The coronavirus has led to MANY book purchases, but this small stack of recent acquisitions looks totally reasonable. I'm looking forward to the Rancho Gordo cookbook, especially now that I have an instant pot for easy bean-cooking. I bought it from Native Seeds/SEARCH. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine looks like a perfect summer-fun read about a … Continue reading A Small Haul
Sometimes I read some unusual books for my Dewey Decimal Challenge, and my June stack includes a few of those--Herefordshire Speech, The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team, and I'm Not Hanging Noodles by Your Ears. The good part is that I learn some obscure but interesting info. From Herefordshire Speech by Winifred Leeds, I … Continue reading June Wrap-Up
Books with a strong sense of place usually appeal to me, but even more so now when I can't travel because of the global pandemic. This Verlaque and Bonnet mystery series, set in Aix-en-Provence, has hit the spot; I've finished six of the eight (not in order) and am reading number seven right now. Antoine … Continue reading A Vacation Murder Mystery
