Book Posts This Week
None of the Above – A high school senior finds out that she is intersex. That means that she is genetically male but appears female. Her life falls apart when her whole school finds out.
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules – A group of Swedish pensioners decide they’ll have a better life if they were in prison getting taken care of so they decide to commit a crime. Who know it was so hard to get arrested?
Save Yourself – A princess decides that she isn’t going to wait around to be rescued by some knight
Reading This Week
Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid by Tim Ecott
“From Papantla in Mexico-“the city that perfumed the world”-to the Indian Ocean islands, Vanilla traces the story of the vanilla plant and its secretive trade. From the golden cups of Aztec emperors to the ice-cream dishes of U.S. presidents, Vanilla has mystified and tantalized man for centuries. The only orchid that produces an agriculturally valuable crop, vanilla can mask unpleasant tastes and smells, but also makes pleasant tastes stronger, smoother, and longer lasting. Because it has over four hundred separate flavor components, choosing premium vanilla beans is as complex as judging the aroma and taste of fine wine. Vanilla finds its way into over half of all dessert products sold worldwide, as well as the finest perfumes, well-known brands of rum and vodka, and even Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Americans consume more vanilla than anyone else on Earth-a fact that has forced growers and traders to mount armed guard over their plants in the tropical jungle. The traders who travel the world in search of America’s favorite flavor are a small and secretive elite. Vanilla is a globetrotting adventure that follows buccaneers, aristocrats, and gourmets, all in search of the ice cream orchid.”
Listening to This Week
“Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations.
First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire–and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.”
Book summaries from Goodreads
Ooh is the Souless audiobook any good? I love the Etiquette & Espionage narrator – my very first audiobook ever! I pretty much want to devour all of her books like…asap.
The narrator is good. Very proper and English
Oh, I love the sound of “The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules”. I’ll have to check it out.
Have a great week!
Deb
Several of those books have themes I have read in other books. But I had not heard of those.
None of the Above is one that I have got to get read soon. And that Vanilla book sounds really interesting! Hope you have a great week.
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