I've never heard of peach cobbler cake, but now that I know such a thing exists, I want to try and make it. So far I've had good luck with the recipes I've tried. I made my own egg salad last week, and shrimp linguine the week before that. Desserts can be really hard to make, but it's worth trying.
Another thing I want to try and make sometime are ginger snap cookies. Those sound yummy!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Writers Block?
Sometimes I have so many different thoughts and story ideas for my book in my head, but the minute I pull out a pad of paper and a pen, they all disappear. I don't know if I am holding myself back or if I have writers block, but I figure the only way to get out of this rut I'm in is to push myself. Push myself to write something down, and maybe the rest will follow. That sometimes happens with blogging too. I'll have this great issue I want to explore or write about or just a great story to tell, but then I don't do anything about it, and the more time passes, the more I don't think it was important or interesting, so I just let it go. It's a bad habit!
I'm reading L's second novel called Karmically Yours about a girl and boy who meet and then develop an e-friendship. The boy ends up falling for the girl, but never tells her how he feels. The girl gets engaged to her best friend. I have about 90 pages left to read, so that's all I can say at this point.
Speaking of reading, I'm thinking of joining a book club. I want to find one that reads modern fiction and not the classics. I don't want to read Jane Austen or Shakespeare--I want to read Richard Murphy, Diane Mott Davidson, or James Patterson. I do have a couple coworkers who are in one--not sure if they are in different ones or not, but I figured they might be a good place to start.
I'm reading L's second novel called Karmically Yours about a girl and boy who meet and then develop an e-friendship. The boy ends up falling for the girl, but never tells her how he feels. The girl gets engaged to her best friend. I have about 90 pages left to read, so that's all I can say at this point.
Speaking of reading, I'm thinking of joining a book club. I want to find one that reads modern fiction and not the classics. I don't want to read Jane Austen or Shakespeare--I want to read Richard Murphy, Diane Mott Davidson, or James Patterson. I do have a couple coworkers who are in one--not sure if they are in different ones or not, but I figured they might be a good place to start.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Nice Girls Do
I finished this book awhile ago but I'm finally getting a chance to write about it. It's by Sarah Duncan, and it's set in London. It's about a garden historian who receives this project of analyzing this estate. I have to be honest, I usually don't like any books set in London--probably because I can't relate to the towns or the way they speak sometimes.
Anyways, this book did grow on me. I would say that it doesn't get interesting until about 88-100 pages in. I know--I almost gave up on it, but I'm glad I stuck with it. She ends up getting involved with the man that is set to inherit the estate once his grandma passes away. He's a typical bad boy--rich, and doesn't give a crap about the estate gardens. He treats her to all the finest restaurants and clothes. And then he gets her turned on to doing coke. Meanwhile, one of the estate helpers, is also romantically interested in her, but she blows him off for the rich boy. The love triangle continues, and she discovers more history about the garden, and uncovers a bridge to a secret cave. There's alot of anthropological references throughout the garden, and I love that she wants to find out who used to inhabit the estate, and what it was like back then. She reads old letters and explores the history of the gardens more closely, and the estate helper continues to help her, while the rich boy tries everything in his power to get her away from it. He doesn't want her to find anything so that he can sell the estate and get the money.
I won't tell you how the book ends, but I will say that it ended up being a good read!
Next review: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.
Anyways, this book did grow on me. I would say that it doesn't get interesting until about 88-100 pages in. I know--I almost gave up on it, but I'm glad I stuck with it. She ends up getting involved with the man that is set to inherit the estate once his grandma passes away. He's a typical bad boy--rich, and doesn't give a crap about the estate gardens. He treats her to all the finest restaurants and clothes. And then he gets her turned on to doing coke. Meanwhile, one of the estate helpers, is also romantically interested in her, but she blows him off for the rich boy. The love triangle continues, and she discovers more history about the garden, and uncovers a bridge to a secret cave. There's alot of anthropological references throughout the garden, and I love that she wants to find out who used to inhabit the estate, and what it was like back then. She reads old letters and explores the history of the gardens more closely, and the estate helper continues to help her, while the rich boy tries everything in his power to get her away from it. He doesn't want her to find anything so that he can sell the estate and get the money.
I won't tell you how the book ends, but I will say that it ended up being a good read!
Next review: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.
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