Zucchini – beastly little squashes that hide under leaves then sneak up on you when you weren’t really looking…hence the monstrous zucchini I picked yesterday! 😂 For the past few years, our summer squash/zucchini has not done very well. This year – we are overrun with squash and zucchini. This week, my goal is to find various recipes I can make that freeze well. Hence…this recipe which was REALLY, REALLY good! I did have to make a few changes due to availability of ingredients. I did not have the different types of sugar, so I used just regular sugar. I did not have enough sunflower oil so used olive oil for the rest. I also didn’t have any vanilla extract or maple syrup (a substitute). I ran to Dollar General to buy some, but they didn’t have any. Therefore, I substituted regular pancake syrup (do what you gotta do). Regardless of substitutions, this was a great recipe! Very delicious!!!
To the book…
Lisa Jewell wrote a book a few years ago called Then She Was Gone. A few months ago, a friend told me it was really good, and I should read it. Right now, though, I was wanting to buy books that were rather cheap through Kindle, so I went with this one which is for $2.99 right now (confession…I went ahead and bought Then She Was Gone…I am reading it now and it is SO GOOD…that post will come later).
This was the first Lisa Jewell book I have read. If you like thrillers/mysteries, then you will really like this book. It took me awhile to get into the book (that may have something to do with starting the book at night and close to bedtime). There are several characters/viewpoints that tell the story. One character tells the story through a flashback. Once you get your head wrapped around how the story unfolds, through their perspectives, it gets easier to read. Here is a synopsis told by Lisa Jewell herself:
I really liked this book!!! I am so glad I found this new author! I am also glad that I am out for summer so I can just sit and read her books (and hopefully finish her other one that I literally just started 😀). Funny story… my oldest daughter and I are watching Downton Abbey (I am actually rewatching it). It has been so much fun to watch the series with her. When I started this book (which takes place in France and London), I kept reading the characters with British accents like the characters in Downton Abbey. It was slowing me up. Took me awhile to train my brain to stop reading with a British accent! 😂
Happy Reading!
