Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. One day, a parcel containing a pair of gorgeous silver shoes is left outside Coriander’s home. She knows that they’re for her, but her mother is adamant that she cannot wear them. Still, the shoes call her name, and when Coriander gives in to that call, it starts […]
I, Coriander – Sally Gardner Read More »
Read for the Foodie Reading Challenge. This book is a compilation of essays by writers and chefs about either cooking for one, or dining alone. There is an interesting mix of stories, most including some sort of signature recipe. Many of the stories lean more to the philosophical than being strictly related to the food.
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant – edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler Read More »
Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. The Princetta is pretty standard sheltered girl rebels against what she considers to be a constricted life, runs away, has grand adventures, falls in love and returns to her life, realizing it isn’t as bad as she thought it was. And as adventures go, this book does those
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Read for the Foodie’s Reading Challenge. Ruth Reichl is among other things, the former editor of Gourmet magazine, as well as a former restaurant critic for the New York Times. I’ve started a bit backwards with her books, already having read Garlic and Sapphires, which chronicled some of her time at the New York Times.
Tender at the Bone – Ruth Reichl Read More »
In some ways, I miss the way fantasy novels were written in the 80s. They were shorter then, and seemed more likely to be one offs. This could be a good thing, compared to some of the recent trilogies turned behemoths that the authors are unable to finish in their lifetimes because the plot lines
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It’s close enough to the end of the month that I can safely say I’ve finished my RIP V challenge reading. This year, I read: This year, I was trying to read exclusively from my TBR bookcase, so I was a little more limited than I normally would be. I had two other books (A
RIP VI Reading Challenge – 9/1/11 – 10/31/11 Read More »
When Nora hears the dark horn blowing, she leaves her husband and newborn son. A small boat brings her across the sea, where the dying Queen of Erland has Nora nurse her newborn son. At first, Nora doesn’t remember where she came from, but eventually, her memories of her husband and son return. As much
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Read for the RIP VI and 2011 YA Reading Challenges. While this book isn’t a sure fit for the RIP Challenge categories (this picking things only out of my TBR stash is hard!), it is a great deconstruction of the take no prisoners dark lord tries to take over the world kind of stories, so
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My reading for the 2011 TBR Reading Challenge is done. The challenge was to read at least six books that had been in my TBR pile for at least six months. This year, I read: These were all pulled from my “Tote of Shame” (which has this year become the “Bookcase of Shame”). The oldest
2011 TBR Lite Reading Challenge 1/1/11 – 12/31/11 Read More »
Read for the 2011 TBR Lite Reading Challenge. I picked this book for the RIP challenge because the back listed it as a detective story, and I thought a straight mystery would round out my reading choices. And it’s true that it’s a detective story, but it’s not really a mystery. You know as the
The Light of Day – Graham Swift Read More »