An Everlasting Meal – Tamar Adler
An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Grace & Economy by Tamar Adler Age: Adult Genre: Cooking, Food Essays Source: My Copy Publisher: Scribner, 2011 ISBN: 9781439181874, 250 pages Find this book at...
View Article2012 In Review
2012 has been an odd year for this blog. 2011 was very much filled with book reviews, challenges and events. This year…its been mostly fluff & filler posts. I did have a steady stream of reviews up...
View Article2013 Book & Blog Resolutions
I’m not making any new year’s resolutions apart from these few regarding my blog. I never follow through on them anyways. Who does, really? Tell me. 1. Read more books off my own bookshelves. I did a...
View ArticleTurn Your Blog Into an eBook
This is a neat little gadget I heard about today. Ebook Glue is a web service that lets you turn your blog posts in ebooks. It’s fairly simple to use. All you do is enter your blog’s RSS Feed or the...
View ArticleMini Reviews – Unaccustomed Earth & The Aviator’s Wife
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri doesn’t really require much of a review since I have nothing but praise for this author, and especially this collection of short stories. I have been a huge fan of...
View ArticleA new use for the library
Talk about giving back to the community! This is such an awesome idea, instituted by the small town library in Basalt, Colorado. Here’s how it works: A library card gets you a packet of seeds. You...
View ArticlePaperman
Have you all seen this year’s Oscar nominated short Paperman? Its a very sweet and charming romantic short film set in 1940′s New York. Watch it here if you have 6 minutes to space.
View ArticleLessons in French – Hilary Reyl
Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl Age: Adult Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication: March 2013 This was a book I bid on, and won through LibraryThing’s...
View ArticleBlogging hiatus
Due to some rather wonderful changes in my life, namely the birth of my son, I’ll be taking a break from blogging here for a while. I haven’t really been updating as much I should anyways, and I don’t...
View ArticleBebe Day by Day – Pamela Druckerman
Bebe Day by Day: 100 Keys of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman Source: Mine Format: Book, Non-fiction, Parenting Publisher: Penguin, 2013 ISBN: 9781594205538, 144 pages Find this book at your local...
View ArticleWhen Everything Changed by Gail Collins
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins Age: Adult Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Women’s History Source: My Copy Publisher: Back Bay...
View ArticleFrench Kids Eat Everything – Karen Le Billon
French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon Age: Adult Genre: Memoir, Food, French Parenting, Non-Fiction Source: My Copy Publisher: William Morrow, 2012 ISBN: 9780062103291. 305 pages Find this book...
View ArticleFrench Twist – Catherine Crawford
French Twist: An American Mom’s Experiment In Parisian Parenting Age: Adult Genre: Memoir, French parenting, Non-Fiction Source: LibraryThing Early Reviews (via Random House) Publisher: Random House,...
View ArticleJump into Spring with a Book Giveaway!
From my previous reviews, we know I have an affection for books about food, primarily books about bake shops. Well, since I haven’t held one of these contests in years, I thought “what better way to...
View ArticleUnion Street Bakery – Review
Union Street Bakery by Mary Ellen Taylor Age: Adult Genre: Chick-Lit, food-lit Source: Publicist for my honest review Publisher: Berkeley Original Paperback, 2013 Find this book at your local library...
View ArticleUnion Street Bakery Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations Katie! Please respond to my e-mail by next week so that we can get you a copy of the book.
View ArticleThe Time Of My Life – Cecila Ahern
The Time of My Life by Cecila Ahern Age: Adult Genre: Fiction, Chick-Lit, Conduct of Life -Fiction Source: Publisher via LibraryThing Early Reviewers Find this book at your local library Lucy...
View ArticleLife in Perspective
2 years ago, I was celebrating May Day in Paris with a baguette, stinky cheese, wine and some beautiful flowers on the hotel balcony with my husband on our honeymoon. Today, I am not. Tagged: May...
View ArticleLoads of Links – Book News & Other Nonsense Found Online
Shakespeare & Co. in Paris (photocredit Moi!) Bookish News Neil Gaiman Quiz – How Well Did You Do? @ Telegraph 30 things to tell a book snob @ Booktrust From Blogging to Books: A Tour of Child/YA...
View ArticleLoads of Links 5/18/2013
I’m doing my best to finish at least 1 of the 3 books I’m reading right now and I’ll hopefully have a book review up here by the end of next week. No promises though. In the meantime, here is …...
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