Showing posts with label reads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reads. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

New Reads


Bought two new books at a second hand bookstore this past weekend and super excited about reading them. 
  • Animal Vegetable Miracle - Been wanting to read this for awhile after hearing some great reviews on it.  Read part of the first chapter in line and am loving it already!
  • Green and Easy - (couldn't find a link - sorry!) Flipped through this and liked the bright pictures and talking-to-you text. Think this will be good too.
I am kind of addicted to buying gardening (or gardening-esque) books right now. I can see why my mom had an almost entire bookcase devoted to the subject. So great. (Also, I'm turning into my mom?!)

What books are you buying?

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

On Books



My parents definitely instilled a love of books and reading into me. I have many many many books (so many that often guests can be heard asking 'Have you read all these?' in seriousness) and I love them all. Lately I've been (addictingly) buying gardening books.

Here's what I'm reading right now (or atleast browsing through):

  • Farm Anatomy - I was literally walking out of the store when I saw this book on the shelf and flipped through it. When I realized I wanted to take a photo of every single page I went back and bought it. Really fun look-thru.
  • Beautiful Creatures - I saw the movie and loved it. Loved it (it's my kind of movie in a nutshell). I bought the book later that week and am really enjoying it. Like most book-to-movies there are changes but I like both 'versions'. Can't wait to read the rest of this series. 
  • Food Grown Right - I picked this up and knew right away I needed to buy it. I like how it's written and the photos and such. A great addition to my growing (hah!) gardening books section.  
  • Grow Great Grub - I've actually bought this book twice (by accident) but that just shows me that I like it. Another great resource. It also inspired the cashier and I to have a great conversation about gardening and reclaiming middle of the street boulevards and such. Love that. 
  • The Age of Miracles - I'll be honest, I kind of expected more. I'm enjoying it but it's a slow read for me. I think at the heart, it's a really interesting premise for a book. I will finish it one of these days.
  • Backyard Bounty - The only thing that's negative about this book is that it doesn't have color photos, but really it's such a great book. I also love that it's written for my (approx) area of the world, so the gardening tips are right for me. 

What are you reading right now?