Hiding in the security of all things books, with some movies and tv - occasionally food...
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 [...]
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. They catch up and reminisce about old times when Theo suddenly announces after dinner that he has a story he must tell [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. “Mrs. Cheviot and [...]
Happy New Year, everyone! So … any Reading Resolutions? Say, specific books you plan to read? A plan to read more ____? Anything at all? Name me at least ONE thing you’re looking forward to reading this year! I really want to go back and read The Wednesday Witch by Ruth Chew. I loved that [...]