I haven’t been feeling very bookish lately. I won’t admit to a slump but I haven’t felt much like reading either. I did feel like doing something bloggy though so here it is folks. A few things I thought I’d share because I like them.
101 Cookbooks – I love this site. Not only is this a great place to find a dinner recipe but there are also some amazing photos to go with it. I have Heidi Swanson’s most recent book, Super Natural Everyday, and it’s already a well used kitchen tool. Also, this is where I got the idea to do a list like this.
Madame Guillotine – Seriously, I covet her pink hair. I wish I could carry this off but I have curly hair which means I’d look as though I have a mass of pink cotton candy on my head. It would not be attractive. Anyway, she’s also a great writer and if you’re a person who might be interested, say one day, in being an author. Or you know something like that. Actually, forget I said that. Anyway, she’d be a person to follow. Also, there’s the hair. Did I mention that?
Villainess Soaps – I want to order all the stuff. All. The. Stuff! My birthday is in early December and I’ll be getting it all. All I tell you. I’ll call them gifts and use them all. Someone must be a test subject.
Writing. I need to do more of it which is probably why you’re getting this right now which has nothing to do with books. I find I’m a happier person when I find time to write and I need to do just that.
Since this is a book blog, I will now commence talking about some favorite books. List commencing:
All Jane Austen except Emma. Why? I can’t stand Emma. Simple.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Period.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Why did it take me so long to read this? Why?!
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Awesome.
The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. Steampunk fiction. How do you not love that? Also, that’s not a question.
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. It will fill your head with facts you did not know you needed to know.
That is the end of the list not because I have no more to add but because we’d be here to New Year’s and I don’t feel the need to keep you entertained until then. 🙂
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I did not care for Emma for years, and then one year I read it again and found I loved it. It’s my favorite Austen now, I think.
I tried a few times to like Emma but it never works out. Maybe I need to give it some time and try agan.
Packing for Mars was awesome, her other books are just as or even more entertaining. I read her book Bonk as an audiobook. While driving. Very, very distracting.
I love her books too. My library has Bonk which I can’t wait to read. I can easily see how that one can be distracting while driving. 🙂
I loved Mary Roach’s STIFF, which was all about the “curious life of the cadaver.” Brilliant, uncomfortable, insightful, and hilarious. She’s a treat to read. I really need to pick her other books up including SPOOK and BONK.
Stiff is on my list with Bonk. Now I want to run off to the library and get them!
Dear self, read Mary Roach already! PS: Seriously.
Maybe I’ll put it on my Long-Awaited Reads Month list.
Yes, yes, yes! Read Mary Roach!