More marinade! Can you really have enough marinade recipes? Of course not. Have I mentioned how much I love summer? And the fact that my husband loves to grill. I look forward to the weekends so much because it means I don't have to heat up the house. Sometimes I even have him grill up enough meat for us on the weekends so I don't have to turn the oven on all week. Yeah. That's what I'm talkin bout Wilis.
Anyhow, today's featured recipe is called Asian Grilled Chicken from Not Rachael Ray. I forgot to take a picture again. I'm enjoying being lazy in the kitchen so it is extra easy to forget to lug that heavy heavy camera all the way down that half flight of stairs from the computer room. I hope you can feel my pain.
I have no idea the weight of the meat I used. I just used 3 enormous freakishly mutant chicken breasts and halved the recipe. I also pounded the chicken flat, cut it into strips, and wove them onto bamboo skewers.
I know you are supposed to soak the skewers before you use them. I don't anymore. I've forgotten one too many times to do this and only the very tips of the skewers get charred. This doesn't bother me and saves me from having to remember one more step in the kitchen. Remember I mentioned grilling season is lazy time for me in the kitchen? I'm just letting you know that it is ok for you to be lazy too.
Asian Grilled Chicken from Not Rachael Ray
Two 14 oz. cans of chicken broth
6 Tbsp light soy sauce (reduced sodium)
3 Tbsp white vinegar
3 tsp white sugar
2 tsp garlic powder
¾ tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
2.5-3 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast
Mix all ingredients except chicken in a bowl. Place chicken in zip top bag. Pour marinade in bag and place in refrigerator for at least 4hours (I put my bag in a pan or bowl just in case of leakage). Grill over medium direct heat until juices run clear and chicken is cooked through.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Thankful Thursday 30.11
Whooops! How did I miss Thursday? I had this list typed, or at least mostly typed but spaced out on Thursday I guessed. Well, here is this week's list:
1. The weirdness in our water is just air, not toxic funk.
2. Getting rid of 2 garbage bags full of junk from the computer room. (It's a tiny room that was relatively tiny, how did all of it fit in there?)
3. Sleeping the whole night in bed.
4. Talking with my mom after a frustrating afternoon/night with Blockette.
5. Deciding not to walk 4 blocks in the insanely hot and humid ozone action swamp grossness.
6. Air conditioning. (I'm convinced I'd melt just like the wicked witch of the west without it.)
7. Finally...days not in the 90+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Leftovers that went one more day than expected.
9. Back to school sales.
10. Being able to turn the AC off and not melt, for at least one day.
1. The weirdness in our water is just air, not toxic funk.
2. Getting rid of 2 garbage bags full of junk from the computer room. (It's a tiny room that was relatively tiny, how did all of it fit in there?)
3. Sleeping the whole night in bed.
4. Talking with my mom after a frustrating afternoon/night with Blockette.
5. Deciding not to walk 4 blocks in the insanely hot and humid ozone action swamp grossness.
6. Air conditioning. (I'm convinced I'd melt just like the wicked witch of the west without it.)
7. Finally...days not in the 90+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Leftovers that went one more day than expected.
9. Back to school sales.
10. Being able to turn the AC off and not melt, for at least one day.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thin Mint Brownie Cheesecake Bars
I made these "Thin Mint" Brownie Cheesecake bars for something, but it was so long ago, that I can't quite remember what it was. Probably as a Father's Day dessert. I put the Thin Mints in quotations, because I used Keebler brand Grasshoppers. They taste the same to me, and unlike Girl Scout cookies, they aren't insanely expensive.
I wanted to make a 9x13 pan of brownies, but I didn't have enough ingredients with the recipe I had intended. (Read the directions before you go to the store. Don't be like me.) So I improvised and combined the recipe for Brownie Cheesecake bars from The Dinner Ring with the Thin mint cheesecake swirl from Sweet pea's kitchen.
