Monday, March 12, 2012

~ Mailbox Monday ~


Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a weekly meme originally created and hosted by Marcia of A girl and her books and hosted this month by Anna of Diary of an Eccentric. Below are the titles I received for review, purchased, or otherwise obtained over the course of the past week.

Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty (for review from Faber abd Faber and TLC Book Tours)

Two police officers knock on Laura’s door. They tell her that her nine-year old daughter Betty has been hit by a car and killed. When justice is slow, Laura decides to take her own revenge and begins to track down the man responsible.

Laura’s grief reopens old wounds and she is thrown back to the story of her passionate love affair with Betty’s father David, their marriage and his subsequent desertion of her for another woman.

Haunted by her past and driven by her need to discover the truth, Laura discovers just how far she is prepared to go for love, desire and retribution.

Whatever You Love is a heart-wrenching and compulsive story from an acclaimed novelist writing at the height of her powers.


The Book Club Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (from Penguin)

Whether it’s Roman Punch for The Age of Innocence, Sabzi Challow (spinach and rice) with Lamb for The Kite Runner, or Swedish Meatballs and Glögg for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats. Featuring recipes and discussion ideas from best-selling authors and book clubs across the country, this fully revised and updated edition of the classic book guides readers in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces their club is reading. This edition includes new contributions from a host of today’s bestselling authors including:
*Kathryn Stockett, The Help (Demetrie’s Chocolate Pie and Caramel Cake)
*Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants (Oyster Brie Soup)
*Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (Brian Fitzgerald’s Firehouse Marinara Sauce)
*Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone (Almaz’s Ethiopian Doro Wot and Sister Mary Joseph Praise’s Cari De Dal)
*Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Annie Barrows’s Potato Peel Pie and Non-Occupied Potato Peel Pie)
*Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See’s Deep Fried Sugared Taro)

The Book Club Cookbook will add real flavor to your meetings!

Yummers!!

18 comments:

  1. Looks like a good book - lots of authors are also cooks.

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  2. That first books has great cover!

    Here is my post!

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  3. The Book Club Cookbook looks amazing, and like something that I would love to check out! I can't wait to see what you think of it!

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  4. Both books look great -- I can't decide which one intrigues me more! Can't wait to see your review of the cook book one -- it's such a cute idea!

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  5. Enjoy! your new reads.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/03/mailbox-monday_12.html

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  6. The Doughty book sounds wonderful. Putting it on the never ending wish list. *sigh* Have a great week!

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  7. I really want to get my hands on a copy of The Book Club Cookbook. Bon Appetit!

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  8. Both of these look wonderful...I really need to take a peek at that cookbook!

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  9. I got the cookbook too - I can't wait to try it out!

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  10. I got The Book Club Cook Book, too, and can't wait to take a closer look. Hope you enjoy your books!

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  11. Love the looks and sound of both of these. Nice ones indeed --enjoy

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  12. Whatever you Love sounds hearbreaking. Enjoy your books!

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  13. I've been seeing this Book Club Cookbook around and I'm really coveting it. And you always seem to get your hands on some great literary titles. Hope you enjoy your books.

    Have a great week!

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  14. Both of these look wonderful! Happy reading!

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  15. I think the Book Club cook book is a great idea!

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  16. I love the premise of the Book Club cookbook :)

    Looking forward to your review for the TLC tour.

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  17. I'd like to read both these books! First one sounds heart- wrenching but intriguing. Thanks for your wonderful reviews as always!

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