Dash Fan Book Reviews

I would like to thank Rachel Brimble for taking the time to write this wonderful Author Post for my Blog. I will be introducing Rachel’s Fabulous Shop Girl Series. So below is all the information you need. ENJOY 🥰  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Series Information The Shop Girl series  (each book can be read as a stand-alone story): A Shop Girl In Bath  Elizabeth Pennington should be the rightful heir of Bath's premier department store through her enterprising schemes and dogged hard work. Her father, Edward Pennington, believes his daughter lacks the business acumen to run his empire and is resolute a man will succeed him. Determined to break from her father's iron-clad hold and prove she is worthy of inheriting the store, Elizabeth forms an unlikely alliance with ambitious and charismatic master glove-maker Joseph Carter. United they forge forward to bring Pennington's into a new decade, embracing woman's equality and progression whilst trying not t...

The Book of Uriel  by Elyse Hoffman I would like to thank The Write Reads Blog Tours for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour! 🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃 Book Information In the fires of World War II, a child must save his people from darkness… Ten-year-old Uriel has always been an outcast. Born mute in a Jewish village known for its choir, he escapes into old stories of his people, stories of angels and monsters. But when the fires of the Holocaust consume his village, he learns that the stories he writes in his golden notebook are terrifyingly real. In the aftermath of the attack, Uriel is taken in by Uwe, a kind-hearted linguist forced to work for the commander of the local Nazi Police, the affably brutal Major Brandt. Uwe wants to keep Uriel safe, but Uriel can’t stay hidden. The angels of his tales have come to him with a dire message: Michael, guardian angel of the Jewish people, is missing. Without their angel, the Jewish people are doomed, and Michae...

We Are The Beatles   by Zoë Tucker Thank you to Quarto Publishing ( Wide Eyed Editions) and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻  Book Information This inspiring picture book tells the story of the friendship between Ringo, Paul, George, and John, and how their unique talents came together to make something brilliant. In 1957, a boy named Paul met a boy named John. John was funny and confident, while Paul was quiet and steady, but one thing they had in common was a love and talent for songwriting.  When they were joined by George and Ringo, they formed the band whose name would soon be known across the world: The Beatles. Together, the Fab Four became the world’s best-loved band, drawing huge crowds to packed-out stadiums. But even they got nervous sometimes, and in those times they knew they could rely on each other. Through the power of friendship, The Beatles made their biggest dreams come true and s...

The Tipsy Grandma…  An Anthology of Thirty, Made-from-Scratch, “Boozy” Desserts!  by the Editors of CakeChatter Thank you to Cake Chatter and Netgalley  for this copy which I reviewed honestly  and voluntarily . 🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻  Book Information This is a fun anthology (collection) of "adult" desserts designed to achieve three goals: One: they had to be made from scratch. Two: they had to incorporate all-natural ingredients and three: they had to be made with alcohol, therefore making them “tipsy!”. As an added bonus, we have included the author’s notes about their recipe, when applicable, and comments from Dough-Punchers(tm), or folks who have made these recipes with success. Nutritional information is included when available. And, as with all our books, we have edited the recipes so that they’re easier to follow and we have developed a different format, which we think is more conducive to your baking success—with the probability of fewer e...

Great British Vegan  by Aimee Ryan Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion & Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🍁☔⛅🍁☔⛅🍁☔⛅🍁☔⛅🍁☔⛅🍁  Book Information ‘Aimee is an exceptional talent and her fab new book displays her unique gift for making vegan cooking both exciting and comforting. I have no doubt it will quickly become a firm plant-based classic.’ Áine Carlin, Bestselling author of  Keep It Vegan  and  The New Vegan If you’re craving your favourite British comfort foods, but also want to embrace a plant-based lifestyle, then  Great British Vegan  is the book is for you.  Whether you’re vegan, flexitarian or merely interested in cutting down on your meat consumption, there’s no reason you can’t still indulge in all your favourite British classics, using easy-to-find ingredients. With great-tasting, simple to make home-style recipes that will comfort as well as nourish, this book mak...