Here is what I did:
1 Family size brownie mix (for a 9x13 pan) and the ingredients needed on the box (or your favorite brownie recipe if you are ambitious enough to do that sort of thing from scratch)
1 1/3 c coarsely chopped thin mint or grasshopper cookies
8 oz softened cream cheese
2 T butter
1T cornstarch
1 (14oz) can condensed milk
1 egg
1 3/4 t vanilla
1/4 t peppermint extract
Here is what I did:
1 Family size brownie mix (for a 9x13 pan) and the ingredients needed on the box (or your favorite brownie recipe if you are ambitious enough to do that sort of thing from scratch)
1 1/3 c coarsely chopped thin mint or grasshopper cookies
8 oz softened cream cheese
2 T butter
1T cornstarch
1 (14oz) can condensed milk
1 egg
1 3/4 t vanilla
1/4 t peppermint extract
Preheat your oven to 350. Prepare brownie mix per the box, and add chopped thin mints. Put half of the brownie mix in 9x13 pan sprayed with cooking spray. Spread the batter out carfully with a spatula so the batter is covering the whole pan. Mix cream cheese, butter and cornstarch til fluffy, gradually add the condensed milk. Then add egg, vanilla, and peppermint extract. Blend until combined. Pour over brownie, base smoothing to cover the top of the brownie batter. Scoop dollops of the remaining brownie batter over the cheesecake batter. Swirl the two batters together with a knife. Top with additional crumbled cookies if desired Bake for 25-40 minutes until cheesecake is set. I baked mine for 30 minutes and it was a bit on the soft side when it cooled. It was still tasty, but messier to eat, so keep that in mind when you are figuring out how long you need to bake the bars. Store cooled bars in the fridge. Cut the bars with a plastic knife for a nice clean cut and try not to eat the pan in one sitting.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ice Cream in a Baggie
What to do on a hot hot day when you are trying to entertain two almost First graders? Make ice cream of course! I saw the directions for ice cream in a bag over at Two Little Hooligans and knew it would be the perfect activity for Blockette and her best friend "M".
This was a lot of fun, but very VERY messy.
A little tip from me to you. Make sure that your gallon size zip bag is a FREEZER bag, and not a regular run of the mill zip storage bag. The rough crystals of the Sea salt WILL tear tiny holes in your bag and you will get lots and lots of salty water EVERYWHERE.
Messiness aside, the ice cream was a lot of fun to make. The kids were amazed when the "milk" turned from a liquid to a squishy solid. Super magical.
Don't expect the resulting ice cream to be the same consistency of the stuff you can buy in cartons. The ice cream to be more like soft serve. And, if your kids like to make "ice cream soup, " be warned that excessive stirring of the ice cream will turn it into a liquid, very quickly. Blockette and her friend made "soup" and it turned to liquid so quickly that I just gave them straws to finish up their bowls.
Homemade ice cream in a baggie from two little hooligans
2 T sugar
1 cup half & half (or light cream)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup coarse salt
ice
gallon-sized Ziploc bag
pint-sized Ziploc bag
Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla extract together. Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie. Make sure it seals tightly. Now take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice. Now place the cream filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal. Make sure it is sealed tightly and start shaking. Shake for about 5 minutes (or 8 minutes if you use heavy cream.) Open the gallon-sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is hard, if not keep shaking. Once the ice cream is finished, quickly run the closed pint-sized baggie under cold water to quickly clean the salt off the baggie.
A little tip from me to you. Make sure that your gallon size zip bag is a FREEZER bag, and not a regular run of the mill zip storage bag. The rough crystals of the Sea salt WILL tear tiny holes in your bag and you will get lots and lots of salty water EVERYWHERE.
Messiness aside, the ice cream was a lot of fun to make. The kids were amazed when the "milk" turned from a liquid to a squishy solid. Super magical.
Don't expect the resulting ice cream to be the same consistency of the stuff you can buy in cartons. The ice cream to be more like soft serve. And, if your kids like to make "ice cream soup, " be warned that excessive stirring of the ice cream will turn it into a liquid, very quickly. Blockette and her friend made "soup" and it turned to liquid so quickly that I just gave them straws to finish up their bowls.
