I’m a big fan of “Roadfood” and if I liked food in general just a little bit more… and also travel just a little bit more than that… I’d be envious of Jane and Michael Stern. What better job than to drive across the country, eating at diners and truck stops and hole in the wall restaurants? Thanks to Two for the Road, I can just convince TW to make some of these foods at home and live laugh vicariously through the Sterns’.
I read the second book in the Bibliophile Mystery series before I read the first. I hate it when that happens so I reserved the first one, Homicide in Hardcover, to get the back story. It was an ok book but the second one was much better, I think. (And how often does that happen?)
Fun chick-litty mystery series that involves food but only because Brooklyn really likes to eat. I’m looking forward to the next book.
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I’ve been so darn busy with “secret projects” (hah) at work that I haven’t had much time to actually read the blog posts that editors at BlogHer.com are writing. I just took a lunch break and played catch up a wee bit. There were some pretty fabulous posts written while I was distracted – So fabulous that I thought I’d share them here:
Nordette rocked two posts really hard: http://www.blogher.com/cylons-cometh-humanmachine-hybrids-and-our-impending-immortality and http://www.blogher.com/social-media-takes-freeing-scott-sisters-mississippi — Amazing work on both of these pieces (and I was thrilled to see the comments on the Scott sisters piece.)
Professor Kim blogged what I consider a bit of a PSA for all of us about fair use – and she did it using Twilight as an example. SMART woman that Professor Kim: http://www.blogher.com/fair-use-dos-and-donts
Mia the intern took my idea for a True Blood parody round up and turned it into something funny as heck. Snoop Dog? Who freaking knew??? http://www.blogher.com/five-funniest-true-blood-parodies-plus-snoop-doggs-tribute-sookie
8th grade graduation??? Oy, good thing I didn’t have time to actually read this before because I could have done a lot of ranting. Now, I’m just going to let it slip by. (Maybe) http://www.blogher.com/8th-grade-graduation-american-comingofage
I did hear something about a flood. In Oklahoma. But until I read Susan’s post… I had no idea. Wow. http://www.blogher.com/oklahoma-city-flooding-strands-drivers-stuns-city
Oh, I did read this yesterday because I was starving (there has been no real food in my house all week – don’t ask) Kalyn and her weekend menu planning post sucked me in with the biscuits. Kalyn can write a round up, can’t she? http://www.blogher.com/weekend-menu-planning-endless-options-homemade-biscuits
This one I also read yesterday because Laura Henry looks awesome in this swimsuit and I had to stop what I was doing to say so: http://www.blogher.com/be-your-own-pinup-diy-swimwear
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I received a review copy of Syren AGES ago and I put off reading it because I’d fallen behind on the Septimus Heap series and I thought I’d catch up and then read it. (TW and Prince J both read it ages ago and liked it a good bit…) I realized in January that I was never going to catch up with the series but I still wanted to read Syren so I read some reviews and blog posts for the books I’d missed and then started Syren. The first chapter or two left me confused because, duh I’d missed a lot, but by the fifth chapter I was hooked and happily reading. In fact I wanted to read it all of the way through without putting it down.
This really is a terrific middle grade series. In some ways, I like it better than Harry Potter (blasphemy, right?)
The other night, I was looking for something light and fluffy to read and I came up empty. So I figured, what the hell, I’ll read these non-fiction prairie dog books that TW made me reserve at the library.
First – Prairie Dogs (The Complete Owners Handbook) made me stop halfway through and look to see if Sharon Vanderlip was on Twitter. She’s not and I want to know why. I would like to talk to her about some of the things she mentions are important for prairie dog owners to know. I’d also like to ask her some questions. Like has she ever spent any time with a prairie dog in her house. Ya know, stuff like that. I also am anxiously awaiting the updated version of this book because it’s only freaking available used – for more than $100. Do you know how many giant plastic balls I can buy with $100? I want the book but I need the stupid balls. (Which are not, by the way, mentioned in the book at all. They should be – along with the fact that you’ll have to buy new ones constantly.)
Next – The Prairie Dog: Sentinel of the Plains was awesome. I’d like to buy this one too, and I might because it won’t cost me four giant plastic prairie dog balls errr $100. Great photos, nice bit of prairie dog history, and a well balanced look at the prairie dog “problem”. (I have an unbalanced opinion – stop killing the damn prairie dogs, people. They are a keystone species. We don’t kill our keystone species without serious consequences.)
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Cherie Priest did it again. Another excellent book! Boneshaker starts slowly and builds and builds and builds … Steampunk and Zombies. Where’s the sequel?
Cherie Priest just gets creepier and creepier – but that’s good. I’ve been trying to figure out how to convince RJ that she needs to start reading Cherie Priest – Dreadful Skin might just be the way to do it. Werewolves and a really cool Nun – could it get any better than that?
We went to the Little City Used Book Sale yesterday and came back with a very nice haul – not quite as many books as last year but pretty darn close.
81 books = $167.50
10 are brand new (thanks to Scholastic for donating a ton of brand new books to the booksale!)
4 are large print
6 are graphic novels
5 are very old – 2 Nancy Drews, 1 Hans Brinker (don’t ask)
23 cookbooks
Now – where are we going to put them? We need more Billys!
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TW was right, Goth Girl writing letters to Neil Gaiman was a nice touch. Without the letters, I don’t think I’d have enjoyed Goth Girl Rising nearly as much. The poetry pages were a nice touch, as well – slowly adding stanzas until we get to the end. Lyga does a nice job of building us up and then bringing us back down safely – or as safely as you can get when you’re dealing with Kyra.
Great sequel.
Normally I want a series I like to continue but I think in this case, Lyga should call it finished.