Friday Again, What Are You Reading (8/21)

[dorothyinAus]

Are you enjoying it?  Do you have more or less time for reading now that school's back?

QOTW:  Have you ever bought a cookbook by a TV cooking personality or based on a TV cooking show?

[IIOY]

The Man With A Load of Mischief, by Martha Grimes. British mystery, I just started, so far is enjoyable and quite funny. Our school year has not begun so I'm too busy to read because I'm caring for my kids all day long.

QOTW: I've never bought a celeb cook's cookbook, but I've been given a couple Rachel Ray cookbooks and I can't stand them. She uses ten thousand ingredients in every recipe, several of which are often not common.

[charlatti]

I started Ivan Doig's latest/last book, Last Bus to Wisdom, but then my Julie Hyzy book came in at the library, so now I'm reading that (Grace Cries Uncle). I'm not very far in either, but I'm pretty confident I will like both.

School has been in here for a week and half. I'm still playing catch up on stuff I didn't get done during the summer and haven't settled into a routine yet. So right now I'm doing less reading.

QOTW: I almost never buy cookbooks and I have no celeb/tv cookbooks. I stick to my basics (Betty Crocker, joy of cooking, etc) and pull new recipes from online.

[rainbowchip]

I'm reading Let's Pretend this Never Happened and trying to drudge through Great Expectations. LPTNH is very up and down for me. There are parts of it that I have to put the book down because I'm laughing so hard I can't read and parts that I think she is just trying to hard. Great Expectations is...I don't even know. I always have a hard time understanding the vocabulary of older books and this one seems to be exceptionally wordy.

I'm not sure how my reading will be impacted by school because my son starts Kindergarten on 9/1. I don't think it will change much. It probably will as we get closer to the holidays and my H starts working more.

QOTW: I don't really use cookbooks. I'm a pinterest kind of girl.

[Yankees21]

I started Where They Found Her last night without really knowing anything about it but am enjoying it so far.

QOTW: I don't use cookbooks.

[msmerymac]

All the Light We Cannot See. About 40% done. Good so far.

QOTW: Off the top of my head, I don't own cookbooks by television chefs, but I have some from "celebrity" chefs and people who have been on television before: Mark Bittman, Marc Vetri, Isa Chandra Moskowitz.

[Myrrhine]

I am reading Iron Trial and Shine by Jeri Smith-ready and listening to an Agatha Raisin mystery I got from the library.

I bought a Rachel(sp?) Ray cookbook one time. Everything was just ok and I gave it away.

[aurora]

I just started Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran. It's historical fiction from the French Revolution. So far, so good.

[kiminky]

Finished Finders Keepers by Stephen King, didn't enjoy it as much as Mr. Mercedes (the first one in the trilogy).

Started Armada by Ernest Cline, think it will won't be able to live up to my love for Ready Player One.

[Nonny]

I'm about halfway through The Light Between Oceans, which is good, but sad.  I also just started Unbroken, but I'm only through the preface, so I haven't formed an opinion yet.  I don't have kids so school has zero impact on my reading time.

QOTW: Have you ever bought a cookbook by a TV cooking personality or based on a TV cooking show?
Nope.  But I do have a cookbook from local authors, mostly because it's hilarious (one of the "recipes" involves finding the telephone and ordering from your favorite pizza joint).

[rootbeerfloat]

I finished The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski. It was better than the first book, but the next one doesn't come out until March.

QOTW: I barely cook, lol, so no, I've never bought a cookbook.

[Vespasia]

I started the Martian a few days ago. Really enjoying it.

QOTW: I've read a bunch of the Anthony Bourdain books based on his travel series. I also have at least one Jamie Oliver cookbook but it was a gift.

IIOY my mom gave me a Rachel Ray cookbook. I haaaaaaate her.

[dorothyinAus]

I'm reading What the Deaf-Mute Heard (which was the basis for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie What the Deaf Man Heard). It's a re-read, but I really enjoy the book. The book is different from the movie, but both have their good points.

I don't have kids, and school has been in here since February, though in three weeks it will be term break, so they'll be of for two weeks. But I do get more reading done during the term. DH is a teacher and we do more out-of-the-house things during breaks.

QOTW: I have some tv-show cookbooks: America's Test Kitchen, Breaking Bread with Father Dominic, The Urban Peasant, and a copy of the cookbook from TBS's series Dinner & a Movie. But I tend to avoid big-name celebrity chef cookbooks.

[mrspez07]

Still working through a re-read of the Fiery Cross. I hope to finish this weekend.

[BlackCanary]

Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

QOTW: No, I have not.

[frog]

I just finished Dorothy Must Die which I got from the library on a whim. I was surprised that I did enjoy it. I'm currently on the wait list for the sequel. I just started Necessary Lies which I am loving so far. It hits home in a lot of places.

QOTW: no, I don't really use cookbooks.