What do you read when you’re not reading review titles?I can just imagine our conversation starting, and you’re adorable in that green sweater. Well, I’d stop, gathering my thoughts, I’m rarely reading review books. In fact most of the books I do read are either purchased with my own sheckels — usually on a whim
Read More >>Glowing and bronzed, the book whispers from the shelf: open me. I am caught. It’s alluringly rich with memories and recipes, the food seductively photographed. I come away from the first read of Venezia: Food and Dreams enchanted. You see, I have been to Venice, and this cannot be the same city I visited. I
Read More >>The Moosewood Collective has promoted local, organic food since before it was popular. It’s no surprise to find they’re still a step ahead of the veggie curve, making a case for whole, plant-based foods. Their latest collection of more than 200 recipes showcases trendy, healthful ingredients like stevia, umeboshi, celeriac and more, with loads of
Read More >>I’ve never read “Monsters at Templeton,” apparently Groff’s masterpiece with rave reviews posted everywhere by some mighty minds. But I picked up “Delicate, Edible Birds” at the library during a bird phase, where I blindly gathered only books with nature-driven artwork. I returned home to find three bird covers, one butterfly cover and one tree
Read More >>Overall, Chris Bohjalian’s tales cover serious ground. His interest in myriad topics, family struggles, and historical events offer plotlines that vary wildly from book to book. What’s remained consistent so far is Bohjalian’s female lead, his ability to tell most of his tales using a woman’s perspective. I’m currently reading Before You Know Kindness, but
Read More >>Sometimes you end up reading a book you’re not in the mood for. Like Mexican dinner when you’re craving Thai, it’s just not satisfying, even when it’s delicious.That’s how I felt about Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis. Though the pacing is a bit slow, it matches the tone perfectly. I read it, dying for
Read More >>Synopsis Soft, gentle prose shapes an unnamed girl’s story as she endures a diminished pedigree, loss of hopes and home together with a failed marriage during the Japanese occupation of Korea in Eugenia Kim’s The Calligrapher’s Daughter.A traditional, upperclass Korean man, the girl’s father shows his disappointment at the birth of a daughter, by declining
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