White Fur by Jardine Libaire started out as a fast paced modern, urban Romeo and Juliet story. It was a quick read and engrossing; things seemed to happen to them vs. their making conscious choices. There are a lot of red flags in their relationship–neither seems quite mentally stable but they middle through. Then about … Continue reading
Give a Girl a Knife was another case of a reading a book that I wanted to love but ended up only sort of liking. I swear I am not that picky! I loved the topics she covered–her weird rural no-electricity-no-water-homesteader-to-the-extreme life and her NYC fancy restaurant life (obvi, I’m a food blogger) but timeline … Continue reading
I wish I liked this book. The concept was certainly compelling–a book celebrating cakes rather than simply being about making them–but ultimately it fell flat. I think what put me off was how the author kept switching back and forth between personal memories (occasionally not cake related, she writes at length about her mother and … Continue reading
