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  • NYTimes: 22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’

    22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/books/funny-novels-humor.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 14, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, Humor
    #books, #booktock, Fiction, Humor
  • Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty

    Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty

    “most importantly, Twitty reminds us that you don’t have to be Black or Jewish to love koshersoul.” Both a cookbook and a memoir, Koshersoul (Amistad) explores the food traditions of both Black and Jewish cultures and how for Black Jewish people, the two combine, becoming a distinctive foodway of its own. “When I first started…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 10, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Cookbooks, Food, Food History, History, Jewish, Jewish cooking, Recipes, Soul food
    #books, Amistad, Cookbooks, Food, Harper Collins, Historic foodways, Jewish cooking, Koshersoul, Michael Twitty, Recipes, Soul food
  • Women Who Murder by Mitzi Szereto

    Women Who Murder by Mitzi Szereto

    “For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.” —Rudyard Kipling, from the poem “The Female of the Species.” “Why is that we’re always so shocked when women commit violent crimes, in particular, the crime of murder? Perhaps we’re more accustomed to seeing men as the aggressors when it comes to murder,…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 10, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Murder, mystery, Non-fiction
    #books, Book Review, crime, Mango Publishing, Mitzi Szereto, Murder, Non-fiction, True Crime, Women Who Murder
  • Reese’s Book Club Pick: “First Lie Wins”

    Reese’s Book Club Pick: “First Lie Wins”

    “This is Ashley Elston’s debut adult novel and it’s a real page turner, so good you hate to turn the last page.” “My mind splits, showing two different paths; This is definitely a crossroads moment,” recalls Lucca Marino alias Wendy Wallace alias Mia Blanchard and a whole long list of other names. “Taking the job…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 26, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Audiobooks, mystery
    #books, Ashley Elston, Fiction, First Lie Wins, mystery, Mystery-Thriller, Pamela Dorman Books
  • Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

    Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

    Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom, a high school teacher dealing with the mysterious vanishing of her sister, Angie, ten years ago, is dealt another blow when her father drives his car off of a bridge on the anniversary of her disappearance. She is, at this point, the last in a long line of the socially elite Angstrom…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 17, 2024
    Fiction, mystery, Penguin Random House
    #books, Fiction, Kate Brody, mystery, Mystery-Thriller, Penguin Random House, Rabbit Hole, Soho Crime
  • The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan

    The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan

    “I tell other people’s stories for a living. “You can call me a ghostwriter, though usually I just say I ‘freelance’ which is vague and boring enough to put an end to strangers’ polite inquiries . . . That’s a lie . . . About my supposed friends. I have lots of acquaintances, colleagues, and…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 15, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, Murder, mystery
    “The Busy Body”, #books, A John Scognamiglio Book, Fiction, Kemper Donovan, Kensington Books, Maine, Murders, mystery
  • Mexico Kaleidoscope: Myths, Mysteries and Mystique

    Oenophiles might be surprised to learn that the oldest winery anywhere in the Americas is Casa Madero, formally established as long ago as 1597, located in Parras de la Fuente, a small town in the northern state of Coahuila. “In 1549 the Spanish priests and soldiers who explored this region discovered native vines growing wild…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 8, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Culture, Food History, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Travel, Wine
    Coahuila, Culture, History, MexConnect, Mexico, Mexico Kaleidoscope, Mission of Santa Maria de Las Parrras, Parras de la Fuente, Travel, Valley of Parras
  • The Couple in the Photo by Helen Cooper

    The Couple in the Photo by Helen Cooper

    Always fascinated by photos, Lucy is eager to see her colleague’s snapshots from her honeymoon in the Maldives. But as Lucy slides through Ruth’s pictures, she pauses, surprised to see a familiar auburn-haired man. It’s Scott, her best friend’s husband but the woman with him isn’t his wife Cora nor is she someone that Lucy…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 24, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Fiction, mystery
    #books, Domestic thriller, Fiction, Helen Cooper, Maldives, Mystery-Thriller, New York Journal of Books, The Couple in the Photo
  • THE FLAVOR THESAURUS: MORE FLAVORS

    THE FLAVOR THESAURUS: More Flavors: Plant-Led Pairings, Recipes, and Ideas for Cooks by Niki Segnit, the plant-focused follow-up to the global 2010 bestseller and beloved cookbook/ cooking guide THE FLAVOR THESAURUS: A Compendium of Pairings, Recipes, and Ideas for Creative Cooks. THE FLAVOR THESAURUS: More Flavors just received a great review from Booklist which said, “This follow-up to Segnit’s The Flavor Thesaurus…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    January 20, 2024
    #books, #BookTok, Cookbooks
    #books, Cookbooks, Food, Food pairings, Niki Segnit, Recipes, The Flavor Thesarus: More Flavors
  • NPR: What to read in 2024: 11 books we’re looking forward to

    https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1221337678/what-to-read-2024

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    December 31, 2023
    #books, #BookTok, Authors, Culture, Digital, drama, Fiction, Non-fiction
    #books, #Fiction #mystery #crime, Non-fiction
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