You Inspire Me: The Few, The Proud, The Wife

This weeks inspiration is Ines from The Few, The Proud, The Wife. Ines is a Marine Wife from Spain, with a passion for Africa. I can only wish to travel as much as she has! She loves to cook, she loves to read, and she loves her puppy, Brownie (who is a trouble maker like Miley!) Make sure you check out her blog, you will love it!

Her movie recommendation was the French film Crimson Rivers. Just to be clear, I knew it was a French movie but when I put it in the Xbox and they were speaking English I was so confused...maybe I speak French afterall! Or maybe I just love the fact that the Xbox is a great translator!

This movie reminded me of Law and Order, it's a cop drama. So of course, I liked it! The movie revolves around Detective Superintendent (Commissaire Principal) Pierre Niemans who is sent to a brutal crime scene. Soon there is another story, Detective Inspector (Lieutenant de Police) is investigating a grave robbery. Soon the two meet and find that their crimes are related. How? Watch to find out!

I liked the beginning of this movie, a lot. But in the middle it started to drag a little. But it really was a good movie. If you don't like graphic movies, this one isn't for you!

The book that Ines recommended was one that I already owned! A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. 

The book is Ishmael's firsthand account of war and the plight of child soldiers. This book has actually had a lot of controversy, it doesn't match up with evidence. His timeline is wrong and some of his characters have been found to be fictional.

I've picked up this book so many times and can never seem to get through the first ten pages, which is unfortunate because it really sounds like a good book!I love memoirs but I found his writing to be slow and a little dull. This wasn't my favorite book, but I'm glad her recommendation forced to me to read it! As soon as I was done it went onto swap.com!

Ines recommended that I make tortilla de patatas. When she sent me the directions, it sounded like it was going to be like a potato pancake. Boy was I wrong! It's more like a potato omelet. You can find a picture and the recipe on Ines' blog.

It was very yummy, I just wasn't sure if it was supposed to be my meal or a side dish! She also said I could eat it cold, I'm not so sure I would have liked that! But eating it hot, yum yum yum!

Thank you Ines for another great round of recommendations! Keep 'em coming!