Homemade ice cream in a baggie from two little hooligans
2 T sugar
1 cup half & half (or light cream)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup coarse salt
ice
gallon-sized Ziploc bag
pint-sized Ziploc bag
Mix the sugar, half & half and vanilla extract together. Pour into a pint-sized Ziploc baggie. Make sure it seals tightly. Now take the gallon-sized Ziploc bag and fill it up halfway with ice and pour the salt over the ice. Now place the cream filled bag into the ice filled bag and seal. Make sure it is sealed tightly and start shaking. Shake for about 5 minutes (or 8 minutes if you use heavy cream.) Open the gallon-sized bag and check to see if the ice cream is hard, if not keep shaking. Once the ice cream is finished, quickly run the closed pint-sized baggie under cold water to quickly clean the salt off the baggie.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Cake Batter Blondies
I had this awesomely brilliant idea to walk to the library one day. The whole thing is about 3 miles round trip. Three miles Blockette and I can handle no sweat. The day was not hot, there was even a nice cool breeze. A perfect day you might say for a nice long walk.
What I didn't take into consideration was the library books. The library books I had to haul back to return, and the new ones I had to haul home. Ugh. I have no intention of doing that again anytime soon. By the time I got home I was POOPED.
Pooped...but I wanted dessert. Hey, after lugging a metric ton of books 3 miles, I DESERVED desert. This recipe for cake batter blondies from girl meets life seemed really easy, and it had sprinkles. Sprinkles! Sprinkles make everything all better.
Got your cake mix? Check. Your milk, eggs, and oil? Yup. White chocolate chips and sprinkles? Ok you are ready to go! Mix all that stuff together and in 20 min you have cake batter blondie goodness.
Just make sure that you don't over bake these precious little gems. You want the center to be slightly gooey. I tried to take a picture of the gooey center, but apparently gooey isn't very photogenic.
Now, this dessert is tasty still warm out of the oven, but once it is cooled completely, the cake batter goodness really shines. If you can manage to wait to eat this until it is cooled you will be a much happier camper.
Mrblocko is not a fan of eating batter of any kind. (I'm not so much anymore because I am not a fan of salmonella. I do have fond memories of licking the bowl as a kid. Om nom nom!) I was fairly certain that Mrblocko was going to let Blockette and I demolish the entire pan ourselves. Nope. Even he thought this was a tasty dessert. Oh well. It probably wouldn't have been the best idea for Blockette and I to eat an entire pan of this ourselves!
Cake batter blondies from Girl Meets Life
1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/3 – 1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles
1/2 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Combine the first four ingredients in a large bowl. Add the milk slowly – you want the batter to remain as dense as possible. Then mix in the rainbow sprinkles and white chocolate chips. Bake for 30 minutes at 350F.
What I didn't take into consideration was the library books. The library books I had to haul back to return, and the new ones I had to haul home. Ugh. I have no intention of doing that again anytime soon. By the time I got home I was POOPED.
Got your cake mix? Check. Your milk, eggs, and oil? Yup. White chocolate chips and sprinkles? Ok you are ready to go! Mix all that stuff together and in 20 min you have cake batter blondie goodness.
Just make sure that you don't over bake these precious little gems. You want the center to be slightly gooey. I tried to take a picture of the gooey center, but apparently gooey isn't very photogenic.
Now, this dessert is tasty still warm out of the oven, but once it is cooled completely, the cake batter goodness really shines. If you can manage to wait to eat this until it is cooled you will be a much happier camper.
Mrblocko is not a fan of eating batter of any kind. (I'm not so much anymore because I am not a fan of salmonella. I do have fond memories of licking the bowl as a kid. Om nom nom!) I was fairly certain that Mrblocko was going to let Blockette and I demolish the entire pan ourselves. Nope. Even he thought this was a tasty dessert. Oh well. It probably wouldn't have been the best idea for Blockette and I to eat an entire pan of this ourselves!
Cake batter blondies from Girl Meets Life
1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/3 – 1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles
1/2 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
Combine the first four ingredients in a large bowl. Add the milk slowly – you want the batter to remain as dense as possible. Then mix in the rainbow sprinkles and white chocolate chips. Bake for 30 minutes at 350F.
