional couples, although I suspect the ghost in the Elizabeth & Darcy room is a literary device! I also thought it was great fun that they have an Eve & Roarke room, the husband and wife team that is featured in 40+ Eve Dallas stories by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (my all-time FAVORITE series, with fantastic narration by Susan Erickson; what a joy they are to listen to!)
Turn the Page Bookstore is owned by the Roberts and it is where all her book signings take place, in fact it is the only bookstore to offered books signed by the Nora. Vesta Pizza is real and really offers room service to the Inn, and Gifts Inn Boonsboro is real too. If you go to Nora's website there is a link to the bookstore and Inn.
I think it is fun that she used her actual experiences of going through the rehab, setting her fictional characters against a true setting. But I think I would like it better if Nora was open about her connection to these businesses. Without the open acknowledgement, it smacks a bit of a sneaky marketing ploy. I wouldn't mind if she was up front about the connection. Perhaps there will be an acknowledgement at the end of the third book when it comes out.
Still, I am enjoying the series very much and will probably listen again, now that I found out how to set my audiobook playback to FASTER! Sure wish we did not have to wait so long for the final installment!
"One of my all time favorites from Linda Howard"
Spoilers ahead, but not everything! ;-)
I think this is one of Linda Howard's best, perhaps because it is quite different from her other titles. The romance is usually the main plot in her novels; in this case the romance was really secondary to the suspense plot and the character development is much deeper than most of Howard's stories. Grace starts of as a plump scholar, fond sister, and loving wife in a comfortable marriage to her husband who is not only her lover but also her dearest friend. They are all involved with archaeology and study of history working for the Foundation. When Grace begins to study some recently discovered documents regarding the Templars, it triggers swift and terrible repercussions that force Grace to flee for her life.
The next section of the book involves Grace's character development as she deals with grief and her activities in learning how to hide from authority as she stays on the run. She goes from suburbia to life off the radar and has to develop new skills and a new way of thinking. Unable to eat due to emotional turmoil, she loses weight and becomes not only physically but mentally honed into a weapon against the Foundation. She is focused on uncovering the secrets that Foundation will kill to hide and avenging those she loved.
She makes friends along the way, each of whom helps her with some aspect of her growth and learning the skills she needs to survive. In the meantime, we begin to see snippets of Niall's life as they connect in dreams. Niall was a Templar who evaded the October 13th massacre. Just as Lucifer is a fallen angel, a "Son of the Morning", so Niall has been released by the Templars from all his vows except one. Eventually Grace's research leads her to Niall and together they take action, which I loved!
I really enjoyed this story. I could empathize with the things Grace went through when thrust into a hostile world she was ill equipped to handle. The book has been criticized for too much of Grace's internal musings, but she is on her own for much of the story so the chances for dialog are slim. I really enjoyed the research she did on the Knights Templar and I thought it was well integrated into the story. I enjoyed the various plot lines and how they converged. Others have also criticized the quick connection between Grace and Niall, but they had been bonded through dreams long before their meeting. I particularly loved the ending and the circular cause and effect of the time travel. There were enough plot twists and turns to keep me engaged until the very end.
My paperback copy of this novel is tattered from re-reading and the pages are starting to loosen. I was thrilled when this came out on audio and thoroughly enjoyed the listen! I know I will listen to this story again and again; Grace is one of my favorite Linda Howard characters.
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I can already hear all the haters sippin' on that Haterade and asking how anyone could even eat donkey and something called Pimple Soup. Well, just like I mentioned in my post about tips on eating food in China, you'll seriously never know what you'll end up liking until you just man up and eat the damn thing. Just ask questions later. If you turn the tables a bit, Chinese people probably think Americans eating something super processed like Kraft Mac & Cheese with that neon bright orange powder we try to pass off as "cheese" is definitely NASTY! So, in this case, let's try to stay a little more open minded and fair to both food preferences...
What the hell is a Donkey Burger anyways?If you go to Beijing, you'll see tons of Lurou Huoshao or Donkey Burger joints littered all over the city. Donkey Burgers aka Lurou Huoshao (驴肉火烧) are made of thin cuts of seasoned lean donkey meat and green peppers and you can either get the burger with extra fat or no fat added on top. Usually, a restaurant will have a guy who pretty much just kicks it all day and cuts up donkey meat, adds veges, splashes it all with broth, then throws it inside of this AMAZING thin crispy flatbread. I even took a picture of my Donkey Burger Guy...dude is pretty badass with his huge butcher's knife, middle aged woman's apron, and a scorpion neck tattoo. Sweeeeeet!
As far as taste goes, I would say a Donkey Burger is China's answer to Pastrami Sandwiches. It tastes very similar to Pastrami and the meat even looks and has the same texture. These Donkey Burger restaurants also serve Donkey in a variety of ways, such as straight cuts of marinated meat or as parts of different stews/soups. Definitely something everyone should try at least once if they're ever in Beijing since it's a can't miss. Oh, and its also less than $1 USD for a sandwich, so load up!
|This Donkey Burger looks kinda like Pastrami, right?
Seriously...Pimple Soup?!
Haha, Pimple Soup aka Geda Tang (疙瘩湯) is just the name of the soup. The word Geda has various meanings and can either mean knots on a rope, lumps, pimples, warts, etc. Geda Tang is more of a normal comfort soup in Beijing that's made of tomatoes, eggs, small little rice ball dumplings, and cilantro. You can even add your own spices to it, which is good news for me since I love to eat food that's spicy as hell and I thoroughly enjoy sweating/crying while eating my meals.
|Pimple Soup with hot pepper sauce, actual roasted hot peppers, and salty radish slices
The taste of Pimple Soup is pretty unique in its own right, but it doesn't really have anything crazy or strange in it. But it definitely does have that homemade stew kind of taste to it probably due to its simplicity and heartiness. I usually add the roasted hot peppers and salted radish slices into the soup to give it a kick and I just go to town on it. Simple, yet delicious. Again, a huge bowl of this egg/tomato soup only runs about $1 USD.
Like I said earlier, people in Beijing LOVE them some Donkey Burgers and Pimple Soup. Both of these dishes are outrageously good, but sometimes even I can't help but laugh that something could actually be called Pimple Soup or Donkey Burger and they expect people to think it sounds appealing haha. Anyways, to eat all of that and be stuffed outta my mind for only $2.00-$2.50 USD is just a steal. Definitely on my recommendations list if anyone has a chance to travel through Beijing one day!


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