I don't know if it's my morbid sense of humor or I just don't laugh as much (actually, no, it's just my morbid sense of humor), but I pretty much weep over books more often than I laugh at the humor in them. I mean, save the wonderful and late Sir Terry Pratchett, who has [...]
Initial Thoughts WHAT. NO. THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO END I AM UPSET. Okay, breathe. Honestly, the words "1920s" and "Shanghai" did the trick. I was slightly wary that because this was a Romeo and Juliet inspired story, that I wouldn't enjoy it as much. But then I read that beginning, and honestly, that [...]
Happy Mardi Gras Tuesday! In the spirit of it being Fat Tuesday for us all, I've decided to revel in the book cover colors of purple, yellow, and green. I realize I have a lot of purple books...that I have not yet read. So I decided to do a combination of books that I enjoyed [...]
Initial Thoughts I've been a big fan of the movie and have seen it several times now (add another one in a few minutes after writing this review...), and all that time, I hadn't read the book. IT HAS CHANGED NOW. And for the better. I really enjoyed how realistic the scenarios was, as though [...]
Talk about taking a bake I normally do as a full pie and improvising upon it... tl;dr (click for the apple pie recipe) (click for the pie crust recipe) They had laid on a feast more befitting a festival than a midday meeting. There was stewed mutton with onions and ginger, stuffed eels in spiced [...]
