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Book Review: The Help

I finished The Help this weekend in 1 day and if that's testament to my opinion about the book, then I really don't need to write much here :P The Help This book was really a joy to read. I got sucked into the world of the characters almost immediately. The book is split into sections that are narrated from a specific characters...

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Napa and Cooking Catchup

The BF and I went to Napa over the weekend to celebrate his new job and to relax and get out of town. We drove up on friday night after work and had dinner in downtown Napa at a tapas place named Zuzu. The next day, we spent the morning at Oxbow public market checking out the farmers market, had some mexican breakfast...

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Book Review: In the Woods

In the Woods In the Woods is the debut novel of author Tana French. It follows a Dublin murder investigator through a case that hits close to home. When Detective Ryan was little, he and his two best friends were involved in a gruesome crime and he was the only one who survived but with no memory of the incident or of what...

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Epic Borders Cookbook Haul!

It's really sad that Borders is closing and going out of business, but it also means that I have epic book hauls like the one I got two days ago. Honestly, I was in the store for maybe an hour and had to pare my haul down from 6 books to 4 only because my arm capacity was exceeded. The haul included: The...

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Book Review: The Island

I want to apologize for my rambling post on Mirror Mirror. Looking back, I definitely gave away way too much about the storyline and sorry to all those who haven't read it and who want to read it. The book just made no sense to me and I had to force myself to finish but that's really no excuse. Anyway, I finished this...

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