a few fun reads
in the midst of coming off of vacation and looking forward into the holiday season... i hunkered down with a few books to pass the time. i will admit that i actually let my children watch just a bit too much tv while i was reading one of these.
kitchen counter cooking school.
by kathleen flynn.
oh how i loved this one.
all these lovely women learning how to cook, use a knife, cut up a chicken.....learning about healthy options that don't cost too much. and oh how i wish i had been in this class. to be on the journey of exploring food and cooking skills along others.... i was envious. what a quick but fun read. it also includes recipes for simple things....like vinaigrettes. i loved it...and have to thank my sister-in-law who recommended it to me over a year ago. thanks, tiff!
tiger in red weather.
by liza klaussmann.
well.....it was a bit 'gatsby' for me. too indulgent, too long island, too much despair. AND then there was a crazy twist about 40 pages from the end. i had to sit up and say, "WHAT?!" so that shift at the end took me by surprise but i am not sure that it made the rest of the novel worth it. it is creative, a story told in third person but focusing on five different characters. it is not linear but bounces between the same incidents from a different characters participation of that incident. and then there is the dark, psychological tension of the dead body. no spoilers from me.
the host.
by stephanie meyer.
aliens. invasion. body snatchers.
yup....and i could not put it down. i might even be excited that there is a movie version coming out. but back to the book. so interesting. complex human issues of violence, humanity, love, sacrifice. and then the alien twist. there has to been a suspension of disbelief or you just can't get past the premise. but if you can.... i really liked it. characters are weak but i wasn't reading it for deep, well-developed, intense characters. so there you go.
kitchen counter cooking school.
by kathleen flynn.
oh how i loved this one.
all these lovely women learning how to cook, use a knife, cut up a chicken.....learning about healthy options that don't cost too much. and oh how i wish i had been in this class. to be on the journey of exploring food and cooking skills along others.... i was envious. what a quick but fun read. it also includes recipes for simple things....like vinaigrettes. i loved it...and have to thank my sister-in-law who recommended it to me over a year ago. thanks, tiff!
tiger in red weather.by liza klaussmann.
well.....it was a bit 'gatsby' for me. too indulgent, too long island, too much despair. AND then there was a crazy twist about 40 pages from the end. i had to sit up and say, "WHAT?!" so that shift at the end took me by surprise but i am not sure that it made the rest of the novel worth it. it is creative, a story told in third person but focusing on five different characters. it is not linear but bounces between the same incidents from a different characters participation of that incident. and then there is the dark, psychological tension of the dead body. no spoilers from me.
the host.
by stephanie meyer.aliens. invasion. body snatchers.
yup....and i could not put it down. i might even be excited that there is a movie version coming out. but back to the book. so interesting. complex human issues of violence, humanity, love, sacrifice. and then the alien twist. there has to been a suspension of disbelief or you just can't get past the premise. but if you can.... i really liked it. characters are weak but i wasn't reading it for deep, well-developed, intense characters. so there you go.
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