Books I read today
Dec. 3rd, 2011 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
northernwalkerLaura Ingalls Wilder Cookbook, by Barbara Walker
First read 20+ years ago
Thoughts- I love going back to this- the recipes are so yummy and she quotes so many of the great food passages from the series. I think I'm going to break down and try the apple turnovers from Farmer Boy this time.
Changes, by Mercedes Lackey
New, third book in her Collegium trilogy from the Valdemar universe
Thoughts- Pretty standard ML- the lead's a Gary Stu and everything's a little too perfect. The plot is interesting, though she's somewhat heavyhanded with her messages. I may buy this one in paperback, but I'm glad I checked it out of the library first. I didn't buy the second book because it dragged too much.
Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert
New, #19 in her China Bayles series
Thoughts- A good cozy mystery, especially if you enjoy herbs. China runs an herb shop in small-town Texas, complete with whacky friends and interesting plots. You don't need to read the books in sequence, I don't think. I like this series much better than her Darling series, which is set in small-town Depression-era Alabama. That one is too self-conscious. It feels like the author was trying too hard to be period.
First read 20+ years ago
Thoughts- I love going back to this- the recipes are so yummy and she quotes so many of the great food passages from the series. I think I'm going to break down and try the apple turnovers from Farmer Boy this time.
Changes, by Mercedes Lackey
New, third book in her Collegium trilogy from the Valdemar universe
Thoughts- Pretty standard ML- the lead's a Gary Stu and everything's a little too perfect. The plot is interesting, though she's somewhat heavyhanded with her messages. I may buy this one in paperback, but I'm glad I checked it out of the library first. I didn't buy the second book because it dragged too much.
Mourning Gloria by Susan Wittig Albert
New, #19 in her China Bayles series
Thoughts- A good cozy mystery, especially if you enjoy herbs. China runs an herb shop in small-town Texas, complete with whacky friends and interesting plots. You don't need to read the books in sequence, I don't think. I like this series much better than her Darling series, which is set in small-town Depression-era Alabama. That one is too self-conscious. It feels like the author was trying too hard to be period.
