panNot sure what the point was
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Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites | 
panNot sure what the point was
so-soFar more memoir than foodie book. I haven't read any of Kate Christensen's novels, so I wasn't sure what to expect. It is kind of interesting, how the child of hippies, from a broken home, moved all over lived and grew up into an adult and how she remembers food connected to this life. Not one that I would have normally picked up but it came in one of the Book Rot boxes.
bailedGuys, it's so bad. Halfway through, and life is too short.
If I have to read one more passage about her pouring a glass of whole milk down her throat, I'm going to be legit sick.
pickI couldn't put it down. I found it to be a wonderfully insightful and reflective memoir. The author has had a difficult, inspiring and amazing life full of travel, food, art and people. I'm sitting here kind of jealous at the moment and may or may not be writing to her asking to be adopted 😂⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and since I have never read anything written by her I am now on the hunt. Btw this memoir has nothing and everything to do with food.
On call today so I have to stick close to home. Perfect for a day of reading, cooking and cleaning . New read I'm starting today right after I whip up some banana bread.
panOverall I was really not a fan of this book. It felt very flippant and non-self-aware. I'm not entirely sure why I finished it. I did enjoy this reminiscence of childhood sleepovers though.
#foodmemoir
pickExhausting at times, but isn't that like life. Honest and heartfelt. I loved to see the recipes that Kate associated with different times in her life. A couple times, I got a kick of insight into my own life. I received this book in my #outofprint box (love this box!)🍴
pickI had not heard of this book until I received it as part of my #bookmailbox. The author uses food as a motif to illustrate her experiences as a member of a dysfunctional family and as an emerging writer. She does a particularly good job depicting the conflicting desires of companionship versus solitude. Since I'm not a foodie, I can't evaluate the included recipes, but I can suggest consuming her prose.
panWhile it held my interest enough to read the whole thing (I rarely give up a book entirely), it did not live up to the description of a food memoir. The sub-title is not accurate because she very often didn't have any appetite at all. I never felt any real connection between her experiences and the food that was sometimes described. #foodmemoir #notafoodmemoir
pickA very detailed autobiography, told both through the food that resonated with a certain time period of her life, and the place she was living at the time. I appreciate her ability to inspect her flaws and shortcomings as thoroughly as those of others.
Just got this book as part of my cooking-themed Book Mail box. Thanks Book Riot and Out of Print Clothing!
First Book Mail box from @bookriot and @outofprint will not be my last. Well done, well done. 🎉🎁
Another food-related memoir that has me reading faster than usual. So far the writing is engaging and interesting, and it's off to a fast start even though it begins with Kate's childhood. Already loving it!
Search my name on YouTube to find my channel and watch me unbox the first Book Mail collab by @outofprint and @bookriot! I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this unboxing and how perfect the theme is for me. 😀
The first edition of the new bookmailbox from @bookriot was food and cooking themed! So cute!
