Courageous Joy

I had begun to feel that my reading this year has been “light” and I needed to add some “meat”….now I’m not sure WHY I thought that because life is “heavy” enough and I’ve been doing several studies at a time all year so really light reading is my relaxation. We don’t do TV and Mike’s been working late hours….but anyway….after reading *Captivating* and *What the Bible Has to Say about Healthy Living*, I decided to reward myself with some light reading.

Play it Again Spam ~ Tamar Myers

I was a bit leery of Magdalena after *Between a Wok and a Hard place* but I’m firmly back on her side with this book. {G}

The idea of including so many spam recipes had me laughing and reminiscing all through the book. I can remember the packages from “home” when we were on the mission field - with SPAM in them….I guess folks figured we didn’t have meat in Africa or the Philippines. I suspect that Tamar must be reliving some of her missionary kids days in writing this book. {g}

Of course, nothing is as funny as my grams landing overseas with a frozen turkey in her suitcase…and we didn’t get turkey overseas so it was a treat!

I love reading these Penn Dutch Inn books. Somehow a Mennonite Inn Keeper in an Amish community who solves mysteries seems very believable to me. Just in case you’re not interested in mysteries maybe the recipes will tempt you to pick up this book: Spam Jambalaya, Spam Western Bean Soup, Hearty Spam Breakfast Skillet, Spam Stuffed Potatoes Florentine, Sinapore Spam Salad, and Ragin Cajun Spam Party Salad. Come to think of it this book would have been welcome back in the days when we had cases of Spam in the house. {vbg} I can post any recipe that catches your fancy. :::snort:::

The Hand that Rocks the Ladle ~Tamar Myers

I simply couldn’t resist picking up another one of these. I love the fact that my kids bought me this series for Christmas. It’s the gift that keeps thrilling all through the year.

Ah…Little Jonathan, Little Mose and Little Freni make their debut here. Magdalena manages to solve a mystery, begin a new romance and run an inn single handedly in this book.