Yvonne's Updates en-US Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:30:21 -0700 60 Yvonne's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9536920466 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:30:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne started reading 'The Housemaid']]> /review/show/7647339134 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Yvonne started reading The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
]]> Review7351476447 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:15:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne added 'Small Things Like These']]> /review/show/7351476447 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Yvonne gave 2 stars to Small Things Like These (Kindle Edition) by Claire Keegan
]]> GiveawayRequest721798235 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:43:59 -0700 <![CDATA[<a href="/user/show/5712632-yvonne-o-connor">Yvonne O'Connor</a> entered a giveaway]]> /giveaway/show/405336-jfk-public-private-secret JFK by J. Randy Taraborrelli
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Amazing to see the progression of his art and how young he was when he did some of these! ]]> Review7543725267 Thu, 29 May 2025 14:14:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne added 'Family & Other Calamities']]> /review/show/7543725267 Family & Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter Yvonne gave 2 stars to Family & Other Calamities (Kindle Edition) by Leslie Gray Streeter
This is a niche book. If you are in or around Baltimore, you will love the local color. If you work or have worked in the field of reporting, you will appreciate that element. Otherwise, it’s a hot mess of a story that doesn’t develop characters and focuses on what I would call dramedy to move the plot along. One chaotic scene after another plays out to reveal a story that you knew all along. Meanwhile you never get a real backstory on Dale or Brent or Eddie. All the men in this story are just there to hold space - or a purse. It’s crying out to be a Tyler Perry or OWN special. ]]> Review7604882227 Thu, 29 May 2025 14:10:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne added 'The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook: 200 Fast, Delicious Mini-Pies, Pasta Cups, Gourmet Pockets, Veggie Cakes, and More']]> /review/show/7604882227 The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook by Brette Sember Yvonne gave 2 stars to The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook: 200 Fast, Delicious Mini-Pies, Pasta Cups, Gourmet Pockets, Veggie Cakes, and More (Kindle Edition) by Brette Sember
]]> ReadStatus9484285483 Thu, 29 May 2025 14:10:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne started reading 'Small Things Like These']]> /review/show/7351476447 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Yvonne started reading Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
]]> Review7543725267 Thu, 29 May 2025 13:58:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne added 'Family & Other Calamities']]> /review/show/7543725267 Family & Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter Yvonne gave 2 stars to Family & Other Calamities (Kindle Edition) by Leslie Gray Streeter
This is a niche book. If you are in or around Baltimore, you will love the local color. If you work or have worked in the field of reporting, you will appreciate that element. Otherwise, it’s a hot mess of a story that doesn’t develop characters and focuses on what I would call dramedy to move the plot along. One chaotic scene after another plays out to reveal a story that you knew all along. Meanwhile you never get a real backstory on Dale or Brent or Eddie. All the men in this story are just there to hold space - or a purse. It’s crying out to be a Tyler Perry or OWN special. ]]> ReadStatus9476076734 Tue, 27 May 2025 14:03:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne started reading 'The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook: 200 Fast, Delicious Mini-Pies, Pasta Cups, Gourmet Pockets, Veggie Cakes, and More']]> /review/show/7604882227 The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook by Brette Sember Yvonne started reading The Original Muffin Tin Cookbook: 200 Fast, Delicious Mini-Pies, Pasta Cups, Gourmet Pockets, Veggie Cakes, and More by Brette Sember
]]> Review7604866160 Tue, 27 May 2025 13:57:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Yvonne added 'Milk Street Simple']]> /review/show/7604866160 Milk Street Simple by Christopher Kimball Yvonne gave 3 stars to Milk Street Simple (Hardcover) by Christopher Kimball
I appreciate the recipes have options in terms of things you can substitute or interchange or mix, but if the whole book, I only found about 5 recipes that I wanted to try. ]]>