When I learned that Ken Kesey grew up in Oregon I thought I was long overdue to read one of his books. I had seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and didn’t think I needed to revisit that subject so I opted for his second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion. The story is set in Oregon logging country in the early 1960s. It catches the Stamper family (aptly named) at the height of ... Read More...
The Chocolate Money
Call me twisted but when a book opens with a wealthy woman complaining that no one understood her nude-themed Christmas card, I’m going to laugh. And have high hopes that something snarky and fun is about to transpire. Unfortunately, this does not work out in The Chocolate Money. Babs is the heiress to the Ballentyne chocolate fortune. She and her young daughter, Bettina, live ... Read More...
The Art of the Restaurateur
At age twenty-nine, Nicholas Lander became the proud owner of L’Escargot, a London restaurant that had fallen on hard times. So began his journey into a world he would come to love and a group of people he would grow to admire. Throughout the 1980s Lander built L’Escargot into a London restaurant of renown. When health reasons forced him to sell it in the 1988 he realized that, ... Read More...
The Perfect Perfume
Combining my two favorite things: books and girliness. I don’t know if this will ever make it into stores but in theory (and with photos) it makes me smile. I am one of those freaks who thinks the smell of either a brand new book or a very old one is luscious. A perfect combination of history and mystery. Here’s the news: Wallpaper Magazine commissioned famed ... Read More...
Those We Love Most
Those We Love Most begins with one of life’s greatest tragedies- the loss of a young child. James is riding his bike to school as his mother follows with his baby sister in a stroller. He rides out into the street and is killed by a teenage driver. An accident, but one that Lee Woodruff mines to look at the fragile web of relationships, communications and individual responses ... Read More...
Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible
For those who know me, my objectivity in reviewing Tim Gunn’s new book Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible, is likely to be called into question as I have made numerous not-so-subtle remarks about my deep admiration for the author (visit to Portland, summer reading). Think what you will, but I am not exaggerating to say that Fashion Bible will be a staple in any fashion lover’s book ... Read More...
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