Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Five Faves: Campus Novels
There are times when a full-sized book list is just too much; when the Top 100, a Big Read, or all the Prize winners seem like too daunting an effort. That's when a short little list of books grouped by theme may be just the ticket.
Inspired by Nancy Pearl's "Companion Reads" chapter in Book Lust – themed clusters of books on subjects as diverse as Bigfoot and Vietnam – I decided to start occasionally posting lists of five books grouped by topic or theme. I call these posts my Five Faves.
Feel free to grab the button and play along. Use today's theme or come up with your own. If you post about it, please link back to here and leave the link to your post in a comment. If you want to participate but don't have a blog or don't feel like posting, please share your list in a comment.
FIVE FAVE CAMPUS NOVELS
Ivory Tower novels are big favorites of mine. I don't think I could name five absolute favorites, but here is a list of five I really liked. There are many other possibilities on my Campus Novel list.
- The Groves of Academe by Mary McCarthy (reviewed here)
- Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth (reviewed here)
- The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams (reviewed here)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Teaser Tuesday: Put an Egg on It by Lara Ferroni
Still, it was many years before I thought adding an egg to sandwiches or pizza was a good idea. I don't quite remember what prompted it, but I do recall vividly that I was sitting in a plaza in Rome when I finally decided I should try an egg on a pizza and discovered what I been missing all those years.
-- from the author's Introduction to Put an Egg on It: 70 Delicious Dishes That Deserve a Sunny Topping by Lara Ferroni, published by Sasquatch Books.
I have the same fond food memory of ordering a pizza in Italy and having it arrive with an egg on it. It was a mind-bending experience for a 19-year-old.
This is a terrific cookbook! Full of simple but delicious recipes and lots of gorgeous, mouth-watering pictures. Perfect gift!
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.
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