This will be an ongoing list of books I’ve read starting in 2010. I’ll post reviews as I finish each book going forward. Feel free to post recommendations for books–I’ll comment back if I’ve already read your suggestion, and I’ll consider all suggestions! 2010 (Goal: 30 books) 101 Ways to Have a Great Day at [...]
By Peter Mayle Rating: 3 stars. It’s not often I can reference the books I’ve read in random conversations with employees at Total Wine. I managed to do just that today with this one. It was an entertaining, quick read with a little mystery, a lot of wine-talk, and a sub-plot of friendship. The premise [...]
By Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver This book gets 5 stars. If more stars were available, I would award them to this book and to every Michael Pollan book I’ve read. This is now on my list of “Books everyone in America should read.” The basic premise of this book is [...]
I finally took the plunge and ordered some new furnishings for our house. I ordered a wine cabinet and matching glass-front cabinet for our dining room (pics to come once it’s assembled), which I’m really excited about (seriously, I’m tired of storing wine and table linens in the pantry! Give me some room to store [...]
This week, we’ve had several thunderstorms. I noticed a couple of days ago that two of the tomatoes that I re-potted last weekend weren’t draining from all the rain. So I came up with two options to help the situation: 1. Re-pot again, into pots that had adequate drainage. Pros: I’d know they were where [...]
Our sod is having growth problems. As in, it’s turned brown and ugly. Not surprising, given that it was laid in November, when we were having terrible, cold thunderstorms for a week straight the week we moved in…which was also the week it was laid. The weather went downhill from there, so we’re assuming the [...]
By Steig Larsson This book was an unexpected gem. I had heard of the next book in this series, “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest,” but didn’t realize this was in that series until about halfway through the book. The Background: Murder mystery filled with undercover reporting, scandal, a sex-trafficking operation, and murders thrown [...]
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