You shouldn't write about cookbooks at 5 o'clock

I think I've mentioned my armchair passion for cookbooks. (I have 15 cookbooks out right now. I probably should bring some of those back!)

Here are some that I have recently ordered for the Fort Worth Library.

Famous chefs with new books coming out:

Gordon Ramsay from …

BIOGRAPHIES Part 3

This concludes my three part series on biographies. Over the past three weeks I have introduced you to many fascinating people and broadened your world outlook. My last three books feature personal memoirs and a look at an Army general. "Her Last Death: A Memoir" by …

Shopping

I love the feeling of a new outfit. Getting up and getting ready for work seems so much less daunting knowing that a shiny new outfit is in my closet, hanging front and center waiting for me to wear it. It is so much better than staring into my closet like most …

Football Obsession

For the most part, I am not a sports person, except for football. I have been a football fan since I was pretty little. I remember my family watching the games on Thanksgiving and there being lots of fights because not everyone in the house was rooting for the same …

Anticipation (with apologies to Carly Simon and Heinz)

Anticipation. Waiting for new books to arrive is like waiting for the ketchup to come out of the bottle (remember that old commercial with Carly Simon singing "Anticipation"?)

I spent the better part of this week ordering books that are coming out in August or September …

Rub-a-Dub-Dub, I Read in the Tub

Is a book its shape? Or its delivery system? No, of course not. (In case you were wondering those were rhetorical questions.)

In ancient days, books were inscribed on rolls of vellum or papyrus. Then came the codex, pages bound between covers of various substances like …

BIOGRAPHIES Part 2

I hope that between last week and this one that you picked up a biography or autobiography that I suggested. Here is a new group for your consideration. Do you like kickboxing? It strikes me as a blood thirsty sport. Chuck Liddell has pinned one called "Iceman: My …

Power Tools

After years of renting and seeing my parents buy their first home only ten years ago and my sister buy her new home last October, I finally become a homeowner myself about a month ago. Since then I have spent almost every waking minute of my free time working on the …

Adventures in Age Inappropriate Reading

When I was eight years old I went looking through my elementary school library for a book to read. I saw one with a title that attracted me. It was Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. Oh, goody, I thought, a book about a little girl named Tess. I checked it out …

BIOGRAPHIES

Part 1 - There is nothing cooler than reading about people. Who doesn't read the gossip column in their local newspaper or watch a gossip show on television? At your library you can find biographies from historical characters to modern day people. Some cool new …

Favorite Re-Reads

The Belgariad series by David Eddings. This is a 13 book series along the lines of Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) or The Wheel of Time …

Tangents

I often find myself sucked into black holes by tangential elements. Today I was reading an electronic forum and a poster mentioned a scandal about kosher meat. Other posters were showing concern about where they would get their kosher meat because of this so-called …

Feast on Fairy Tales

I am an inveterate fantasy reader. I have a jones for unicorns and maidens who weave straw into gold and princes enchanted into wild swans - all of that lovely stuff. Such matter is more enthralling to me than the most powerful drug on earth. And I am not alone.

The …

My summer reading!

My vacation starts tomorrow! And I have two fluffy novels to take with me on the plane. Neither one looks too serious or too long and both have the promise of being funny - should be the perfect travel companion.

I think first I will start with Tom Perrotta's latest,

LOCAL HISTORY

The dog days of summer are a good time to learn about local history and genealogy. According to the Fort Worth Library home page, the Genealogy, History & Archives Unit of the Fort Worth Public Library is located in the lower level of the Central Library. To quote …

My Superpower...What Is Yours?

I've been thinking about this for years...
If I could pick any superpower what would it be?

I've had fun thinking of powers for my friends and family, but I've never quite been able to choose one for myself. There's always drawbacks to certain powers: invisibility is …

The Host

More about the NEW classics

Lisa (July 2 blog entry) and I have the same fascination with lists!

I have been neglectful in writing my blog entries. But I have a good excuse, I was on vacation. Well really I was just off work. Driving my son to soccer camp every day isn't really a vacation. I have …

The Birth of the Summer Blockbuster

Back in the days of yore, summer meant long lazy hot hot days, ice cream, summer nights sitting with friends on a blanket spread out on the town square listening to an oompah band...ah, those were the days...I guess.

We still have the hot hot days but we don't experience …

Shame

For my valedictory post I have chosen to publicly humiliate myself.

Came across a mention recently of yet another one of those "best book" lists. This one was from a web site called listology.com and purports to be a list of the 1001 books you must read before you die. …