Based On A True Story

I find it really hard to figure out how to handle reviewing series. If I’m reading a series you can presume that I’m enjoying it a lot. I’d like to tell people about it. But how? Reviewing the first book […]

I’ve been pretty quiet this month on here. I’ve been at a bit of a loss about what to write about. I guess nothing is really inspiring me to rant and rave about it right now. I’m reading a lot […]

That summary of this book seems to have been specially designed to draw me in. Misbehaving old lady witches? – check A world where you get more powerful as you get older? – absolutely Cats? – check This is the […]

I was intrigued just by the title of this book when I saw it. I looked at the reviews to see if people thought it was any good. The first one I read was from an incensed person. They were […]

Welcome to March’s Foodies Read! We had 14 entries in February. The winner of the drawing is What’s Nonfiction’s review of Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals. Link up your reviews of books about food for a chance to […]

I’m exactly sure how I ended up having a huge reading month. I did go on a weekend trip at the beginning of the month that gave me some uninterrupted reading time but it kept going after that. I obviously […]

This book takes a close look at the American cheese landscape.  The author moves from being an interested civilian to examining the training and life of cheese makers and sellers in the United States.  He even starts attending major cheese […]

Corey Mintz is a former restaurant cook turned restaurant critic/food journalist who lived in Toronto. This book examines many different aspects of the food business to see ways in which it can be made more equitable for the people who […]

I don’t usually talk about movies much here but I need to vent. I also don’t usually go to movies about animals. I get too emotional. But the movie called Dog starring Channing Tatum looked good so we gave it […]

This book was amazing. I thought I knew a lot about the history of film but I learned from this book. This is a good topic to visit this time of year when the award shows roll around and showcase […]

Hara, who grew up in Iowa, is on a journey to trace her Korean roots after taking a DNA test. It matches her with her biological father. She heads to Korea to try to find out more about her past. […]

I started worrying over our flight to Greece a full 18 months before it happened. The husband has severe food allergies to sesame. Let’s fly to Greece – where they love some sesame. It is scary to even go to […]

Welcome to February’s Foodies Read! February in my part of the world seems like the kind of month where it is best to just stay in and read. Did you read about the cookbooks washing overboard on a container ship? […]

Remember my amazing 22 books-read December? Yeah, that didn’t happen again. I made some reading plans for the new year and I got off to a good start. Slooooowly. I got a lot of paper books from the library. I’ve […]

I just wanted to make Nemo a fancy bandana.   I wanted to make a bandana that is a bit smaller than you usually see so he didn’t drag it in his water dish.  I wanted to make it washable and […]

I interviewed author Stephanie James about her book Finally A Vegan. This book was a good introduction to what it is like to decide to make a change to your diet and lifestyle. What do you feel is the biggest […]

One year ago today we went to meet an unneutered male 3 year old Pomeranian who was being surrendered to a shelter for biting a child. He was so adorable but when he was allowed to run around in the […]

Misha Collins is an actor who played the angel Castiel on the TV show Supernatural.  He also does a lot of crowd-sourced charity work.  I get the newspaper at work and saw a story last year about him coming to […]

“Patriarchy exists in the Bible because the Bible was written in a patriarchal world.” You know I’m always up for a good analysis of Christianity. I have opinions. One of my strongest opinions is that Paul was the worst thing […]

One of the things I love about ereaders is how easy it is to highlight quotes. Then I tend to never look at them again. However, I was looking for one quote recently and started looking at some of the […]