I think cookbooks are an iffy prospect. On one hand, they’re supposed to be instruction manuals that teach you to create foods you probably wouldn’t have thought of yourself. However, their educational value can be tempered by the sheer length of the ingredients and number of steps that go into the successful creation of a recipe. Add that to the reality of food stylists and professional food photographers and you have good cause to believe that these publications were always intended for display on the coffee table rather than use in the kitchen.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
by Angela Yorke March 12th, 2012 | New Releases, Nonfiction
The Uglies
by Kaitlin March 9th, 2012 | Fiction
I didn't quite realize it until I started browsing my bookshelf wondering what book to write about this week, but I have apparently been on bit of a dystopia kick as of late. In the last few weeks alone, I've written about one of my favorites growing up, The Giver, and also Lord of the Flies, which, while not exactly a dystopia, still has the society-falling-t0-pieces theme. This past weekend, I spent the vast majority of time on the couch with a blanket reading The Hunger Games trilogy. Yupp, all of it. And apparently it's not just me --
The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
by Angela Yorke March 5th, 2012 | Children's
I started to pay a bit more attention to what is on the shelves in the children’s section in the local bookstore after the recent kerfuffle in Malaysia over a child sex education book (published in 1984, may I add). Who knows, someone might have thought Adam Mansbach should be displayed there.
Children’s books tend to be instructional. You expect children’s books to be colorful, written in oversized text, and ever just so slightly (or very much so) silly, but ultimately aimed at teaching the little ones about shapes, colors, nouns, and societal conventions in kid-friendly form.
First published in
Children’s books tend to be instructional. You expect children’s books to be colorful, written in oversized text, and ever just so slightly (or very much so) silly, but ultimately aimed at teaching the little ones about shapes, colors, nouns, and societal conventions in kid-friendly form.
First published in
One For the Money
by T Akery March 2nd, 2012 | Fiction
One For the Money has made a resurgence due to the fact that it has been recently made into a movie. It was this book that first launched Stephanie Plum into the literary world and turned Janet Evanovich into a recognizable author. While lately the series itself has been lagging, One For the Money set up an unexpected formula for what has been a pretty successful series.
It is this first book where you are introduced to Stephanie Plum, who was once a buyer of lingerie. Now desperate for a job, she blackmails her relative Vinny into giving her a
It is this first book where you are introduced to Stephanie Plum, who was once a buyer of lingerie. Now desperate for a job, she blackmails her relative Vinny into giving her a
No One Is Here Except All of Us
by Mackenzie M. February 27th, 2012 | Fiction, New Releases
Picture life in the shtetls of pre-World War II Eastern Europe. These small, self-sustaining Jewish towns dotted the landscape as far as the Ural Mountains of Russia. The shtetl teamed with life. Goats ran down the dirt roads, a fiddler stood on the corner playing folk songs, and the ever-important rabbi walked into the synagogue with his entourage to prepare for the Sabbath. This scene has been portrayed by Elie Wiesel, Fiddler on the Roof, and even history books in the United States. However, this life was ended during World War II. The brand new novel No One is
