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Good Eats: The Early Years by Alton Brown

Good Eats: The Early Years

Alton Brown

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction food and drink informative medium-paced
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby

How to Be Good

Nick Hornby

305 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

Elizabeth McCracken

186 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme

My Life in France

Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme

317 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks

Kathleen Flinn

304 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction cookbook food and drink informative inspiring fast-paced
The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden by Ivette Soler

The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden

Ivette Soler

216 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year by Spring Warren

The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year

Spring Warren

335 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction memoir informative inspiring medium-paced
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater

409 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

353 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction essays memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time by Nick Hornby

More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time

Stuff I've Been Reading #4

Nick Hornby

135 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction essays funny lighthearted fast-paced