I finished five books over Memorial Day weekend (all but one I had already started and was in various stages of completion before Friday). But #JumpStartSummer gave me an excuse to buckle down and finish them! All of these were good in different ways. And I still have a big stack of books to get me though early summer!
repost for @Liz_M;
In the US, summer is bookended by two holiday weekends: Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, and Labor Day, the first Monday in September. 14 weeks.
I challenge you to read 14 books between May 26 and Sep 1, which some of you may remember fondly as #14Books14Weeks.
Show me your stacks!
pickMouth watering, fascinating, a chef‘s kiss of a memoir. I loved hearing about Ripert‘s growing up in his mother‘s kitchen, live of restaurants from a young age, and his early training in french kitchens. This one will make you hungry! Great on #audio
pickCompleted my #AuldLangSpine2025 pick from @JoeMo . This memoir is a gloriously acerbic, brutally honest look at the restaurant business in the early days of Anthony Bourdain‘s career. It‘s a bit repetitive, but I absolutely adore his voice. And now I know how to make a breast of chicken and mashed potatoes “tower like a fully engorged priapus.” So there‘s that. 👍🏼👍🏼 Thanks, Joe!
@monalyisha
#AuldLangSpine
Raising a glass (I mean, a mug) of tea and a cardamom bun to @JoeMo as I kick off #AuldLangSpine2025 with this pick from his list.
#AuldLangSpine
Happy #wintergames ❄️❄️❄️ it‘s midnight in Prague, and I‘m getting a slightly slow start to this year‘s games as I‘ve got one more day left of a trip here with my friend before I head home and get festive in earnest. The plan is to finish this amazing Indian-American wedding infused retelling of much ado about nothing tomorrow - it‘s so deliciously written
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