If you enjoyed The Hunger Games then you will enjoy The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I must say that I found The Maze Runner to be captivating from cover to cover. I admit that I didn't read for very much detail even though James Dashner does a fabulous job of visually describing their world, but I simply couldn't slow down. I loved the opening line describing Thomas's arrival. "He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air." I was impressed by the determination of the runners. I have a hard time committing to my few miles each morning. :-) Would I run for 2 years from dawn to dusk looking for a pattern or a way out? The people of the Glade definitely needed the arrival of Teresa and the remembering serum from Tomas to get a hint. No way would they have ever figured out the clue in the maze otherwise. I also was impressed with the society established in such trying circumstances and all of the jobs with their creative titles. I wonder what job I would be assigned? What job would each of you be assigned? This book ends without satisfaction though so book 2 is on hold for me at the library and the final book in this trilogy releases this October so I am hoping closure for this well-written book is just around the corner.

I love to read and I am learning to love to cook. That being said I don't have a ton of tried and true recipes at my disposal. I found this recipe for apple-cinnamon baked french toast. We love breakfast at our house so I was excited to try this recipe. First, I omitted one of the 1/3 cups of sugar thinking it would be too sweet. Wrong-never leave out sugar. Save calories in your day someplace else. Second, I learned that I'm not a nutmeg person. I would reduce the amount of nutmeg to 1/4 tsp. Otherwise, I think this would be a delicious treat. It was certainly easy and it made the house smell wonderful. My husband was sure surprised/disappointed when he took a big bite. Oh well, I hope for more success on my next cooking adventure.
I took a picture after I had scooped out samples for all so it isn't beautiful but you get the idea. Enjoy!
1 comment:
He he, love the apple french toast recipe!! Just cut down on sugar slowly after you've tried it once ;)
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