Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors; Foreword by Ann Voskamp

This book about Katie Majors, who gave up her life in the US to move to Uganda and then founded an organization and then along with her husband adopted thirteen girls from Uganda.

This book explores the her journey of being a mother to these girls and how tragedy called her to ask God, "Are you there God?"  "What is happening?" "Why are you not here?"

It's a story about faith and grappling with our faith and God during times when it's so hard and lonely. When things does not make any sense.

But in the end, hope in God sees Katie and her family through these times.  It's a good book, uplifting yet realistic about faith journey with God.



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The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook by Coco Morante

So I got my wife the Instant Pot (we call it InstaPot) after all our friends rave about this wonderful device.  At first I was thinking, why do we need another appliance, and a pressure cooker at that.  Is it really a time saver that everyone one raves about.

Well, after having this for the past six months, I can tell you it's such a great appliance.  My wife uses this at least once a week and has made many great dishes with it.

When I saw The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook, I knew I had to get it.  It would be great to expand our recipes for the Instapot.

In reviewing this book I like how this book is separated out into different sections, like breakfast, vegetables, grains, meat, dessert. The recipes appear to be very simple, using the functions of the IP, like saute instead of a separate pan/pot.

This is a good primer on the IP, with the beginning section on how to use or make better use of the IP.

However, I wish there were more recipes in the book, especially for the breakfast, though that section was skimpy.  Also, would like more pictures of the dishes in the book.

Otherwise, I would recommend this book to someone who want to expand their recipe collection for the instapot.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review