Monday, August 1, 2011
11' Happy Dance #15: Petticoat Skirt/Apron
When I saw the petticoat skirt tutorial over at Alisa Burke, I thought it was just the cutest little skirt ever. I don't think I'd have the guts to wear something like that in public, but I knew Blockette would, especially if I made a pink version. My intention was to give it to her for her birthday. Alas, that was not to be.
Oh sure, it looks all beautimous and twirly, and oh so very girly. Except, since I was making this skirt as a surprise, I just traced one of her existing skirts to get the pattern, instead of measuring the kiddo. What I didn't realize until I had attached all those ruffles, was that I didn't take into account that the skirt I traced had elastic in the back. I had made the skirt too narrow for wee missy's hips. Doh! At least I realized my mistake before I gifted it.
Lucky for me, I cut those ruffle strips with pinking sheers. I wanted them to have a raw looking edge, but I wanted to keep the fraying under control. So I just cut down the back of the dress with the pinking sheers. (You cannot believe how much I cringed when I did this.) Then, I attached some super wide lace at each side of the waistband, so now the ruffle skirt is a ruffle apron.
Yikes! Look at that huge gap. What was I thinking?
I'm not sure if Blockette will use the skirt for anything other than dress dress up. At least Blockette likes this type of apron skirt for playtime. She'll probably get more use out of an apron anyhow. If I had sewn the skirt the right size, once her hips and waist grew, the skirt would no longer fit, but as an apron I'm only limited by the ability to tie the straps.
Lucky for me, I cut those ruffle strips with pinking sheers. I wanted them to have a raw looking edge, but I wanted to keep the fraying under control. So I just cut down the back of the dress with the pinking sheers. (You cannot believe how much I cringed when I did this.) Then, I attached some super wide lace at each side of the waistband, so now the ruffle skirt is a ruffle apron.
Yikes! Look at that huge gap. What was I thinking?
July Reads
Ok! Now this is more like summer reading. I finally got a hold of some decent books. That, and there is absolutely nothing on TV at night, even though DirecTV gave us some free movie channels as a Thank You for being long time members. There isn't even anything worth while on there. I mean it is such a wasteland that we even watched the "Jesus is Aliens" movie (AKA Knowing). Gag Gag. Anyhow, here's my listerini-poo:
1. The Scoop: How to Change Store Bought Ice Cream into Fabulous Desserts by Lori Longbotham. This was a dud of a cookbook for me. Nothing that I haven't seen online before, and worst of all...zero pictures in the book.
2. The Ice Cream Lover's Companion:The Ultimate Connoisseur's Guide to Buying, Making, and Enjoying Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt by Diana Rosen. Again, pretty worthless in the recipe department for me, and what is the deal with having no pictures in a cookbook? Seriously. This is why I like to get recipes from blogs. A bad picture is better than none at all. At least this book had some interesting facts about the history of ice cream, so it wasn't a total wash.
3. Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen by Sara Foster. I checked this cookbook out because my best friend sent me a list of new cookbooks that had been recently released. This was one of the few on that list that my library had in circulation. This book had quite a long wait list so it took a while before I got a chance to check it out. The pictures were gorgeous, but the recipe book was a big dud for me. I guess I'm just a Yankee girl with Yankee taste buds. If you are a fan of Southern Cuisine, then this book would definitely be a winner.
4. The Ice Cream Bible by Marilyn and Tanya Linton. Are you sensing a theme yet? Did you know July was National Ice Cream month, so it's only fitting to read all these ice cream books. I'm really fascinated by the idea of making ice cream from scratch. Now that I have a stand mixer, I've been drooling over the ice cream attachment. Although two recipes caught my eye that don't require an ice cream maker. SCORE! I went through this book looking specifically for the non custard ice cream recipes. The thought of using eggs in ice cream grosses me out. With my luck I'd under cook or curdle the custard and either version is blecky in my book.
5. Ice Cream and Iced Desserts by Joanna Farrow and Sara Lewis. Every recipe has a picture. YES! This is what a recipe book SHOULD look like. Now this didn't have nearly as many non egg recipes a the Ice Cream Bible did, but the eye candy alone more than made up for it.
