Literary Feasts: People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
I love reading about food in books. I like to cook and I love to eat even more. So on Friday’s I’ll be sharing the culinary delights that I have come across in my reading. What better way to start off the weekend than thinking about good food in a good book. “Raz grinned, defeated [...]
Man in the Picture, by Susan Hill
The Man In The Picture, by Susan Hill Publisher: Overlook Hardcover Publication Date: September 4, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 160 pages Oliver is in town to visit his former tutor and mentor, Theo Parmitter, to catch up and reminisce about old times when Theo suddenly announces after dinner that he has a story he must tell [...]
Linus’s Diary ~ Drood, by Dan Simmons: pp 1-85
This is a diary. Read at your own risk. You know what happens when you read other people’s diaries, sometimes you find out things that you’d rather not know. Consider yourself warned. I’m coming to this book without a lot of knowledge of any of the people or topics that it’s about. I’m not a [...]
Miles from Nowhere, by Nami Mun
Miles from Nowhere, by Nami Mun Publisher: Riverhead Books Publication Date: December 26, 2008 Format: Paperback ARC, 288 pages “The country was new and strange. It unanchored him. But the liquor was the same, and his habits were the same. He merely drifted toward things familiar- drinking, cheating- paths that never questioned who he was [...]
[TSS] The Week That Wasn’t (as far as reading goes)
This is my first Sunday Salon post in a long, long while. Last year I tried a whole bunch of different memes and weekly activities just to see which ones I enjoyed and I tried out a few features of my own. So far in 2009 I haven’t participated in much of anything. I will [...]
Love and Other Natural DIsasters, by Holly Shumas
Eve is eight months pregnant and in the middle of a Thanksgiving celebration when she discovers that her husband Jonathan has developed an intimate relationship with a woman over the past year. Jonathon asserts his innocence (an affair involves physical intimacy, and he didn’t have any), while Eve feels deeply betrayed by the emotional connection [...]
A Week in October, by Elizabeth Subercaseaux
A Week in October, by Elizabeth Subercaseaux and Marina Harss (Translator) Publisher: Other Press Publication Date: August 5, 2008 Format: Hardcover, 224 pages Date Finished: December 30, 2008 “He needed her to get better so that he could repay his debt to her. Five years, that was all he needed. He couldn’t let her go [...]
Literary Feasts: The Book of Night Women, by Marlon James
I love reading about food in books. I like to cook and I love to eat even more. So on Friday’s I’ll be sharing the culinary delights that I have come across in my reading. What better way to start off the weekend than thinking about good food in a good book. “Cooking commence from [...]
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