The Easiest Portfolio Diet Cookbook for Seniors: Easy and Quick Recipes to Lower Cholesterol, Support Heart Health and Reclaim Your Energy by June Harford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I purchased this book when I was researching a different medication my cardiologist wanted me to try. All the medications recommend a "cholesterol-lowering diet" in addition to medication. I was failing with general information from DASH diet, Mediterranean diet, MIND diet so I asked CoPilot for 5 "cholesterol-lowering diets" and the Portfolio diet was the first one I was unfamiliar with.
I appreciate the excellent esplanation of what the Portfolio Diet is and why using foods from the 4 pillars of groups: water-soluble grains, nuts, plant proteins, and plant sterols are documented in scientific literature.
I appreciate these recipes are simple with just the main ingredients shown without additional onions, spices, and tomatoes because those may trigger a different chronic condition of my own. There are 78 recipes in this book. I can more easily adapt recipes I already know I like.

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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I wanted to read this book because I was familiar with the visual summary of this book by Doug Neill on his Verbal to Visual YouTube Channel. I highly recommend this Visual Summary to other readers before you read the book and then think about what you are learning from this book.
A concept I find most helpful is the Decision Swear Jar, "...a simple kind of precommitment contract we can apply to many of the key concepts of this book." For me, i have to watch out for "Signs of the Illusion of certainty," Overconfidence" and 11 other terms I can acknowledge I used when making decisions.
I recommend this book.


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This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was recommended to me by my daughter, and plenty of time elapsed between when I requested it from my library and I finished the book, and I tried to recommend it to her!
How can I not recommend a romance that includes about 65 recommendations for more books to read!
How can I not recommend a book that begins with "The right book in the hands of the right person at exactly the moment can change their life forever,"
Please take the time to read the story of Matilda Nightengale and Joe and Alfie.


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Wait for Me by Samantha Chase
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This e-book has been in MyDigital Library since July 27, 2018.
It is a fun, entertaining read if you do not mind two characters are manipulated by someone who thinks he knows better than they do in order to force them to spend time together.

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Stuck? Diagrams Help. by Abby Covert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This has been in my Kindle Library since January 11, 2026.
I purchased it to use for additional information while I participated in Verbal to Visual's Core Curriculum. This book with its Indexed Lexicon and Index of Exercises, Quizzes & Checklists made it a valuable reference resource for me.
I recommend this book and I recommend the YouTube channel Verbal to Visual.

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Cowgirl, Unexpectedly by Vicki Tharp
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This e-book has been in My Digital Library since July 13, 2018.
I am glad I finally read it because I like the characters and her story that shows her self-acceptance and resilience when she is in an unexpected situation.
I hope you like it too.

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The Troubled Texan by Phyliss Miranda
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This e-book has been in My Digital Library since May 12, 2018.
This is an entertaining mystery, and I added a star for including the recipe for Fifth Generation Mrs. Grooms's Chocolate Cake.

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