For Valentine’s Day, my mom & Dad gave Jason & I a Barnes & Noble gift card. We went by there tonight. Jason didn’t find anything, but I found a 3 books in 1 Crock Pot cookbook. One section is just chicken, soups & stews, and 5 ingredients or less. So excited to try out new recipes and it was only $9.98!! I’ll post the recipes on here if they’re yummy. (You know you’re old, when you get excited about buying a cookbook!!)
I’m going to delete the side bar that tallied all my ’08 books to make room for ’09 books. Though I’d make a post of them to remind myself.
Second Glances by Jodi Picoult
The Queen’s Fool by Phillippa Gregory
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Angry Housewives Eating Bons Bons by Lorna Landvik
The Other Queen by Phillippa Gregory
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortonson
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
Songs of a Humpback Whate by Jodi Picoult
Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Galdon
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Spin Cycle by Sue Margolis
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Remember Me? by Sphie Kinsella
The Beach House by Jane Green
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
Plum Wine by Anglea Davis-Gardner
The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Meridon by Philippa Gregory
The Favored Child by Philippa Gregory
Wideacre by Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Mercy by Jodi Picoult
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
I saw a post about this on the Nest Book Club and thought it was really cool. Jason & I LOVE LOST & can’t wait for season 5 to begin! I’m not sure I’ll read all these, but I do think it’d be interesting to read some of these especially to rewatch the show that the book’s mentioned in. Here’s the link: http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=bookclub
on reading Reading Lolita in Tehran. I tried (I read the first 68 pages on Saturday) but I think for the first time in my whole life I quit a book. Earlier this fall I read The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns & Three Cups of Tea all of which are set in/about the lives of Afghanistan. I enjoyed all three of those books, read them kinda back to back and was talking about them at a recent book club meeting. I read in Real Simple about Reading Lolita & then someone from book club also recommended it, so I thought it would be good. I’m not sure if the writing style just wasn’t working for me or if I’m just kinda over that Afghanistan setting for now. I’ve put it on a list to try to read it later on this year or maybe next year. Just thought I’d share my confession with the world!
So Alethea’s most recent post linked to this article about pairing books & alcohol. And seeing how I’m doing a beer tasting tomorrow afternoon then we’ll probably come home and read a little more of my current book obsession (the 5th of the Outlander series, The Fiery Cross) I thought this link would be fun to share with the world. Thanks Alethea!