6.A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught me About Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. Dude. Jane Austen from a male perspective! And he likes the books and learned life lessons from it? Woah. Now I'm looking at Jane in a different light. Some of the stuff he points out is so true and basic I'm like, "Now why didn't I see that?" Great read for Austen fans.
7. Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell. Gen, a teenage girl, is forced to accompany her family to a camp where you live life as if it was 1890. She manages to sneak in a cellphone in order to communicate with her friends. One of her friends turns those texts into a blog. By the end of the book, predictably, Gen discovers that she actually liked living at the camp as a pioneer. I loved this book. The subject matter, the story arc, the characters, Gen's revelations, and the writing were all so engaging. I wish there was a sequel!
8. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. Book 1 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. First off I have to figure out why my library only carries book 1 and book 3 in the series. What's up with that? This book is about a princess who is fed up what she should do and what is expected of her so she volunteers to become a Dragon's princess. This was an amusing quick read geared toward middle school aged kids. The princess reminded me a bit of Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching, but without the dry British humor.
9. Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houk. This book is geared toward teenage girls, but I enjoyed it anyhow. It's based on a story of an Indian prince that was cursed to live his life as a tiger, except for 24 minutes a day. This girl falls in love with the prince/tiger and works toward helping him break the curse. Lots of adventure, magic, and romance. It's nice to see a teen romance novel that isn't smutty, just lots of kissing.
10. Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. Zombie time! Why wouldn't you name the forest that surrounds your town that is filled with Zombies, The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Someone got creative. The main character, Mary, is fascinated by the stories she has been told by her mother about the ocean, something no one else in the town believes exists. Then Mary's mother gets "turned" and Mary has to decide if she is going to join the convent, or marry the brother of the boy she is in love with. The nuns have all these secrets, then their town is breached by the undead. Mary and a few others escape down a hidden path. Very riveting dystopian young adult literature. I couldn't put the book down. I am all set to read the sequel The Dead Tossed Waves. I hope it's as good as the first one.
11. The Throne of Fire: Kane Chronicles book 2 by Rick Riordan. I had forgotten what had happened in the first book, but luckily the author does a good job in the first few chapters throwing hints of the past book's plot. This is a typical kid's sci-fi fantasy book. Orphans have super powers and have to save the day. The Kane children come from the result of the joining of 2 powerful Egyptian magical lines, so of course they have uber magical skills. The big baddy of Chaos is about to break out of his prison and they have to find a way to free Ra to save the day. There is a brief moment in the story where I wasn't sure who was good and who was bad, and which side was even the good side. I liked that. Too much predictability is not a fun read for me. I love the chapter titles too. Make sure you pay attention to them, cause they will give you a chuckle.
12. Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houk. I loved the sequel to Tiger's Curse almost as much as I loved Tiger's Curse itself. This book has fairies in it. FAIRIES! I would like to state for the record that I totally want a fairy makeover. AND fairy hair clips. And by that I mean Fairies who hold my hair like hair clips. I cried at the end. I had a hunch about what was going to happen but I still got all weepy. They better fix it in the third book is all I can say. I'm anxiously awaiting book 3 to come out this fall.
1. The Scoop: How to Change Store Bought Ice Cream into Fabulous Desserts by Lori Longbotham. This was a dud of a cookbook for me. Nothing that I haven't seen online before, and worst of all...zero pictures in the book.
2. The Ice Cream Lover's Companion:The Ultimate Connoisseur's Guide to Buying, Making, and Enjoying Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt by Diana Rosen. Again, pretty worthless in the recipe department for me, and what is the deal with having no pictures in a cookbook? Seriously. This is why I like to get recipes from blogs. A bad picture is better than none at all. At least this book had some interesting facts about the history of ice cream, so it wasn't a total wash.
3. Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen by Sara Foster. I checked this cookbook out because my best friend sent me a list of new cookbooks that had been recently released. This was one of the few on that list that my library had in circulation. This book had quite a long wait list so it took a while before I got a chance to check it out. The pictures were gorgeous, but the recipe book was a big dud for me. I guess I'm just a Yankee girl with Yankee taste buds. If you are a fan of Southern Cuisine, then this book would definitely be a winner.
