tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post7643216308271325644..comments2023-11-03T04:28:57.670-05:00Comments on Books and Cooks: Books and Cooks Best Reads of 2009Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-82122474577073327432010-02-02T10:15:46.121-06:002010-02-02T10:15:46.121-06:00Mel, so good to 'see' you! Mudbound was a...Mel, so good to 'see' you! Mudbound was amazing, as were the others. Glad you found some new books on my list!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-57995920295608923672010-02-01T21:10:36.641-06:002010-02-01T21:10:36.641-06:00This is a great list! I'm excited to read Mudb...This is a great list! I'm excited to read Mudbound this year. And you've introduced me to new titles - I'm especially interested in the Ruth Rendell book, Too Many Cooks, and This Lovely Life. thanks!melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09753569665143213748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-59048684387942799482010-01-12T11:19:47.984-06:002010-01-12T11:19:47.984-06:00Les, thank you. We do have similar tastes don'...Les, thank you. We do have similar tastes don't we! I hope you enjoy all these books - I bet you will!<br /><br />Vintage Reading, not sure why they change titles like this sometimes. I do enjoy this genre.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-83206165021854515022010-01-10T12:57:03.396-06:002010-01-10T12:57:03.396-06:00I loved the Jennifer Donnelly, too. I think it wa...I loved the Jennifer Donnelly, too. I think it was published as A Gathering Light in the UK. Coming of Age novels are one of my favourite genres.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-14986764295465485792010-01-09T19:09:02.547-06:002010-01-09T19:09:02.547-06:00First off, I love the photo of all your favorites,...First off, I love the photo of all your favorites, simply because I have several of those books in my TBR stacks. That bodes well for me, I think. :) I did read The Midwife and The Help and thought they were both very good. Actually, The Help was excellent. It quite possibly is the best book I read last year. Now I'm listening to it on audio, which is fantastic! Great readers.<br /><br />I can't wait to read A Homemade Life, Too Many Cooks, Mudbound, and Keeping the House. I should get to all of those in the coming month. I haven't heard of This Lovely Life (well, besides your mention of it) and I may have to get a copy. I do so love memoirs.<br /><br />Thanks for the wonderful list. Happy reading to you!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-25043557231615430942010-01-07T10:47:15.059-06:002010-01-07T10:47:15.059-06:00Staci, wasn't it great!Staci, wasn't it great!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-81066556294306322532010-01-05T14:18:37.859-06:002010-01-05T14:18:37.859-06:00Homemade life made my list too!!Homemade life made my list too!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-41290788195088703332010-01-05T09:58:23.622-06:002010-01-05T09:58:23.622-06:00overflowingbookshelf, you have little ones, yes? ...overflowingbookshelf, you have little ones, yes? Then you will love Too Many Cooks! Such a fun read. I love peeking through people's stacks too, which is why it was fun including the photos!<br /><br />Karen, sounds good!<br /><br />Melissa, really! I'm so glad to hear that. It sounds like we have some similar tastes!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-24987848377235818082010-01-05T09:03:46.019-06:002010-01-05T09:03:46.019-06:00The World in Half made my Best of 09 list too! I ...The World in Half made my Best of 09 list too! I also just finished A Homemade Life and really enjoyed it. The Help was very good too. This Lovely Life and The Midwife are (somewhere) in my TBR.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474584473012742915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-37618841569595813162010-01-03T20:43:40.398-06:002010-01-03T20:43:40.398-06:00I haven't read any of the books on your best o...I haven't read any of the books on your best of list for 2009 so I will have to look out for them!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-40672860994597166852010-01-03T19:00:12.927-06:002010-01-03T19:00:12.927-06:00I'm so desperate to read Too Many Cooks. I KNE...I'm so desperate to read Too Many Cooks. I KNEW I was forgetting something at the bookstore yesterday!! Love your year-end-reviews and photos. The post below with all your books read is awesome:) I had such fun trying to read all the titles in the stacks, lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-68235009855441243122010-01-03T18:40:54.535-06:002010-01-03T18:40:54.535-06:00L. Diane Wolfe, so true, so true. Happy New Year!...L. Diane Wolfe, so true, so true. Happy New Year!<br /><br />Kay, I am going to come visit you soon and see what is up!<br /><br />BabelBabe, oh good! Yes, I have read American Wife. My review is somewhere in my 2008 reading list. I really, really liked it, despite my lack of interest in the actual person the book is based on, Laura Bush. I think Sittenfeld is an excellent writer, she really gets into the truth of people, what they really feel. Glad you like it, too!<br /><br />Kathy, really? Happy new year!<br /><br />Jennysbooks, I'm glad you found some good reading ideas there!<br /><br />Danielle, isn't that funny? Good thing we aren't critics, or perhaps we should be? Hmm. I think I read 2 Rendell/Vine books, I have a stack and read them sparingly. Happy 2010!