My buddy Craig gave me another gift yesterday: Home Coffee Roasting.  I am officially going to be joining the ranks of Coffee picky persons [AKA: Snobs].  This book has color charts to compare the roast depth to your beans (I’ve successfully roasted a ‘moderately dark’ roast).  It also covers a wide variety of techniques, beans, regions that coffees are grown in as well as types of roasters and the history of coffee.  This book is cool!  I haven’t finished reading it yet, but I’m so impressed with what I have seen so far that I had to share.

I just finished reading the book Rich Dad Poor Dad (Amazon Link). There’s lots of stuff to chew on in there. I didn’t get the impression of the book was about being one type of father or not, nor was it about being wealthy in the definition of “money out the wazoo.” Instead the real focus of the book was financial competancy. I disagreed with some of the author’s philosophy, but nothing severe enough to not recommend the book. In short my Christian worldview conflicted with some of his assertions, but over all the principles in the book seem sound and I’m really just left thinking about what I need to lear next. Not a bad place to end considering many books come across as having the answer. I definitely recommend this book and suggest that you give it a read through.

The book is very narrative and comes across more like you’re sitting at a table and your friend is sharing his life story with you rather than a list of ‘To Do’s.” Further, their is a recognition of your current situation. Rather than just saying that its time to jump out of your comfort zone and just do something he encourages readers to learn. I really like that. I’m ready to learn about lots of areas I know I’m weak in rather than just wallow in my inability. Being a self-starter type myself I found this book engaging because that is much of what the book talks about -> I’m not waiting for money to come to me, I’m not waiting to get filthy rich, I just want to take care of my family, my extended family as they get older, and be able to go visit relatives and take vacations to places I’ve never been. Oh, and it doesn’t recommend you leave your job, but be smarter with the money you make with your job.

One major focus is on assets. What assets do you have? I don’t really have any…yet. An asset generates revenue (by the author’s definition) where as a liability takes coninued resources. I’m going to have to look at my liabilities, see which ones can be trimmed and then start collecting assets – it’s just better that way.

This book gets 5 stars and I highly recommend it to readers of this blog.

Farley Farts is a book that Abby picked out at the Library. Being a good mom, Jessica let her check it out. I strongly recommend this book to help get more dads reading to their children. Sure it’s about an amphibian with gas, but since most guys relate so well to this I think that it’s a must read.

My favorite part of this book is actually when Jessica reads it. There’s a mild awkwardness about it that makes it a book that we’ll most likely be adding to our library :)

If you read books, and you should, then I highly recommend the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. I just finished it about 2 minutes ago and am strongly encouraging you to check it out at your library, buy it at the store, or order it at Amazon.com. It’s somewhat graphic at times but is very good in suspense, plot twists and frankly, some really good writing.

I have to go to bed now, but I’ll write more tomorrow. This is a quality book! Oh, and if you’ve seen the movie… it has only a few things in common: names. The plot is absolutely, completely, 100% different in the book.

If you only buy one gluten free bread book this year (you do buy gluten free bread books don’t you?) this is the book. Our friend Krystal lent us this book and we’re buying it because the recipes are good, the pictures are tempting and I’ve gained more weight than Oprah in the 90’s! Sure you’ll have to buy some special flours, and maybe a package of egg replacer, but the bread that will replace your dry, tough rice bread will be worth it. The pizza crust recipe is great and tastes like normal pizza crust – I can have Hawaiian pizza without the wheat! I’m sure this is a shocker, but you can buy it on Amazon.com [and I'll make a few cents in the process to help fund this site].

Oh, and in case some of you are wondering what I’m doing reviewing this book, I’ve got allergies to wheat, corn and your cat. I also don’t do well with lots of sugar. Yeah, I’m crazy like that.