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Perhaps I was one of the few, but I really enjoyed The Painted House. Grisham really hit a lot of things right on the head in that book. Very good reading for me. His background use of baseball was exactly how kids use to feel about the game many, many, years ago.
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Whole Foods has Vinho Verde on sale right now.
I bought three bottles.Darn, I was in Wholefoods today and didn't check the wine. Oh, well, maybe Saturday.
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kell, blackberry pie is my favorite. Especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it. I checked your blog but couldn't find any blackberry pie. I did learn some about you though.
apple pie is also pretty good.
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I can't believe that I haven't posted on this topic. I really enjoyed the book. Good story and good writing.
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I have read all of Grisham's books and probably enjoyed "A Time To Kill" the most. However, I also enjoyed A Painted House, so what does that say about me.
I have seen John Grisham about a half dozen times as he lives near our little town. Grisham has done many good things for the town including building a "Little League Baseball Complex" for the kids that is one of the finest in the USA. He also helped start a legal aid thing for those that cannot afford attorneys.
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As most of you probably know. We live in the woods and are a little isolated. Our neighbor lives a little distance from us. Some evenings he will go out on the porch and play either a guitar or a mandolin and we will sit on our porch and listen. He is really good and has a great style of playing, when he plays the guitar sometimes it sounds like there are 2 people playing.
Sorry about taking this off-topic. I wonder if I should delete the bit about her being flaky. If she was to read this thread she would get upset.
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Cornwell is "just a little" flaky.
My neighbor plays bluegrass music with a few other friends. Cornwell once sent a helicopter to pick him and the other players up so they could play for her at her "then home" in Richmond. -
Vanessa, I'm really envious as I wish I could go back and read his books for the first time again (if that makes sense?)!
Makes sense to me. I just finished "Something Rotten", the last book in his "Thursday Next" series. I hope his next book in the series comes out soon. Fforde has an imagination that few authors have and his books are a fresh breath of air.
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Are you kidding me!!!! I am a huge fan of JLB. He is absolutely one of my favorite authors and I have read most, if not all, of his books. Besides the "Dave Robicheaux" series I also like his Billy Bob Holland books. Back to the Dave Robicheaux series though. Robicheaux is one heck of a complex guy. The world, I think, could stand to have guys like him around. His buddy Clete is also one heck of a guy. Loyalty like that is hard to find. I like the episode where Clete backed a concrete truck up to the convertible of one of the bad guys and filled it up with concrete.
Besides Burke's writing, I also like his "caring for the world". He sincerely cares for people.
The website of James Lee Burke is:
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Jo, I think everyone has their favourites. I would say Mort, because I loved that one. But then again, I've only read a few! hehe
yin/yang, welcome to the forum.
Shame, shame. How can you only read a few. :shock:
I really love them all.
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I'm currently reading The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde - it's the first one of his I've read & I'm really enjoying it. I'd love to hear what you thought of the Ffordes you've read (although yiou've obviously enjoyed them enough to read more - LOL!).
I really enjoyed the Fforde's that I read. All of those that I have read are from his series about "Thursday Next" and should be read in the order that I have posted in the author topic on Jasper Fforde. I strongly recommend that you try the Thursday Next series, Thursday has really grown on me and she is quite the character.
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An update on the books that I have read this year:
Wyrd Sisters..................Terry Pratchett
Blood Meridian...............Cormac McCarthy
The Wayward Bus...........John Steinbeck
The Red Pony.................John Steinbeck
Children Of First Man.......John Alexander Thom
The Moon Is Down...........John Steinbeck
The Pearl........................John Steinbeck
The Shootist....................Glendon Fred Swarthout
The Rebels Of Ireland.......Edward Rutherfurd
Old Man And The Sea........Ernest Hemingway
Shem's Creek...................Dorothea Benton Frank
A Moveable Feast..............Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises............Ernest Hemingway
Valley Of Wild Horses.........Zane Grey
The Eyre Affair..................Jasper Fforde
Pegasus Descending...........James Lee Burke
Lost In A Good Book...........Jasper Fforde
Well Of Lost Plots................Jasper Fforde
Robbers roost.....................Zane Grey
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I have just ordered The Eyre Affair on Amazon. I have not read any Jasper Fforde books before so can you tell me is this the right book to start with?
