Apr 24, 2012

Seriously delicious

Boy-o made fried chicken last night using this recipe  I have never had better.  So good!.

Apr 18, 2012

Disturbing


The Cement Garden is such a disturbing, skin-crawly kind of story.  I really like Ian McEwan, but I did not know what I was getting into with this one.  Disturbing. Unwashed, uncared for children, dead parents, seriously taboo relationships - all of that. I can appreciate writing even when the story is so messed up.  5/10.  (But I can't imagine ever ever reccomending this book to anyone).

Apr 17, 2012

Footnotes and endnotes


Wild Thing is the sequel to Beat the Reaper, an amazingly fun and brutal read.  While I loved the sequel, the second got a bit off track.

It follows Dr. Peter Brown on the run from the mob and in witness protection.  While the first book had him working in a hospital, the secon has him chasing creatures in the wilderness.  It doesn't work quite as well.  Bazell is a genius when it comes to a footnote and even endnotes so the read is still fun.  It'll be really interesting to see what happens in the next novel.  5/10.

Apr 16, 2012

Cowboys and armored bears


Oh how I'd missed Pullman's world of damon's and armored bears!  Once Upon a Time in the North, the little prequel to the His Dark Materials series has sat on my to-read list for ages, but I finally picked it up and read it in a day.  It's a short tale following Lee Scoresby & Iorek Byrnison, two wonderful characters who play a part in the trilogy.  Now I need to pick up the short little book that's timed after the trilogy - Lyra's Oxford.  7/10.

And if you haven't read His Dark Materials yet, DO!  It's such an imaginative and wonderful story.  So so good!

Apr 15, 2012

Apr 12, 2012

Giants


The Wild Trees was a really interesting read.  It follows the modern day explorers who looked for some of the largest trees on the planet.  I loved the descriptions of the cathedral-like tops of these giants.  I need to look for some Youtube videos so I can see for myself.

The bits about the actual people was less interesting to me though.  I'm not sure why, but I was a bit bored by their stories and anxious to get back to the descriptions of these finds.  Still 6/10.

Apr 11, 2012

Dusty

A friend of mine is getting married next month.  Wish we had gotten him this rather than an item off of the couple's registry:


So awesome!