Book: Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life by Karen Karbo Genre: Biography / Memoir / Self-Help Publisher: Skirt! an imprint of Globe Pequot Press Publication date: October, 2013 Pages: 240 Source: e-ARC from the publisher Summary: In the latest of … Continue reading →
Happy Sunday! Time: // 9:03 am The scene: // at my desk looking out at what promises to be a much more typical August day than we’ve been getting this summer — hot and humid! Listening to: // My Good … Continue reading →
After enjoying the e-ARC of Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo (due out October 1st), I wanted to play along with this event: Wanted: Bloggers to #LiveLikeJulia For One Week and Write About It. Julia Child Rules is organized into ten rules … Continue reading →
It would probably be a good idea to sign up for my own challenge! You can join us here: Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club. The idea is to read some books in August and September with the … Continue reading →
Sheila of Team Kickin It that I wrote about yesterday (Joining Team Kickin It) has declared the Wednesday theme to be healthy eating. Since Joy’s Book Blog is 1 year and 2 days old, I thought it would be a good … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. Read … Continue reading →
It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers. Read … Continue reading →
Book: My Life in France by Julia Child Genre: memoir Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publication date: 2006 Pages: 302 Source: Library Summary: My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme tells the story of Julia Child’s adventures in French cooking, beginning with a move to … Continue reading →
When I asked our nephew for help selecting wine for a Bastille Day cheese tasting, he went above and beyond to outfit us for an amazing experience. Andrew works for wholesale wine distributor H2Vino in Chicago and his friend, Cesar, … Continue reading →
Wondrous Words Wednesday is hosted by Bermudaonion’s Weblog. Kathy says: “Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.” Today’s word is French. A French word seems appropriate on the … Continue reading →