Author: Emily

Book-hoarding INFJ who likes to leave the Shire and go on adventures.

Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax – Of cabbages – and kings – And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings.’ Alice. The smiling Cheshire cat. The White Rabbit. The Queen of Hearts. The Jabberwocky. It… Continue reading Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

American Fried by Calvin Trillin

I’ve said it before and I will no doubt repeat myself in the future: I love Food Writing. Good authors writing about food is some of the best vicarious living through reading that you can experience. When that author also makes you laugh out loud quite frequently, that’s some good food writing. American Fried: Adventures… Continue reading American Fried by Calvin Trillin

Polysyllabic Spree – February 2010

Books Purchased: More Six-Word Memoirs edited by Smith Magazine The Road to McCarthy by Pete McCarthy Ireland: True Stories of Life on the Emerald Isle edited by James O’Reilly Little Bee by Chris Cleave The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone Books Read: Inklings by Jeffrey Koterba (library) Stitches by David Small (library) Permanent Rose by… Continue reading Polysyllabic Spree – February 2010

Teaser Tuesday

There are some types of food that do lend themselves to sophisticated techniques of interrogation. When an Italian restaurant is suggested, for instance, I always say, “Who controls the city around here?” I suppose a good Italian restaurant could exist in a city that doesn’t have enough Italians to constitute at least a powerful minority… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

Title: The Sixty-Eight Rooms Author: Marianne Malone Published: 2010 My edition: Random House Hardcover 2010 Purchased From: Barnes and Noble Greenwich Village Pages: 269 Synopsis (from Strand): Every Chicagoan knows about the Thorne Rooms in the Art Institute of Chicago. Sixty-eight miniature rooms, depicting rooms from European homes throughout the centuries, in immaculate detail, precise… Continue reading The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

Teaser Tuesday

In the canteen there was a television that was always on. I began to learn more about life in your country. I watched programs called Love Island and Hell’s Kitchen and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and I worked out how I would kill myself on all of those shows. Drowning, knives, and ask… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Published: 2009 My edition: Putnam Hardcover 2009 Purchased From: Book Depository Pages: 451 Synopsis (from Strand): Set deep in the heart of Mississippi, circa 1962, “The Help” offers readers an enchanting and original journey into the trying lives and times of three very different women who chose to come… Continue reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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Teaser Tuesday

Daddy flipped the switch. In the seconds it took to really get going, cake flour blew up from the mixing bowl and swirled around the room, recipes flapped off the counter and caught fire on the stovetop. Constantine snatched the burning roll of parchment paper, quickly dipped it in the bucket of water. There’s still… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday

Beer Batter Cheese Bread

My goal of making 52 new recipes this year is off to a very fun start. I love that it’s making me try new recipes instead of making my old standbys over and over again. I’m hoping to have a much larger repertoire of favorites by the end of the year. So far my favorite… Continue reading Beer Batter Cheese Bread

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Teaser Tuesday

The man who had knocked at the door, was a stout personage of middle height, aged about fifty: with shiny black hair, cropped pretty close; half-whiskers, a round face, and sharp eyes. The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-favoured countenance, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose. From Oliver Twist by… Continue reading Teaser Tuesday