The Afterlife of Walter Augustus + Chocolate-Date Pudding Cake Hannah Lynn’s second novel The Afterlife of Walter Augustus was actually brought to my attention when the author herself reached out to ... Read more Interview with Hannah Lynn, Author of The Afterlife of Walter Augustus For those of you stopping by as part of the blog tour for The Afterlife of Walter Augustus, welcome! I was so ... Read more How to Walk Away + S’mores Brownies Sometimes I hear so many good things about a book that I request it from the library without even really seeing what ... Read more The Oracle Year + Stir-Fried Lotus Root In Charles Soule’s first novel The Oracle Year, the comic book writer explores a clever concept about the power of prediction. The ... Read more The Keeper of Lost Things + Iced Buns Many have commented on the beauty of this book cover. Indeed, Ruth Hogan’s The Keeper of Lost Things does feature some gorgeous ... Read more The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane + Scallion Pancakes Lisa See’s historical fiction novel The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane is a family saga that begins in a remote mountain village ... Read more The Hating Game + Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream I went into Sally Thorne’s novel The Hating Game without much research. I’d seen some chatter about it in my online book ... Read more Bird Box + Tuna and White Bean Pasta Salad I don’t always read “happy” books, but I typically do avoid scary ones. My imagination is too active for me to be ... Read more Artemis + Double Ginger Ice Cream I absolutely loved Andy Weir’s The Martian. When I read it, I recommended it to anyone and everyone, and now that I ... Read more Crazy Rich Asians + Chicken Satay Kevin Kwan’s novel Crazy Rich Asians has been buzzed about since its debut five years ago, and that buzz has only continued ... Read more Rabbit Cake + Vanilla Pound Cake I got the opportunity to read Annie Harnett’s novel Rabbit Cake recently when it was selected for my office’s Diversity Book Club, ... Read more The Coincidence Makers + Fortune Cookies Yoav Blum’s latest novel The Coincidence Makers follows Guy, Emily and Eric, who all work for a secret organization as Coincidence Makers. ... Read more The Optimistic Decade + Honey-Lemon Popsicles I was drawn to my latest read both by the striking cover art and the following description:
You say you want a ... Read more The Female Persuasion + Faith Frank’s Feminist Steak I don’t remember where I first heard about Meg Wolitzer’s new novel The Female Persuasion, but I remember getting immediately excited and ... Read more The Astonishing Color of After + Matcha Belgian Waffles When Leigh Chen Sanders finally kisses her longtime best friend Axel, she knows that her life is about to change. By the ... Read more Top Ten Tuesday – Book Palate Cleansers Happy Tuesday, everyone! It’s time for another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, a literary list with a new bookish topic every week. ... Read more Bel Canto + Tres Leches Cake with Dulce de Leche Glaze I read somewhere once that Bel Canto is the book you should start with if you want to give Ann Patchett a ... Read more Life of Pi + Dhal Soup I rarely re-read books, primarily because there are so many new ones I want to read. My TBR list never stops growing ... Read more Fandom Foodies Linkup: #MagicalRealFood Starting today and all April long, I’ll be hosting #MagicalRealFood, a link up through Fandom Foodies dedicated to food found in and ... Read more The Wedding Date + Cheese and Crackers If anyone recalls the early 2000s rom-com, The Wedding Date, starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, that is the first thing that ... Read more
