Mama Bear Reviews

I received a great diet book this week. The Keto Reset Diet: Rebook Your Metabolism in 21 Days And Burn Fat Forever by Mark Sisson With Brad Kearns. I have experimented with a few different diets this year. I started with low carb and toyed with keto and have ended up with a bit of a mixed diet. I have however thought of going back to keto and this book is a great resource. It is full of information that you would have to search all over the internet for. Seriously, this has everything that you need to start out on your keto adventure. It answers basically any question you could think of about this lifestyle as well as including a lot of yummy sounding recipes. If you are curious about this diet or nervous about how to jump in, this book would be a great resource. This book includes a meal plan for the first 21 days so you can really kick start your journey. I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

I just finished reading A Plain Leaving by Leslie Gould. I had previously only read a couple of books set in and around the Amish community so did not really know what to expect from this book. I really enjoyed this story. I read the majority of it in two sittings because I could not put it down. Jessica left the Amish community three years ago but has received news of a death in the family that brings her back to her farm. While there, she confronts all of the people that led her to leave as well as the ones that have supported her along the way. Jessica learns about what she really wants out of life through the time spent with her family on the farm. Jessica's aunt also provides a story about an ancestor that was going through similar issues. Through the story of the past and the time spent in the present, Jessica works to figure out if she will stay with her family or go back to the life she has made for herself over the last 3 years. This story moved at a quick pace and had...

I received a gorgeous book about the night sky. What We See In The Stars by Kelsey Oseid is a beautiful illustrated book about our solar system. This book is touted as being for all ages and I think this is so true. I loved this book and so did my elementary aged boys. I sat down with my boys today and we explored all of the different constellations. Every constellation has its own artwork and a description. There are also pages of some of the lesser known constellations. I did not previously know that there is a giraffe or unicorn constellation. There is also information about all of the planets, the cycles of the moon and much more information about space. My kids love this book and I picked up quite a few facts that I did not previously know. The cover of this book is so pretty that I think it would make a great coffee table book even if it is a bit smaller than most. This would be a great addition to the book collection of anyone, young or old, that would like to know more ab...

I received a really fun craft book this week titled, " A Well-Crafted Home ," by Janet Crowther . This is a very modern craft book full of 60 wonderful ideas to create for your home. One of the things that I really enjoy about this book is that there is a good variety of crafts for all skill levels. While I will admit that some of these seem quite challenging, there are still many that I think would be much easier to attempt. I like the idea of being able to make something myself to update my home. There are some really cute ideas in this book that I look forward to making such as the wooden herb planter which is so cute and rustic and the soft planter cover which is a fun way to modernize a potted plant. This book has some cute ideas for anyone from the novice to experienced crafter that is looking for some updates to their home. I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review

I finished Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas today. This is book six in the Throne of Glass series. It had been a year since I had read Empire of Storms which is book five, so it took me a little bit to get acclimated with the characters again. This is however, Sarah J. Maas, so it did not take long for me to be totally addicted to the story. Tower of Dawn is unique in that the only two characters that we know in this book are Chaol and Nesryn. This story picks up where Empire of Storms ends or just a few months later at least. Chaol had been injured in the previous book and is now confined to a wheelchair. Nesryn and Chaol travel to Antica to not only to gain support in the war but also to find someone to heal Chaol's legs. This book was maybe not as action packed as the previous couple in the series but I do believe that it was necessary to move things along. We learn much more about both Chaol and Nesryn and both of the characters are able to find themselves in the process of ...