Read any good books lately?

[Mezzaluna]

Music... films... ok, now it's time for books. I read "Appetite for Life", the Julia Child biography by Noel Fitch. Totally amazing woman, Julia. I'll also admit to enjoying Harry Potter books- sort of literary junk food. I wonder if anyone is actually going to try to manufacture Bertie Bott's Everyflavor Beans, especially the earwax flavored ones.

[m brown]

mmmm.... what about the vomit flavor?

Complete and Utter Failure. Just started it and it looks pretty good.

[cookM]

Great topic. I recently read Harry Potter 4. Couldn't put it down, but I was up at a Buddhist retreat in silence for 3 days. Funnily, my acupuncturist told me that a lot of her clients' pulses were off because they all stayed up late reading Harry Potter. I'm also reading a Photoshop book, all of Charlie Trotter's cookbooks, and "The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America". I want to get Ken Wilber's new book, The Theory of Everything (don't quote me on the title). Too many books? I was an English major in college...

i'm in the middle of harry potter one. so far, i like...

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[Nicko]

A couple of good books that I have read recently are:

Kitchen Confidential by: Anthony Bourdain

Way of the Scout by: Tom Brown Jr.

Tender at the Bone by: Ruth Richel

London by: Edward Rutherford

The Lord of The Rings by J.R. Tolkien (I am re-reading this to gear up for the up-coming movie).

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Nicko
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[Bayou]

Books that I've found interesting are:

Death in the Afternoon, Earnest Hemingway

Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn

Dancing in the Paths of the Ancestors, by Thomas E. Mails, and

Snow falling on cedars, by David Guterson.


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[judy]

Nicko, I too enjoyed London. Have you read Sarum? I ratr that even better.
Usually I read trash and owning a book shop that is a pretty sad statement

[augiewren]

Anything by John McPhee, Barbara Kingsolver, E. Phillips Oppenheim and of course....David Sedaris.

[shroomgirl]

I've read the Harry Potter series...usually in 1-2day marathons.....what an amazing writer.
Hmmmm books...well I read 2 newspapers a day, NYTIMES and Local, several local rags a week, Food Illustrated from England (incredible) Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Food Arts, The new Organic mag.
Cook Books....Brodys are good reading.
Guess it's been a long time since I've actually read an adult novel. Well guess I need to get past the periodical and Starbucks kiosk at Barnes and Noble.

I've been on a reading binge this past week since I took a couple of days off work to recover from the grueling summer we had. I've read
"Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain
"The Soul of a Chef" by Michael Ruhlman
"Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell
"Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession" by Amy Trubek
Next one in the pile: "Restaurants that Work: Case Studies of the Best in the Industry" by Martin Dorf

Now that I look at this list, I realize that even on my vacation I just can't let go of work! But seriously, all of these books are wonderful and I highly recommend them.

Kathleen

The LEFT BEHIND series by LaHay and Jenkins is awesome. I have about 12 friends that have read all 7....and they can't put them down.

Satchmo,

I have heard a little bit about the books, but not enough to buy one. Can you tell us a little more about the subject matter?

[Mezzaluna]

Nicko, I also re-read LOTR to rev up for the films and also to get a student hooked on them. (He loves them!!) I always wanted to see if I could make up a recipe for lembas... Reading Dune gave me a hankering for cinnamon. I also read cookbooks, cover to cover. I've enjoyed Craig Claiborne's NYTimes Cookbook and have two editions of it. Also liked his International Cookbook from the '70s. A favorite is an 1897 book called Poetry in Cookery. Has some very interesting recipes, plus directions for making ink and soap.

[Nick.Shu]

I have a tendency to go for Tom Clancy novels because they pass a good amount of time while travelling.

Last cooking books read is "The Essential Mossiman" and "the Roux Brothers on Patisserie".

Brin: The "Left Behind" series of books is a 7 book series (so far) dealing with "the end of time".

It is pretty fascinating reading. The books start with "the Rapture" where all of the Christians are raptured to Heaven all at once. Then, the authors really do a great job of dealing with the world struggling with what happened, the rise of the anti-christ, etc.

FYI, non-Christians and Christians alike seem to be GLUED to this novel series once they start reading them.