This post could also be called: ‘I Finally Read a Book!!!’ I think I was so fatigued from 6 years of reading for school that this summer I’ve barely been able to pick up a book over the summer. Reading a few chapters of ‘The Mayo’s Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy’ or ‘The New Basics: [...]
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‘A Lesson in Secrets’ by Jacqueline Winspear
Posted: 09/09/2011 in booksTags: a lesson in secrets, books, cosy mysteries, jacqueline winspear, maisie dobbs
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Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (Kindle Edition)
Posted: 06/29/2011 in booksTags: anthony bourdain, books, kitchen confidential, Les Halles, NYC restaurants, Top Chef
I’m very slowly getting back into reading over the summer. It always takes me a while to unwind post exams, and this summer I’m pretty consumed with research for the upcoming cylon invasion. My first read was actually a re-read; something I’ve wanted to re-visit for a while – Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. An expose [...]
Things on Tuesday (3/22)
Posted: 03/22/2011 in things on tuesdayTags: baking, books, castle, complaints, ian rankin, maisie dobbs, television, The Good Wife
The good Downloaded two new books (Complaints by Ian Rankin and the latest Maisie Dobbs mystery) just need to catch-up with school work so I can read them Baked a blood orange & olive oil cake Castle is really growing on me, and new The Good Wife tonight (when is this March Madness over?) The [...]
Project: De-clutter
Posted: 08/24/2010 in Navel gazingTags: books, de-clutter, home, unemployment projects
I find myself wanting to exist in two homes at once: one lined with books and the other spacious and minimal. It is possible to have both if you have a large enough home except the reality is that I live in a one bed flat and can’t see myself living in anything bigger than [...]
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Posted: 07/12/2010 in booksTags: books, crime fiction, stieg larsson, swedish detectives, the girl who kicked a hornets nest, the girl who played with fire, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the millennium trilogy
Over the course of the weekend I read the entire Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest. This was a mean feat as these books are over 500 pages long a piece. I was up until 2am [...]
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Posted: 06/08/2010 in books, UncategorizedTags: Australian fiction, books, christos tsiolkas, fiction, the slap
This is an amazing book – raw and unnerving. The story centers on the consequences of a non-family member slapping a misbehaving child at a barbecue in suburban Melbourne. How the reverberations can be felt not only by those directly involved but by everyone in their social sphere. Sides are taken. New alliances against old. [...]
Things on Tuesday
Posted: 01/19/2010 in things on tuesdayTags: 30 rock, body pillow, books, james franco, swedish detectives, tv
FTW James Franco + Body Pillow + 30 Rock = BLISS! Silver nail polish Swedish detective novels Yoga tomorrow morning Taco trucks Weather is warming up Meh Too much to do Puffy eyes put the kibosh on weekend plans Dollhouse descends into madness. So glad there are only 2 episodes left
