Receta Hawaiian Meal for Cook the Books

Hawaiian Meal for Cook the Books By Eliot, on January 31st, 2019 I can’t believe that it’s time to post for Cook the Books, the first for 2019.  Deb at Kahakai Kitchen is hosting Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara This was a quick read and  the plot was intriguing but the writing and dialogue left me wanting.  I felt like I was reading a YA book at times (not that there’s anything wring with Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers is set in Honoka’a on the island of Hawaii during WWII. The narration swings back and forth between Violet (told in the third person) and her young daughter Ella (told in the first person). Besides dealing with a war close to home (very soon after Pearl Harbor), Violet must also cope with the…