cooking, eating, feeding…and finding some other fun along the way.

Books and Puppies

I just finished reading a book that has been on my shelf for a while….

prodigal summer

  I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys Kingsolver.  It was spectacular and it made me miss a few things:

  1. Kentucky (especially the fact that one of the main characters spent her college career in an apartment on Euclid Ave.)
  2. Thunderstorms.  Big, booming, loud thunderstorms.
  3. Writing and talking about novels.  Not enough to go back and take English classes again, but enough to make me want to keep reading Kingsolver.  I have Animal Dreams on my “to read” shelf…it was an assigned reading during grad school, but I don’t remember actually reading it—that seems like a bad sign.  I have also heard good things about The Bean Trees, and have my eye out for a cheap used copy. Any Kingsolver or Kingsolver-esque recommendations?

Unrelated:

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(Click Santana’s awesome face to jump to her blog for more pictures of her new squeaky dragon friend named Pinky.)

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3 Responses to “Books and Puppies”

  1. matthew
    8:31 pm on October 2nd, 2010

    Santana is way too cute.

    Also, I miss thunderstorms too.

  2. Dori
    1:01 pm on October 5th, 2010

    That picture of Santana with her arm around her friend and her friend in her mouth is by far the cutest thing I have seen in a very long time, if not in all time. I am dying. How can one sweet puppy be SO SWEET AND CUTE.

  3. Shannon Henson
    4:50 pm on November 10th, 2010

    If you do read The Bean Trees, I highly recommend Pigs in Heaven, as well! Also, Animal Vegetable Miracle was awesome!

    Maybe we can come visit you this summer and we can talk about books!

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