A comprehensive overview of the nutritional benefits of whole food.  It's good, and I'll use it, but I couple of times the author makes remarks that make me think he's a little bit whacked.

I'm still on the lookout for something a bit... more.  

These three books were just literally handed to me 10 minutes ago by my husband and since it's technically still Thursday in a lot of the world, I'll just tack them on to the end of this week's haul.

I'm super excited to have gotten these so quick - these are two of my top 10 mystery series favorites and I figured I'd be waiting a bit longer to get them.  Woot!

It looked good on the webpage - fingers crossed.

So glad I powered through that stack of cozies last week just in time to get almost as many new ones in the mail.  I read 5 books this week, and received 10 so the pile definitely got bigger.

Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum - Richard Fortey:  I hope this one good - Natural History museums are my favorite museums!  A friend of my dad's worked at the Smithsonian when I was a kid and took me behind the scenes - I never wanted to leave.

With Vics You Get Eggroll - Diane Vallere:  A Henery Press mystery so I'm confident it will be good.

The Healing Remedies Sourcebook: Over 1,000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments - C. Norman Shealy:  I've already skimmed through this and it's off the pile, thank goodness - it's a hefty volume. 

The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco: A Book Club Mystery - Laura DiSilverio: First in a new series  

From the Queen - Carolyn Hart:  This is a short story featuring the Death on Demand characters, published by The Mysterious Bookshop.  I bought it as much out of curiosity about what a paperback short story might look like as I did because I'm a fan of the series.

Demise in Denim - Duffy Brown:  I don't know why I keep reading this series.  I swear if it doesn't get better this one's my last.  I swear it!  

A Fright to the Death - Dawn Eastman:  I like this series so far - a lot.  Not as fluffy as most cozies.  

Buy a Whisker - Sofie Ryan:  Totally fluffy, but in a good way.  This author has a way of tweaking her nose at cozy cliches and the cat is totally cool.  

Dark Chocolate Demise - Jenn McKinlay:  This might be the last one for me in this series.  The author has been writing story lines that I personally think are asinine.  

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies - Ellery Adams:  SUPREMELY fluffy, but I like it anyway.  Because sometimes you need maximum fluffiness.

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This wasn't quite what I was hoping it would be, but I'm still giving it 4 stars because it's a wealth of information and comprehensively spans more than I ever wanted to know about.

My goal when I bought this book was to learn more about how I could use what I grow in my garden and as a bonus, perhaps get some ideas for other plants I could add.

I got almost exactly that - and I learned a lot about what a tincture is versus a decoction, versus a poultice... things I always sort of wondered about but not enough to actually look up.  

The book is setup to cover 5 'schools' of healing remedies:  Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese Herbs, Folklore Herbalism, Flower Essences, and Vitamins/Supplements and I suppose this is where it fell short for me in a perverse way; I got more than I wanted.  I was really just looking for a resource that would cover Folklore Herbalism and perhaps an easy botanical reference of plants that were known to have healing properties.  Oh, and how to use them properly/effectively.  This book has a few recipes, but not as much as I'd have liked.

I'm glad I bought it and I know I'll use it (I used it this morning, in fact) but I'm still on the look-out for something closer to what I'm looking for.