by ta | Jan 27, 2008 | cookbooks, Non-fiction
A Baker’s Odyssey is a rich collection of recipes and culinary history, all gleaned from Patent’s exhaustive research in the American home kitchens of immigrants from around the world. Through his travels across the country, Patent learned the secrets to...
by ta | Jan 22, 2008 | Patron Recommendations
St. Francis Xavier parish is losing pastors. Over the years, three freaked priests have fled, having beheld Sights Too Terrible To Speak Of. Enter redoubtable replacement Father Rich Melos, who’s both fearless of Satan and Thornbirds-cute. Jane Edwell, plucky...
by ta | Jan 16, 2008 | Surveys
The results are in and all bets are off! We just didn’t see all that non-fiction coming. From Heaven to Starbucks and Harry to Stalin our staff has picked the best from all genres. Books published in 2007 The top picks with two votes each were: Thousand Splendid...
by ta | Jan 16, 2008 | Challenges
If you like to read about other people’s lives, the In Their Shoes is a challenge for you. The rules are real simple: you pick the number of books that you want to read. They just have to be either a memoir, autobiography, or biography. This challenge started...
by ta | Jan 15, 2008 | Fiction, Marie's Monthly Minutes
In this edition of Marie’s Monthly Minutes, we’ll look at two novels that feature elderly main characters looking back on their long careers. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield Former academic Setterfield pays tribute in her debut to Brontë and...
