Category: Book Reviews – Fiction

Three book reviews for the price of one (reading)… One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love, The Sanatorium: A Novel, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

  I made this meme a few years ago.  It perfectly “explains” why this blog post is different than my previous posts: IT IS THE […]

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America’s First Daughter and Thomas Jefferson’s Sweet Potato Biscuts

  Recipe link A few years ago, I bought a book at Goodwill that talked about Thomas Jefferson’s recipes.  I really never looked at it […]

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The Women of Chateau Lafayette and French-Style Stuffed Eggs

Recipe link Who would have thought that there were variations to deviled eggs?  Well, considering we had a dozen leftover from Easter, I thought I […]

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The Wife Upstairs and crockpot pork loin

First, no picture of the book with the meal like usual.  I bought it on Kindle. And for the recipe…well, I am from the South […]

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Into the Free; When Mountains Move (the sequel) and crock pot pulled pork

  Nothing says “Southern” like pulled pork!  I came across this recipe years ago.  It is by far the best crockpot pulled pork recipe.   Taste […]

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The Fifth Child (and sequel Ben, In the World) and Yorkshire Pudding

  Recipe link A while back, I bought a popover pan which I have yet to use…until now.  Yorkshire pudding was first recorded in the […]

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A Man Called Ove and Swedish Omelette… An “Ode” to Big D

Recipe link You know what I love about trying new recipes?  Learning that many recipes from around the world are really the same thing with […]

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Victoria and Lime Curd Filled Scones

  I know what some of you are thinking…scones again?  I can’t seem to get away from scones.  I love them!  I was considering Victorian […]

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Labyrinth by Kate Mosse and French omelette

  What can I say?  I tried.  I really, really tried to read this book.  At first, I thought maybe it was the time of […]

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The Silent Patient and English Style Scones

  Recipe link I racked my brain what English recipe I could cook, on a Thursday after work, that would not be a scone recipe.  […]

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