more books! (aka another long post)

I just can't quite get my reading groove back on track, but here are a few of the books I've made it through in the last few weeks.

I've still managed to read a fair amount, just not the level I usually do.

Sweet Far Thing- The conclusion of a Victorian-era series about teenage witches. Not the happy ending I wanted, but that's kind of a good thing. Life doesn't always have a happy ending.

Love Letters From A Duke- yet another silly romance. good escapism.

The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry- A look at a student's experiences at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. I attended a culinary school that didn't have the prestige of Cordon Bleu and consequently didn't endure the turmoil the author did. I also didn't have that much passion about food and as a result, rarely cook anymore.

Book of Imaginary Beings- was mentioned in a book in an earlier post (Secret of Lost Things), so I got it out of curiosity. It wasn't nearly as interesting as I'd hoped.

Welcome to the Nerd Farm- I love Doonesbury. Alex has grown on me as she's grown up.

Christmas Letters From Hell- the library finally got this to me, only 3 months after the fact. It was amusing, but I was expecting to see real letters, not ones that were obviously made up. (the letter from Satan & family, for example)

Silent Sanctuary- This one I loved. Lady Julia Grey & her family are an interesting lot. Nicholas Brisbane is still being enigmatic and broody. Yum.

Year of Living Biblically- A J Jacobs is lucky his wife hasn't killed him. I would have. I love the mention of how she does finally snap at one point and what she does to him.

I Just Hope It's Lethal- broody poetry