Yes, it is the right book to start with. They should definitely be read in this order:
The Eyre Affair
Lost In A Good Book
Well Of Lost Plots
Something Rotten
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I just finished Well Of Lost Plots and picked up Something Rotten from the library yesterday. Fforde's works are great to read and the guy has an imagination like no other. I will start Spmething Rotten after finishing Robbers' Roost by Zane Grey. Talk about two different writers.....Grey and Fforde.
Sugar, still envious of you actually listening to Fforde give a talk at your library.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Five people You Meet In Heaven. As mentioned previously it was a clever book, also one that made you think a little about life.
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On another note. To me, Ayla represents what I would like to see in all people. Honesty and goodness.
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I've always pronounced it more like 'owl'.. but then I'm often wrong! hehe
Me too. Pronounciation and being wrong.
I really liked all of her books in the series. I hope though it does not take as long to write the next book as it did the last. My favorites were "Clan Of The Cave Bear" and Valley of the Horses". My least favorite was Shelters of Stone.
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Grits can be used many ways and fixed many ways.
Basic grits are normally a breakfast food. Simply cook the grits in water and serve for breakfast with bacon, sausage, etc. Most people mix a little butter in their serving of grits.
They can also be fancied up and used as an accompaniment to dinner (instead of a potato, etc) and eaten with fish, steak, etc. My mention of baking it and mixing in cheese was one way we ate it with red snapper for a dinner.
There are a few recipes on the Quaker box of Grits.
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Basic Polenta for 4. The lazy man way.
1 quart water
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon butter
Combine water, salt, cornmeal, and butter in a 11/2 to 2 quart baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and give it a good stir. Stick the dish back in the oven and cook for 10 more minutes. The polenta, again, can be "jazzed up" anyway you like it while cooking, ie, cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc
Basic Polenta for 6 to 8. The lazy man way.
2 quarts water
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups cornmeal
2 tablespoons butter
Combine water, salt, cornmeal, and butter in a 2 to 3 quart baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 80 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and give it a good stir. Stick the dish back in the oven and cook for 10 more minutes. The polenta, again, can be "jazzed up" anyway you like it while cooking, ie, cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc
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Well at least we're off the subject of Rocky Mountain Oysters!
Kell, give the grits a try. They are also good when cooked in "chicken broth" instead of water. Sometimes we will cook them in chicken broth and then after done mix in some pepperjack cheese and sprinkle liberally extra cheese on top and bake the grits for 10 minutes. When having basic grits I really like to mix in about a tablespoon of maple syrup with my serving.
I have a "lazy Man's recipe" for making polenta that is every bit as good as doing it the hard way on top of the stove and constantly stirring it. I will post my recipe for the polenta in the recipe topic.
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Ok, there's another one Brits aren't used to.. what exactly is 'grits'?
Food of the Gods.
http://www.quakeroats.com/qfb_OurBrands/BrandDetail.cfm?BrandID=21
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I would much prefer a serving of polenta over caviar. Actually, I would even prefer a serving of grits with a smidgeon of maple syrup mixed in over caviar.
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I have read many of King's books but have yet to read "Stand". I looked at a copy at the library but it was so yucky looking that I didn't pick it up.
Guess I will have to break down and spend some money and buy a copy of the book.
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Pig trotters??? That's just WRONG...on so many levels...
Are they anything like "Rocky Mountains oysters".
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I am so envious. First Kell is baking blackberry pies and now you, Icecream. And what better way to enjoy the blackberry pies than with Icecream.
Truthfully, blackberry pie is my favorite. I did not pick blackberries this year because the berry patch where I pick berries did not have any. The owner of the patch pulled out all the plants and re-planted the field.