What I’ve Been Reading II
Updated May 13, 2020
Miss You Most of All by Elizabeth Bass
I really enjoyed this book. It takes place on The Sassy Spinster farm in Texas. It’s a celebration of sisters, family, love, and life.
The Recipe Club: A Novel About Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
A book about friendship that also includes recipes. It is an easy, enjoyable read.
Plate to Pixel by Helene Dujardin
I am especially excited about this book because my dear friend Helene wrote it. It is fabulous! If you are interested in food photography or photography in general, this is a must read. It is full of helpful hints and tips. Helene covers everything and makes food photography easy to understand. The photos in the book are also gorgeous. I will be reading this book over and over again!
Now it’s your turn! What have you been reading?
I just bought plate to pixel a few days ago and I can’t wait to get it! Sounds like just what I need 🙂
Room by Emma Donaghue ( not sure how to spell last name) is one of the best books I read this year. Also excellent is HELP.
All of these sound great! I’m always looking for a good new book to read!
I think my husband has ordered Plate to Pixel as a gift for me… shhh. 😉 I hope so! I am reading Salt: A World History right now. Also, I am a member of the Kitchen Reader book club. It sounds like your kind of thing, maybe?
I’ve read quite a few great books recently. I just finished Saving CeeCee Honeycutt – it was delightful! The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet was wonderful. Other recent favorites: Molokai, Girl in Translation, The Kitchen House.
I just finished Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, true story and a great read. Looking for something new, I love these kinds of posts!
Over the past month I whipped through a few really good reads.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Secret Daughter by Shilpi S Gowda
am just about finished Left Neglected by Lisa Genova (who also wrote Still Alice – an amazingly heart wrenching story – an overall excellent read).
Next up – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Silent Governess, The Apothecary’s Daughter, and Lady at Milkweed Manor, by Julie Klassen…..all great reads! Written in a style much like Jane Austen….LOVE them!
I’ve been on a young adult kick lately and just read If I Stay and Where She Went (a two books series). Now I’m starting Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin.
Is Pixel to Pixel out already, for some reason I was thinking its release date was further off. I might have to think about purchasing it, though to be honest, I don’t reference my existing photography and food photography books nearly as much as I should. I’m currently reading Ravenous, which I am really enjoying. I have to admit I recently finished Recipe Club and didn’t care for it very much. It was a selection in a food-related book club I was in and it just didn’t do it for me, the other selections you mention sound fantastic though.
Plate to Pixel is new to me, and I’m new to food photography. “Easy to understand” seems just my speed. 🙂
Since I’ve recently moved to NYC, I’m currently reading The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York by J. Berger. Very Interesting.
I love these posts. My most recent book was Shanghai Girls and I loved it, can’t wait for the sequel!
I was so intrigued by The Recipe Club that I went out and bought it during lunch!!
thanks for the recommendations! 🙂
I just got my copy of Plate to Pixel on Tuesday, it was like Christmas!
Thanks for the book recommendations! I’ve added them to my list!
I second Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, best book I’ve read in awhile.
I read The Recipe Club. I thought it was a fun read, plus I loved all the recipes that were through out the book.
wow I want both of these
Plate to Pixel by Helene Dujardin = I REALLY!!! want to read it!! I want to do a workshop with her too 🙂
I’ve been reading RATIO, about the basic ratios of cooking & baking. Pretty neat for an un-schooled cook!
One of my friends just gave me The Recipe Club for my birthday – so excited to read it. I just finished Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt and The House at Riverton, which I loved! I really want Plate to Pixel too 🙂
The Recipe club looks like a great book! I need to read this!
“Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life” by Jenna Woginrich (highly recommended, she is so witty and down-to-earth).