<br /><br />Rhapsodyinbooks, Mudbound is great! I hope you like it. Happy New year!<br /><br />Iliana, we are on the same page! Happy New Year to you too!<br /><br />Vicki, it is my absolute pleasure and honor! Your book is amazing.<br /><br />Literary Feline, that's interesting, what you said about Mudbound - I haven't really looked for more reviews of it! Happy New Year to you!<br /><br />Anna, it's fantastic. Happy New year!<br /><br />Eva, It was super fun to be able to include those! Glad youliked them.<br /><br />GentleREader, thank you, and so glad you found some good stuff there. Happy new year!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-23603807431521540252010-01-02T11:49:47.389-06:002010-01-02T11:49:47.389-06:00Love your list! Some books I've wanted to rea...Love your list! Some books I've wanted to read, and some that I will now put on my list--thank you :)<br />Happy 2010!Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-82312780657435954762010-01-02T10:33:11.303-06:002010-01-02T10:33:11.303-06:00I love all of your pictures! :D It adds something...I love all of your pictures! :D It adds something extra to your wrap ups. :)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-40396502162575763962010-01-02T00:41:11.563-06:002010-01-02T00:41:11.563-06:00I've heard nothing but good things about The H...I've heard nothing but good things about The Help. I must get my hands on that book.<br /><br />Happy new year!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046635675540466183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-90749633486585868122010-01-01T23:25:45.138-06:002010-01-01T23:25:45.138-06:00I think your criteria of books that make your best...I think your criteria of books that make your best of list matches mine pretty well, Tara. <br /><br />I really want to read The Midwife. Hopefully this year. Mudbound is also one I've had my eye on. I've read mixed reviews of it, but I'm still really curious about it. And The Help--of course I want to read that one!<br /><br />I hope you have a very Happy New Year and may 2010 bring you many hours of good reading.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-17954779178908439892010-01-01T16:55:18.411-06:002010-01-01T16:55:18.411-06:00Wow, thank you for including me on your best of 20...Wow, thank you for including me on your best of 2009 list! What fantastic company...Leightongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995668005241526484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-69242457084437874072010-01-01T13:27:43.026-06:002010-01-01T13:27:43.026-06:00I completely agree, my favorites are so because of...I completely agree, my favorites are so because of what they meant to me. Looks like you had a great reading year, Tara and I hope there'll be many more good books in the New Year. Happy, happy!Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-72163029555868678822009-12-31T23:20:02.315-06:002009-12-31T23:20:02.315-06:00This is a great list! I really want to read Mudbo...This is a great list! I really want to read Mudbound; I hope to get to it early in 2010.<br /><br />Have a wonderful New Year!!!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-55928005535302419412009-12-31T17:14:30.448-06:002009-12-31T17:14:30.448-06:00I think a lot of my favorites wouldn't be chos...I think a lot of my favorites wouldn't be chosen by any critics either, but I liked them and that's all that matters! So glad to see a Ruth Rendell there. I don't think I read a single Rendell/Vine book this year--I better go pull something out for 2010! Happy New Year and Happy Reading in 2010!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-18174214295355057322009-12-31T12:51:38.074-06:002009-12-31T12:51:38.074-06:00Most of these books I've added to my TBR list ...Most of these books I've added to my TBR list because of your glowing reviews! Must tremember to get some of them when the library opens up again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-90897843676568058232009-12-31T08:58:24.836-06:002009-12-31T08:58:24.836-06:00I haven't read any of those books. I have The...I haven't read any of those books. I have The Help in my TBR pile and really want to get The Homemade Life, though. Happy New Year!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-20575523028010505572009-12-31T08:43:25.394-06:002009-12-31T08:43:25.394-06:00off to request a bunch of books from the library. ...off to request a bunch of books from the library. thanks!<br /><br />I am just finishing Curtis Sittenfield's American Wife. Have you read it? I am surprised how engrossing it is and how very much i like it.BabelBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-90282578252190957602009-12-31T06:49:13.438-06:002009-12-31T06:49:13.438-06:00Tara, thanks for taking the time to share your top...Tara, thanks for taking the time to share your top reads list with us. I've marked several that I want to get. <br /><br />I hope you have a very lovely New Year! I know you have been stepping back a bit from the blogging and I fully support that. I am stepping back in to it, at least at my own pace. Stop by after the new year and see what I'm up to!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-8787699099669466312009-12-31T06:02:24.088-06:002009-12-31T06:02:24.088-06:00I like your standards. It's the ones that move...I like your standards. It's the ones that move us that matter.<br /><br />Happy New Year!L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.com