Sarah’s Key alternates between WWII Paris, with a young Jewish girl, Sarah, and a middle-aged journalist, Julia, living in Paris with her French husband and their daughter. Despite the decades between them, Julia discovers that her life links with Sarah’s in unexpected ways. I love it when the stars align and the book announced for bookclub is one I’m already…
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Tell Me What to Read: Round 19
I’m among friends here, right? Good, let me admit something very embarrassing. You may remember that the winner of Tell Me What To Read for March was Maisie Dobbs, suggested by Alison K. I went to get it the other day out of my library basket so I could begin reading it and. . . couldn’t find it. I searched…
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There is Always More to Say About Vegetables
First week of CSAing is complete! I pick up our second box of produce tomorrow. So far so good. All I have left to use up are a few leaves of spinach, half a rutabaga, some grapefruit, and the collard greens (which I’m using in this dish tonight to go along with some pizza). Okay, actually that suddenly seems like…
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Some Weekends Are Heavy on the Fun and Light on the Lazing Around
Last night we flew back to Austin from a whirlwind Utah trip. Also, how frustrating is it to have to fly to SLC by way of LOS ANGELES, a city that I am fairly certain is NOT located between Austin and Salt Lake? I am extremely familiar with Southwest snacks and flight procedures after this weekend, is what I’m saying….
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The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska
The Loud Book! by Deborah Underwood is maybe not the book for bedtime. It’s too rambunctious, too full of noisy fun. Stick with the first book by this duo, The Quiet Book, at bedtime. For any OTHER time? Grab The Loud Book! and brush up your sound effect skills. the loud book by deborah underwood The Loud Book! goes through…
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