You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Nowhere Book Bingo: Starts with J, K, Q, U, V, W, X, Y or Z Ari and Josh first meet and develop an intense dislike of one another when Josh arrives at the apartment where Ari is staying, to cook a meal for his girlfriend, who happens to be Ari’s roommate and occasional hook-up. Ari likes to keep things very casual, never spends the night with her hook-ups and is trying to make it as a stand-up comedian. Josh is quite neurotic, a trained chef, […]
Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Kingdom of Netherlands
Usually I try to start off the year with something non-fiction; the book I started wit hthat in mind is taking a bit longer for reasons I’ll get into when I review it. SO instead, I present a random library grab that is actually pretty interesting: Food Culture and Cuisine in Nigeria (by the Nigerian Embassy in the Netherlands). How that got to random SE US public library I have no idea, but that’s part of the fun of a library; they have stuff you […]
Cassiel's Servant by Jacqueline Carey
Codename Charming by Lucy Parker
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire
Cassiel’s Servant – Jacqueline Carey Rating: 3.5 stars Kushiel’s Dart is one of my favourite fantasy books, and books in general, of all time. It stands up, I re-read it this summer in preparation for the release of this. Has Jacqueline Carey done exactly the same thing as Stephenie Meyer and E.L James did, and retold her already existing novel from the POV of another central character? Yes, she has. Was I pretty sure that this was going to be a lot more worthwhile and […]
Shucked by Kate Canterbary
4.5 stars Sunny DuJardin is just about to open a vegan cafe in her hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, but keeps butting heads with the man who tormented her in much of her adolescence and early teenage years. Beckett Loew has had to take a leave of absence from his high-powered business job in Singapore to return to Friendship to try to figure out the total mess his flakey parents have made with the family’s oyster restaurant. His father and many of the senior management […]
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel
CBR15 BINGO: Edibles, because it’s about bananas BINGO: In the Wild, Violence, Guide, Asia & Oceania, Edibles The 19-page introduction to Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World is quite interesting. If you know nothing about bananas other than that they are a tasty and easily portable treat (and really, why would you?), you’ll learn some fascinating facts in these introductory pages. First, the banana most widely sold today, and the single most popular variety of fruit in the world, is the […]
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Lila Macapagal has had to move back to her hometown and work at her Aunt’s restaurant. As if that wasn’t bad enough, she has to serve food to her douchebag ex-boyfriend, who thinks of himself as a food critic. He writes terrible reviews of the family restaurant, yet insists on constantly eating there. One day, after Lila serves him some special desserts she made, he drops dead. The police immediately make Lila their only suspect. To make matters worse, the ex’s stepfather is the restaurant’s […]
