A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table Molly Wizenberg I heard many good things about A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, and when I was shopping at Barnes and Noble while in Michigan I couldn’t resist it any longer. That was the first time I actually picked it up and flipped through… Continue reading A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
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The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet Reif Larsen I love when I book I impulsively purchase out of the blue turns out to be a new favorite. The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet is probably not a perfect novel. I can imagine there are some persnickety readers who would not like certain aspects… Continue reading The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway I’ll admit something right now: I had been resisting reading anything by Ernest Hemingway for a long time. I’ll also admit that I don’t know really remember why. I suppose I considered myself more of an F. Scott Fitzgerald girl. I also suppose that Hemingway’s subjects didn’t entice me very… Continue reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Laurie Colwin I’ve been on a “Food Writing” reading kick lately, and I don’t really know how to explain how much I love this genre. I suppose it’s partly because I love to cook and bake, but also a large part of it is just how fun most… Continue reading Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres
A Partisan’s Daughter [PARTISANS DAUGHTER] Louis(Author) de Bernieres I noticed A Partisan’s Daughter at the Hoboken Library a few weeks ago, and remembered seeing it on a few “Best books of 2008 lists” as well as part of The Morning News Tournament of Books. It looked like a short, interesting book, so I checked it… Continue reading A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
In a Sunburned Country Bill Bryson I finished reading In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson this morning. Reading it over the past week has left me with a very strong desire to visit Australia. I desperately want to see for myself all the wonderful things he described. In fact, I wish I was there… Continue reading In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer I almost bought The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society several times last year. I’m not entirely sure what stopped me, but it probably had something to do with being a little skeptical on how much I would like a book written entirely… Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
"Oh, my lungs and liver!" (David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)
Before last year, I had only read one book by Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities for AP English in high school. I am not someone who hated books just because I read them for school. In AP English we read, and I enjoyed, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Canterbury Tales, and many others. However, I… Continue reading "Oh, my lungs and liver!" (David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, The E. Lockhart The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart caught my attention in a big way this week when it became the first YA novel to be included in The Morning News Tournament of Books. Reading the descriptions online made me even more antsy to read it.… Continue reading The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
The Might Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
Mighty Queens of Freeville, The: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them Amy Dickinson Before the holidays, I received a review copy of The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson. I love memoirs, so it was exciting to read and review it here. Here’s the description of the book, from the… Continue reading The Might Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
The Annotated Pride & Prejudice
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Yesterday I finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice, using David M. Shapard’s Annotated edition. It took me more than twice as long as just reading the novel only, but the annotations provided a lot of extra helpful and interesting information and it was very worth the extra time. I… Continue reading The Annotated Pride & Prejudice
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates Sarah Vowell I have now read 3 of Sarah Vowell’s 4 books. This one, The Wordy Shipmates, comes out tomorrow, and I’m excited for her event at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday. I enjoyed The Wordy Shipmates. It’s well written, and the Puritans are a fascinating subject. One of the things that… Continue reading The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell