The Cookbook Collector ***.* by Allegra Goodman I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite~ for the written word and food. I picked this book up based on the cover and title, despite some of the reviews I had read. At the center of the story are two main characters…
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A Very Modest Cottage
A Very Modest Cottage ****.* by Tereasa Surratt I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, where pages from your book magically mix with the kitchen and your camera~ I loved this little book and the journey embarked on with ‘Hope and a Hammer’~ I have a love of found objects or fragments with a history…
Lighter than Air
Lighter than Air **** by David Owen I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, where pages from your book magically mix with the kitchen and your camera~ And Jenny Matlock for Alphabe-Thursday~ this week’s letter assignment is the letter H~ for Hot-Air Balloon. We went to the Carolina BalloonFest several weeks ago which was a first for me! It’s…
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane **** by Katherine Howe I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. I enjoyed this spellbinding read about a disturbing yet fascinating time period in American history~ the Salem Witch Trials. From 1692 – 1693, 150 people were imprisoned and charged with…
Amazing Gracie
Amazing Gracie ****.* by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, where pages from your book magically mix with the kitchen and your camera~ And Jenny Matlock for Alphabe-Thursday~ this week’s letter assignment is the letter G. I ran across this book when I had searched for A Dog’s Purpose on Amazon~ it popped up with…
Fairyopolis
Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal **** by Cicely Mary Barker I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. Fairyopolis is the secret fairy journal of Cicely Mary Barker, recorded during a magical summer of 1920 ~ a delightful book for the young at heart. . . complete with illustrations, bits of fairy relics hidden…
Spectacular Wineries of Napa Valley
Spectacular Wineries of the Napa Valley **** LLC Panache Partners, (Editor) I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite~ for the written word. . .and food. Spectacular Wineries of NV invites you take a journey of 46 world-class wineries within its pages. We visited Napa back in April and I purchased this book…
Simply from Scratch
Simply from Scratch **** by Alicia Bessette I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite~ for the written word. . .and food. Rose-Ellen “Zell” Roy is a young widow that has been unable to move on with her life after her husband Nick dies tragically, during a…
A Dog’s Purpose
A Dog’s Purpose ****.* by W. Bruce Cameron I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite~ for the written word. I. Heart. This. Book. A Dog’s Purpose is told through the eyes of Toby, a pup born feral; reborn as Bailey, a boy’s beloved Golden Retriever; reborn as Ellie, a search & rescue…
Sweetwater Creek
Sweetwater Creek **** by Anne Rivers Siddons I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, where pages from your book magically mix with the kitchen and your camera. I found this book at Audible, searching for something to listen to that took place in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. I selected it primarily because…