“Never Kiss A Goat On The Lips” by Vic Sussman
“Recipes From The Dump” by Abigail Stone
“The Big Book of Casseroles” by Maryana Vollstedt
“The Pioneer Woman Cooks” by Ree Drummond
“See You In A Hundred Years: Four Seasons In Forgotten America” by Logan Ward
“Confections of a Closet Master Baker” by Gesine Bullock-Prado
“Birds In Fall” by Brad Kessler
“Getting Rid of Matthew” by Jane Fallon
“The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry” by Kathleen Finn
“The Way Life Should Be” by Christina Baker Kline
“The Story Sisters” by Alice Hoffman
(magical, dark but fulfilling just like every other Alice Hoffman novel)
“The Stolen Child” by Keith Donohue
“The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever” by Beatrice Ojakangas
“Hens Dancing” by Rafaella Barker
“This was my favorite book ever, even before I became a single mother. Weird that I found at least five different covers between the US and UK but this is my favorite”. I am reading it again for the fourth time.
“The Naturally Clean Home” by Karyn Siegel-Maier
“Every Last Cuckoo” by Kate Maloy (very good, but a bit rushed at the end, but i loved her style)
“My French Kitchen: A Book of 120 Treasured Recipes” by Joanne Harris and Fran Ward
“Made From Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life” by Jenna Woginrich
“Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling
(reading along with the gang at the Hog’s Head Blog
“Good Family” by Terry Gamble (very good)
“The Art of Keeping Secrets” by Patti Callahan Henry (couldn’t make it past Chapter 2, didn’t like the writing)
“Visiting Life: Women Doing Time On The Outside” by Bridget Kinsella
“A Homemade Life” by Molly Wizenberg
“The Sugar Queen” by Sarah Addison Allen
“Jamie’s Italy” by Jamie Oliver
“Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers” by the Moosewood Collective
“Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads With An Indian Elder” by Kent Nerburn
“The Late Bloomer’s Revolution: A Memoir” by Amy Cohen
“We Need To Talk About Kevin” by Lionel Shriver
“When Things Fall Apart” by Pema Chodron
“At Home With Magnolia: Classic American Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery” by Allysa Torey
“The Tree Sitter” by Suzanne Matson
“Waiting For Birdy” by Catherine Newman
The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
3 Comments
January 6, 2009 at 2:32 am
Me, too! I ate these books up, and just finished the last one — so I peeked here to see what you’re reading, as I always enjoy your referrals… so I guess I’ll have to wait to see what’s next.
xo.
May 11, 2009 at 11:40 pm
It sounds like you met a ME person at the store. Thats the people that are always in a hurry. The bad part is there seem to be more and more of them all the time. The cheese pie looks great. It made my mouth water just looking at it. I enjoyed cooking until my two little girls grew up and ran me out of the kitchen. Best to you and your two girls
October 8, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Checking a few of these out.
As you’ve read a few handmade life type books. Which is your fave? Are they really worth it?