4. The Ice Cream Bible by Marilyn and Tanya Linton. Are you sensing a theme yet? Did you know July was National Ice Cream month, so it's only fitting to read all these ice cream books. I'm really fascinated by the idea of making ice cream from scratch. Now that I have a stand mixer, I've been drooling over the ice cream attachment. Although two recipes caught my eye that don't require an ice cream maker. SCORE! I went through this book looking specifically for the non custard ice cream recipes. The thought of using eggs in ice cream grosses me out. With my luck I'd under cook or curdle the custard and either version is blecky in my book.
5. Ice Cream and Iced Desserts by Joanna Farrow and Sara Lewis. Every recipe has a picture. YES! This is what a recipe book SHOULD look like. Now this didn't have nearly as many non egg recipes a the Ice Cream Bible did, but the eye candy alone more than made up for it.
6.A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught me About Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. Dude. Jane Austen from a male perspective! And he likes the books and learned life lessons from it? Woah. Now I'm looking at Jane in a different light. Some of the stuff he points out is so true and basic I'm like, "Now why didn't I see that?" Great read for Austen fans.
7. Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell. Gen, a teenage girl, is forced to accompany her family to a camp where you live life as if it was 1890. She manages to sneak in a cellphone in order to communicate with her friends. One of her friends turns those texts into a blog. By the end of the book, predictably, Gen discovers that she actually liked living at the camp as a pioneer. I loved this book. The subject matter, the story arc, the characters, Gen's revelations, and the writing were all so engaging. I wish there was a sequel!
8. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. Book 1 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. First off I have to figure out why my library only carries book 1 and book 3 in the series. What's up with that? This book is about a princess who is fed up what she should do and what is expected of her so she volunteers to become a Dragon's princess. This was an amusing quick read geared toward middle school aged kids. The princess reminded me a bit of Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching, but without the dry British humor.
9. Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houk. This book is geared toward teenage girls, but I enjoyed it anyhow. It's based on a story of an Indian prince that was cursed to live his life as a tiger, except for 24 minutes a day. This girl falls in love with the prince/tiger and works toward helping him break the curse. Lots of adventure, magic, and romance. It's nice to see a teen romance novel that isn't smutty, just lots of kissing.
10. Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. Zombie time! Why wouldn't you name the forest that surrounds your town that is filled with Zombies, The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Someone got creative. The main character, Mary, is fascinated by the stories she has been told by her mother about the ocean, something no one else in the town believes exists. Then Mary's mother gets "turned" and Mary has to decide if she is going to join the convent, or marry the brother of the boy she is in love with. The nuns have all these secrets, then their town is breached by the undead. Mary and a few others escape down a hidden path. Very riveting dystopian young adult literature. I couldn't put the book down. I am all set to read the sequel The Dead Tossed Waves. I hope it's as good as the first one.
11. The Throne of Fire: Kane Chronicles book 2 by Rick Riordan. I had forgotten what had happened in the first book, but luckily the author does a good job in the first few chapters throwing hints of the past book's plot. This is a typical kid's sci-fi fantasy book. Orphans have super powers and have to save the day. The Kane children come from the result of the joining of 2 powerful Egyptian magical lines, so of course they have uber magical skills. The big baddy of Chaos is about to break out of his prison and they have to find a way to free Ra to save the day. There is a brief moment in the story where I wasn't sure who was good and who was bad, and which side was even the good side. I liked that. Too much predictability is not a fun read for me. I love the chapter titles too. Make sure you pay attention to them, cause they will give you a chuckle.
12. Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houk. I loved the sequel to Tiger's Curse almost as much as I loved Tiger's Curse itself. This book has fairies in it. FAIRIES! I would like to state for the record that I totally want a fairy makeover. AND fairy hair clips. And by that I mean Fairies who hold my hair like hair clips. I cried at the end. I had a hunch about what was going to happen but I still got all weepy. They better fix it in the third book is all I can say. I'm anxiously awaiting book 3 to come out this fall.
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