A Year in Reading: Jon Raymond The story covers much of the same ground as Bolaño’s fiction, replete with shadowy, charismatic figureheads, louche lifestyle choices, and recurring encounters among a small group of wayward searchers as they fumble their way through the decades. Submitted: on 17th Dec 2009 Tags: · The · Fiction · Reading · StoryHamsters - Born to be Wild Orlando, our first dwarf hamster, flung himself off all surfaces with wild abandon and loved the feeling of our slick table so much that he'd slide himself across it on his stomach. His sudden early and inexplicable death (or, given his love of an adrenalin-fueled lifestyle, maybe not so surprising) threw my younger daughter and me into a short but intense period of mourning. Theo, our second dwar... Submitted: on 24th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Born · Born To Be Wild · Death · OrlandoCFBA Spotlight: Somewhere to Belong by Judith Miller and Hearts Awakening by Delia Parr These books arrived on my doorstep last night. So...who knows when I'll get a chance to read them. But please check them out. About the Book: Johanna Ilg has lived her entire life in Main Amana, one of the seven villages settled by devout Christians who believe in cooperative living, a simple lifestyle, and faithful service to God. Although she’s always longed to see the outside world, ... Submitted: on 4th Mar 2010 Tags: · The · When · Always · Awakening · Believe · Delia Parr · Judith Miller · Living · TheThe Mayo Clinic Diet – Book Review and Recipe The Mayo Clinic Diet isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. Using clinically tested techniques, it puts you in charge of reshaping your lifestyle by adopting healthy new habits and breaking unhealthy old ones. – from The Mayo Clinic Diet, Introduction - I don’t diet. Ever. I hate the idea of measuring out portions, following rigid guidelines, and being Submitted: on 26th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Book Review · Diet · TheReview: Cherries in Winter by Suzan Colon Cherries in Winter: My Family’s Recipe for Hope in Hard Times by Suzan Colon When Suzan Colon was laid off from her job in 2008, she began a lifestyle shift toward thrift and economy. One of the first things to go is eating out at restaurants, and as Colon starts to expand her cooking repertoire she looks to the foods of her childhood, recorded by her mother and grandmother in a... Submitted: on 3rd Jan 2010 Tags: · The · When · Childhood · Family · Hard Times · Hope · Job · Mother · Review · WhenThe Immortals by Amit Chaudhuri | Book review Sophie Missing finds this tale of 1970s and 80s Bombay lyrically written but ultimately frustrating Set in Bombay during the 1970s and 80s, The Immortals charts the fortunes of two families connected by music. The son of a famous singer, Shyam Lal teaches music to support his family. One of his students is Mallika Sengupta, whose musical ambition becomes dulled by the luxuries of her lifestyle. In... Submitted: on 31st Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Amit Chaudhuri · Book Review · Family · Famous · Music · Singer · WrittenLive chat: Jonathan Safran Foer His book, Eating Animals, has created quite a stir and converted many readers to a vegetarian lifestyle. The author will be live online at 1pm today - post your questions now There has been an extraordinary amount of reaction to Jonathan Safran Foer's recently published book, Eating Animals. The folk who lurk around Word of Mouth will already be familiar with the arguments he raises on animal... Submitted: on 25th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Author · Jonathan Safran Foer · online · Published · Published Book · Readers · WordHomer & Langley The Collyer brothers of E.L. Doctorow’s Homer & Langley are loosely based on a pair of real life brothers whose eccentric lifestyle created a sensation when they were found dead in their New York City Fifth Avenue home in 1947. Like their real life counterparts, by the time of their deaths, Doctorow’s Homer and Langley Collyer had filled their once extravagant home with so many newspapers, boo... Submitted: on 27th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · When · Brothers · E.L. Doctorow · Homer · WhenBurn Notice – “Noble Causes” – review Sugar, the drug dealer who lived below the loft before Michael moved in, asks for Michael’s help with his “slow” cousin Dougie. Though Sugar has gone to great lengths to keep Dougie away from his criminal lifestyle, Dougie has fallen in with a heist crew led by the charismatic yet callous Lynch. Michael, Fiona, and Sam must figure out why Lynch’s crew needs Dougie. I enjoye... Submitted: on 5th Feb 2010 Tags: · The · Fallen · Fiona · Review
