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I really need to buy my own copy of this one

My first #MtCookbook recipe for this year is this delicious cross between a coffee cake and sweet cornbread from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Usually I‘m not a fan of sweet cornbread, but in this case it adds complexity to the coffee cake. Additionally, I switched the blueberries for blackberries and the lemon zest for orange because on snowy subzero weekends I bake with what is available. It was delicious for breakfast this morning!

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I really liked some of the essays in this one. Others were just meh. But that‘s usually how it is with this kind of book. Overall it wasn‘t a bad choice for June‘s #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

These were interesting essays, some more than others of course. I especially liked her descriptions of her cat Pard 😺 and her wry observations on different aspects of modern life: feminism, consumerism, aging, the state of the publishing industry, and other random thoughts. I highlighted 23 quotes, which is a high number for me. It‘s especially poignant that she died only about six weeks after the book was published.

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I enjoyed the first half of this essay collection more than the second half. This is my first book by this author. I may read another before the end of the month.
#AuthorAMonth
#JoysOfJune (book 7)

This collection of Le Guin‘s blog posts was hit or miss for me. I loved the first part, especially when she discusses aging and I am always here for a cat story. The later entries I was less enthralled by but I appreciated being reminded about how much I enjoy having an essay collection to dip in and out of. A light #authoramonth pick.

I didn‘t expect the news of Heather Armstrong‘s death to hit me as hard as it has, but I keep thinking about those early years of blogging, how the internet was different back then, how fucking funny Dooce was with her writing.

It‘s hard to reconcile some of the last posts she made with that person. They were harmful to a group including her child. They were alarming to anyone familiar with the mental illness struggles she wrote about. 👇🏻

#TemptingTitles #WithAnOccupation