1000 Mediterranean Meals Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – Chartwell Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🍳🥐🥣🥗🍳🥐🥣🥗 🍳🥐🥣🥗🍳🥐🥣🥗   Book Information   1000 Mediterranean Meals  brings recipes from Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Egypt, Turkey, France, Morocco, Lebanon, and other Mediterranean nations straight to your dinner table! Unlike other diets with strict rules and hard laws, the Mediterranean diet encourages you to  eat more whole foods  from the entire food pyramid without sacrificing taste or your health. Incorporating all the traditional healthy living habits of people from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea has never been easier. Mediterranean recipes include lots of  vegetables ,  legumes ,  whole grains ,  breads ,  fruits ,  nuts ,  seeds , and  olive oil , as well as plenty of  fish ,  poultry , and  small amounts of red meat . By fo...

STEAM Stories: The Cookie Stall (Art) by Jonathan Litton; Magalí Mansilla Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group - QEB and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily 🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳 Book Information Max and Suzy have baked some delicious cookies to sell, but no one is coming to their stall to buy any! Can the dynamic duo use their creativity to make their cookies more attractive and encourage people to visit their stall? Help them be creative with a range of materials, use your imagination, and experiment with different techniques and colors in this fun, interactive art story. STEAM Stories  is a  series of interactive picture books , each introducing a different STEAM topic: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Join dynamic duo Max and Suzy in these action-packed problem-solving adventures which  introduce children to key STEAM concepts through a gripping, interactive story . A  review section at the back ...

The Lion, the Tortoise, and the  Princess Gazelle  by Petra Okeke-Bestman (Author),  Rob Foote (Illustrator)  Thank you to  Imaara Kids Books  and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily 🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂     Book Information A boastful and proud lion and a slow and small tortoise have a common problem. They both want to marry the beautiful Princess Gazelle! The princess gives them a challenge: they must each build her a house. Whoever finishes first will have the princess’s hand. The lion is sure he will defeat the tortoise. But the tortoise has a plan that just might work! 🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳🥂🥳 My Review 4☆ A Beautifully illustrated Children's Picture Book Odum the lion and Mbe the Tortoise live together in a tropical forest of West Africa. Odum thinks he is better than everyone in the Forest, and always makes fun of Mbe as he is very slow. Mbe might be slow, but he is also very clev...

12 Days of Christmas by Lara Hawthorne Thank you to Quarto Publishing and  Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information  "​On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree." Celebrate the magic of Christmas time with this well-loved traditional poem, The Twelve Days of Christmas, beautifully illustrated by Laura Hawthorne.  Take a walk through each beautiful scene brimming with details that will remind you of the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas. Perfect to read with your true love.  This is the second title in the series, The Christmas Choir, which beautifully illustrates beloved Christmas carols. Don't miss Silent Night, the first title in the series.   🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  My Review 4☆ Enchanting, Lyrical,  Festive and Fun 12 Days of Christmas is a beautifully illustrated child...

Tinsel  by Sibéal Pounder Thank you to  Bloomsbury Children's Books   for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  Book Information How did the world come to believe Santa Claus is a man? It’s all just a big misunderstanding! This tale of friendship, sleigh rides and two formidable girls is THE Christmas book of the year - a gloriously funny, festive adventure that will delight even the biggest Grinch.   Join Blanche Claus and her best friend Rinki for a funny festive sleigh ride you'll never forget!   From Sibéal Pounder, bestselling author of the Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids series, this tale of friendship and mince-pie feasts is the perfect book to curl up with this winter. Funny, feminist and with a huge heart. 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄  My Review 4☆ Enchanting, Magical, Witty, Fun Festive Read! Tinsel is a Heartwarming and Enchanting Christmas Middle Grade Read. This stor...

The Book on Pie by Erin Jeanne McDowell 🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄☃️🤶🎄🎅🎄   Book Information Look no further than  The Book on Pie  for the only book on pie you'll ever want or need. Erin Jeanne McDowell,  New York Times  contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote  the  book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distills all you'll ever need to know for making perfect pies.  The Book on Pie  starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating and styling, before diving into the recipes for all the different kinds of pies: fruit, custard, cream, chiffon, cold set, savory, and mini. Find everything from classics like Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie, to more inspired recipes like Birthday-Cake Pie and Caramel Pork Pie with Chile and Scallions. Erin also suggests recommended pie doughs and toppings with each recipe for infin...