Blogging for Books Sweeter Off The Vine

The books theme is fantastic, sweets made with fruit that is ripe with the season.
The photos are gorgeous and the recipes are no nonsense, sometimes I like a recipe with a story, but this this time the sparse text works with the book to create something incredible.

I just wish I had the space in my kitchen to try out some of these more intensive recipes.

4.5/5

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

Blogging for Books: Cats in Paris

I finally chose to order an adult coloring book because I recently became an adult dammit!
I like the book because it isn't like the other types of coloring books out there with the complicated time consuming patterns that take forever and I can never finish, I want a coloring book that doesn't feel to me like a job when I color into it. I love the combination of Cats and Paris but I don't know how I feel about the ink smudges that are purposefully in the pages, sometimes they get distracting and take away from the picture as a whole.

4.5/5


I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

14 more days

1/31
Birthday Dinner!


2/1
My Birthday!
Presents and Treats from friends!
Bought alcohol legally

2/2
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2/3
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2/4
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2/5
Running errands around town
Buying  a DIY Munny at Insomnia
Buying art supplies at Art supply
Eating Lunch at Brasil
Buying Comics from Bedrock
Bought Groceries from H-E-B and got a free pint glass & coozie


2/6
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2/7
Ate lunch at thai spice with family
Watched a filipino movie
Went to church downtown
Ate at Golden Restaurant

2/8
No sitting room on metro


2/9
Lonely day cause none of my friends were able to hang
Discussions in LGBTQ class for "for the bible tells me so"

2/10
Two color watercolor compositions
Designing Munny for my color theory class


2/11
Went to a meeting to promote library clout because free pizza
Hung out with peeps for two hours
Made fun of the stonewall movie in lgbt class

2/12
Went to guitar center because I'm interested in buying a bass to learn with
Watched deadpool at alamo drafthouse with my free birthday ticket
Bought beers at H-E-B (I do not like a lot of beer it seems)
Packages in the mail arrived for me!


2/13
My Job Orientation
Free chicken sandwhiches from chick-fil-a
Ate supper with mom

Blogging for Books: Modern Printmaking

I ordered this book for my printmaking class which I was later kicked out of for not paying my tuition fees on time D:[

But anyways, this book is pretty great in explaining all the different kinds of printmaking like Woodblock carvings and Lithographs and Intaglio and more. I'm really inspired by this book to try and make my own prints or carvings!

4/5

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

15-27

15
Took my friend Bianca to hang out with our other friend who lives in Bellaire
Got Boba with Bianca
Went to ranch 99 to stock up on ramen, curry, and sweets

16
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17
Bought food supplies at H-E-B
Started watching samurai champloo



18
Nearly burned the house down while drying laundry
Gave my car a wash
Burger king fiasco



19
First day of the spring semester of school



20
3-d animation is a bust
color class is bae central
einstein bagel lunch


21
Watched Josie and the pussycats with Melissa
Super long geology lesson in oceanography
talked about queerness in the before modern times
officially in watercoloring



22
Job Interview for temp agency
Central Market explorin
Pho with Momom

23
Fancy dinner with the family at pappasittos


24
stayed home the whole day while my parents went to the coushatta casino


25
watercolor class
set up an interview on friday at grimaldi's


26
Doctor's lab results came in - Too little sun and too much sugar
Learned about the Muxes and Hijra's in my LGBT class


27
Landscape watercolors
Bought a 3d wooden stegosaurus

Jan 10-14

January 10th
Ate mexican brunch
went to rice village for literally 5 minutes
church
dinner at Jollibee with the family

January 11th
Went over to a friends house with the ps4
played Battlefront and the indivisible demo
watched new girl and Little witch academia 2

January 12th
Took Laika to the dog park
Went to Ranch 99 for asian snacks and dinner

January 13th
Explored Nan's comics
Ate Torchy's tacos with with Melissa


January 14th
downloaded Rebel galaxy for the ps4

Blogging for Books Art Students League of New York on Painting

I chose this book because I have an interest in painting but oh man is this book intense.

The book is split into three sections, Lessons and Demos, Advice and Philosophies, and Interviews. So far I've only gotten part way into the Lessons and Demos but I like seeing how the process of each artist creates their paintings. It's really inspiring that these people have the drive and determination to want to paint for a living and how their passion goes into the canvas. 

I can't really advise novice painters or those with a passing fancy to get this book, since it's kind of overwhelming just by the sheer volume and complexity of some of the stuff inside, which even winded me but I will persist for you, my readers! Probably 

3.5/5 

*I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.