December 16th, 2009 — About
The following is my recipe entry to SBTB cooking contest. I call them peanut clusters usually, but seeing as the idea was to write the recipe like it was a romance novel... haha 
For no other purpose this is the perfect snack to go with book reading...
Luscious Nutty Goodness
This deliciously sweet and salty creation starts with melting nirvana.
Ingredients:
1 12oz bag of semi-sweet Nestles morsels
2 12oz bags of white chocolate Nestles morsels
1 15/16oz can of salted peanuts
You will also need a spoon of awesome, a spatula, a microwavable bowl, and at least two cookie sheets/trays/pans.
Directions:
1. Melt the morsels into a creamy smooth mixture by microwaving in bursts of 40 seconds. Stir between each firing.
2. When the chocolate mass is thoroughly melted like a heroine from a hero’s kiss, pour in the entire can of peanuts and stir until chocolate coats everything.
3. Taking spoon and spatula scoop out bite-size pieces onto your cookie trays. Do this until you have run out of peanuts.
4. Save the leftover salted chocolate for some mouthwatering indulgence while you wait for the candy to finish.
5. Place trays of candy into your refrigerator to harden like a hero’s quivering manhood over the next twenty or so minutes.
6. Go back to number four and lick the bowl clean.
7. When the twenty minutes are up pull out the trays and pop the candy off and place into tupperware containers. Best left in fridge when not eating, but can be left out.
For variations change the types of morsels or add raisins.
Clean up is easy, less than five minutes, not counting how long it takes to lick the bowl clean.
As soon as I make a batch, I'll be posting images.
Originally posted 2009-01-30 10:15:27. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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September 26th, 2009 — 3.5 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Great Britain, Handicap, Historical Romance, Pregnant, Scarred Hero, Virgin Heroine
Mary Balogh’s Thief of Dreams was a read I couldn’t quite tell if I liked until the end. The ending for me made the whole book worthwhile. I won’t spoil it for those that wish to read it, but I will tell you what made me kind of iffy on the novel.
First, it was how coolly withdrawn the male lead was. I just couldn’t tell if he was interested in her let alone loved her for most of the book. Sure, he respected her and occasionally admired her for her character, but he never let her in or tried to get to know her and her dreams.
Second, Nigel Wetherby, is practically a dandy. His speech, while probably perfectly fine for the time, reads quite ridiculously. I like my men with a little more masculinity. Point in Nigel’s favor is that he can fill out the shoulders of his coats and doesn’t need padding. Of course, he has plenty of scars and a slight limp, which gives him an edge to defy the popinjay vibe.
Third – his name! Nigel? Wetherby? Are you serious? Viscount Wroxley with a toady name… sigh. He sounds like he's a tour guide with a fake accent and a bushy mustache.
I didn’t really have a lot of issues with Cassandra other than that despite all the horrible things Nigel afflicted on her person, she still found herself loving him. True, Nigel’s intentions were on the vein of being honorable and good, but still inexcusable on a lot of levels. He "steals" her inheritance from her father (her father is dead mind you and she doesn’t know the true situation), makes her fall in love with him and marries her when he doesn’t acknowledge any feeling towards her (not even liking her, she could be anyone), and makes love to her before telling her some of the truth about himself and her real situation.
The side romances were very sweet and enjoyable to read and the sex between the main characters was quite exceptional. The ending however, like I said, really pulled this book together for me.
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Originally posted 2008-09-19 21:05:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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