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I just read Anthony Bordain's Kitchen Confidential for the first time. It was published in 2000, and I guess it was such a hit when it came out that it led to his recent successful television programs. I'm a newcomer to Bordain as I just got cable a few years ago. I enjoy his tv programs a lot, and admit I've been lusting after him.
I LOVED the book! A fast, easy, funny, fascinating non-fiction read.
But it made me lose any interest I ever had in eating in any kind of restaurant. I'll cook my own food, thank you!!! And the book made Bordain seem pretty grody. (But I still lust after him.)
As it turns out, it looks like I am quitting on "Americanah" and delving into that Debbie Macomber after all. Perhaps I DO need my reading palate cleansed before setting up for another course, or maybe it's just that the "Puppets" by Daniel Hecht (audio) is so heavy that I need something light and airy to balance me.
Hope I don't get insulin-shock from the high sugar load.
Ugh, Debbie Macomber's wasn't palatable -- 3% into it and she'd barely given her characters a word in edgewise. I'd forgotten she was one of those authors that cannot stop narrating and let the characters speak for themselves.
Now onto "Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I" by Alexis S. Troubetzkoy. This looks like one I can sink my teeth into.
Per my husband's recommendation - About to start Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics
How did you like this?I read the synopsis and reviews for this after you mentioned it,and immediately put it on reserve at my library.When I couldn't get into "Summers At Castle Auburn" I started Dr Mary's Monkey last night. I find it fascinating,especially since I have found the same claims in several other books before such as~ Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola. Nature, Accident or Intentional? by Leonard G. Horowitz
Dawn-I'm sorry you are in a reading slump. I hate those.
Still Alice was a wonderful book.
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Ugh, Debbie Macomber's wasn't palatable -- 3% into it and she'd barely given her characters a word in edgewise. I'd forgotten she was one of those authors that cannot stop narrating and let the characters speak for themselves.
I was wondering how that would go
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I'm reading the third P.J. Parrish novel in a row. I really love these books.
I may have to start that series
Last night I finished The Paris Architect and I thought it was excellent. Today I will start a YA book called The Selection by Kiera Cass.
BTW, for anyone who enjoyed The Rosie Project there is a new book out called The Rosie Effect.
Well I did linger with THE GOOD HOUSE by Anne Leary. I really enjoyed it so much. It was a very easy read, but it really kept me hooked. Lots of humor but a great story (and towards the end, well I must say I NEVER saw that coming
So I just started Night Circus which is definitely not typical for my type of book, but it's also quite good and has me turning the pages. I hope I can stay with it because it is very nicely written and of course a great story------I don't know why but I am not drawn to fantasy and in fact am struggling with that aspect of it------ The Night Circus: Erin Morgenstern: 8601401288732: Amazon.com: Books
I know there are lots of you on here who enjoy that genre- so please have at it!
OMG, infuriating to learn from Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics by Edward T. Haslam
that our nation's cancer epidemic is caused from those Polio vaccines that we were 'forced' to take as kids!
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