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American Duchess by Karen Harper Book Review

My Reasons for Reading this Book My main reason for reading this book is that I am a ReadHead, a member of  The ReadHeads  podcast bookclub and the book of the month for June was American Duchess by Karen Harper . I was excited to read this book because it has been a long time since I read a book from this time period and I have never really read a Downton Abbey style book like this.  Content of the Book This book tells the life story of the American Duchess Consuelo Vanderbilt. Consuelo's mother, Alva is desperate for her daughter to marry someone with status. As a result of her mother's hard work Consuelo and the duke of Malborough put on her "Wedding of the Century" in New York City. The 18 year old bride arrives late and in tears to her big day. Even with her efforts to resist the marriage in hopes of being with someone else her mother's control wins. Following the wedding Consuelo moves to Blenheim Palace where she is to take on the role of duchess. This mean

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Book Review

Reasons for Reading this Book My main reason for reading this book is that I am a ReadHead, a member of  The ReadHeads  podcast bookclub and the book of the month for March 2021 was Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters . I was excited to read this book because it covered a topic that I have never read about before. Content of the Book  Prior to the start of the book, Reese and Amy were living the life. As a trans women in New York City Reese was exceeding expectations. She was in a happy relationship, was living in New York City and enjoyed her job. The only thing she felt was missing from her life was a child. Everything changed when her girlfriend Amy detransitioned and now went by Ames. Reese's coping mechanism for this change was to sleep around with married men. After detransitioning, Ames finds that he is still not happy even though he felt living as a man would be easier. Ames and Reese find their way back to each other when Ames knocks up his boss and lover Katrina. Katrina

Summer Dinner Meal Plan for One Person

In this blog post I am sharing a weekly dinner meal plan for a one person. This meal plan contains two dinners. The meal plan is low waste, milk free, gluten free, lower carb, and very easy to prep. For this meal plan I only included dinners, if you are looking for a full weekly meal plan that includes breakfast, lunch, and snacks check out an older post of mine Summer Weekly Meal Prep Plan  or Back to School Weekly Meal Prep Plan .  Shopping List  15 oz can salmon 2 bell peppers (which ever color you like best) red onion fresh dill leafy lettuce lemon 4 ears of corn 1 lb ground turkey avocado pico de Gallo or your favorite salsa eggs taco seasoning Pantry Staples almond or oat flor salt pepper olive oil  The two dinners for this weekly dinner meal plan is Salmon Burgers  and corn on the cob and turkey taco salad with Fajita Style Peppers and Onions . Each dinner makes four meals. To keep this dairy free I did not make the dill yogurt sauce and did not include that in the meal plan. F