Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Tana French
I think this murder mystery/psychological thriller had the potential to very good. It was an easy “read” and I found myself looking forward to listening to the book. But as the end neared and the real culprit to one of the major mysteries was caught, I was disappointed. There was one other major plot […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
This could be in the running for feel good movie of the year. A young boy is born to two musicians, but is given up for adoption. The boy is convinced that he can find his true parents if only he can make music loud enough for them to hear. Good music throughout and a […]
Posted in Food on Jun 24th, 2008 No Comments »
I only took two pictures this week because we mostly ate salads again! Fortunately, we had a family dinner on Sunday evening and we happily volunteered to bring a large salad. We managed to get through a whole head of lettuce and lots of spinach. I tried a new recipe this week: Creamed Swiss […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Predictable movie about a man who can see 2 minutes into the future.
Rating: *
tags:*, action, jessica biel, julianne moore, nicolas cage, USA
Posted in Books on Jun 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Philippa Gregory
While not as good as The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance picks up about five years after both Anne and George Boleyn have been put to death by King Henry VIII. The main players in this novel, Jane Boleyn (George’s widow), the scheming Duke of Norfolk, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard are […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Rating: ***
tags:***, drama, khaled hosseini, marc forster, USA
Posted in Food on Jun 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Week 2 of our CSA food brought much of the same vegetables as week 1. We received a bunch of leafy greens: heads of red and green lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, and kale. Needless to say, we’ve been eating lots of salads! We also received broccoli, turnips, and strawberries. The strawberries were delicious. […]
Posted in Food on Jun 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
We joined a CSA this year. Each week, we get a “share” of food from a local farm. We belong to the Sankanac CSA in Kimberton. On Friday, May 30th, we picked up our fresh vegetables: asparagus, red and green lettuce, Swiss chard, and spinach. I thought it might […]
Posted in Movies on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
After a slow start, this movie got better. It seemed to be divided into four stories, all of which take place on a train in Italy. The first story wasn’t interesting to me at all. It involved an older man who has a brief but undefined relationship. He has several flashbacks of a relationship that […]
Posted in Books on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Barbara Kingsolver
I’ve been reading about 4 different books over the past two months, and I seemed to have finished them all within a week. That’s the reason for all of the new book posts. I just couldn’t get into this book. It’s a longer book, and at times, I felt just on the cusp of […]