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Monday, September 21, 2009
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- Elizabeth
- Hooterville-on-Red...better known as Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- World Traveler, Fiber Artist, Mom, Friend, Cohort-in-Crime, Foodie and a zillion other things.
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E's Books of 2018
- "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff
- "Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth" by Nick Murray
- "A Rule Against Murder" by Louise Penny
- "Investing 101" by Michelle Cagan
- "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware
- "How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life" by Ruth Goodman
- "Burnt Offerings" by Robert Marasco
- "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles
- "Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I told My Mormon Parents I was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began" by Alex Cooper
- "97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement" by Jane Ziegelman
- "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing" by John Bogle
- "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by Caroline Fraser
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Books E's Reading in 2013
- "Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape" by Jena Miscavige Hill
- "Only Time Will Tell " by Jeffrey Archer
- "Kane and Abel" by Jeffrey Archer
- "Tigers and Tamangs: How not to do a Nepalese adventure travel reconnaissance (Footsteps on the Mountain travel diaries)" by Mark Horrell
- "The Chaperone" by Laura Moriarty
- "What Makes You NOT a Buddhist" by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
- "Some Day You'll Thank Me for This: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Being a "Perfect" Mother" by Gayden Metcalf and Charlotte Hays
- "Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest" by Wade Davis
- "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche
- "How I Wrote 2 eBooks in 21 Days; Damn Funny. Seriously." by Glen Stanford
- "The Bread is in the Bed" by Glen and Ann Stanford
- "The Fountainhead", by Ayn Rand
- "Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor" by Rosina Harrison
- "Fifty Shades Freed" by E L James
- "London and Londoners in the 1850sand 1860s" by Alfred Rossling Bennett
- "Fifty Shades Darker" by E.L. James
- "Comfort me with Offal" by Ruth Bourdain
- "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey" by the Countess of Carnarvon
Books E Read in 2012
- "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E L James
- "Essentials of Buddhism" by Kogen Mizuno
- "Evil at Heart" by Chelsea Cain
- " A Grown Up Kind of Pretty" by Joshilyn Jackson
- "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett
- "Sweetheart" by Chelsea Cain
- "What Einstein Didn't Know" by Robert Wolke
- "Wild Swans" by Jung Chang
- "Then Came You" by Lisa Kleypas
- "The House at Riverton" by Kate Morton
- "The House of Velvet and Glass" by Katherine Howe
- "The Buddha Walks Into a Bar" by Lodro Rinzler
- "The Glitter and the Gold" by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
- "The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen
- "Why I am Buddhist: No-Nonsense Buddhism with Red Meat and Whiskey" by Stephen Asma
- "The Breath of God" by Jeffrey Small
- "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel
- "The Chariot Makers-Assembling the Perfect F1 Car" by Steve Matchett
- "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larrson
- "To Marry an English Lord" by Gail MacColl
- "Angkor the Magnificent" by Helen Churchill Candee
- "I'v Got Your Number" by Sophie Kinsella
- "Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World" by Hugh Brewster
- "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
- "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
- "The Jewel in the Crown" by Paul Scott
- "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton
- "The Lonely Polygamist" by Brady Udall
- "When Parents Text" by Sophia Fraioli
- "Bindi Girl" by Erin Reese
- "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
- "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Books E Read in 2011
- "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gilman
- "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles
- "Pointing from the Grave" by Samantha Weinberg
- "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
- " The Custom of the Country" by Edith Wharton
- "Sybil Exposed" by Debbie Nathan
- "The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism" by Robert Thurman
- "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Beer
- "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
- "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
- "The American Heiress" by Daisy Goodwin
- "Heartsick" by Chelsea Cain
- "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
- "Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes" by Cathy Holton
- "Spoiled" by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
- "Posey with the Insane and Sane-Central State Hospital" by Lois W. Lane
- "But for the Grace of God- Milledgeville: The Inside Story of the World's Largest Insane Asylum" by Dr. Peter G. Cranford
- "Going to the Gradies-Humor in Surgical Training?" by Jon Traer, MD
- "Lady Susan" by Jane Austen
- "Bonjour Happiness" by Jamie Cat Callan
- " The Three Weissmans of Westport" by Cathleen Schein
- "Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall-from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness" by Frank Brady
- " What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and 100 Other Great Cultural Lists" by Peter D' Epiro
- "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Steig Larsson
- "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett
- "Mini Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella
- "Ice Cold" by Tess Gerritsen
- "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain
- "Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders" by Franz Lidz
- "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson
- "At Home: A Short History of Private Life" by Bill Bryson
- "What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and 100 Other Great Cultural Lists" by Mary Desmond Pinkowish
- "Without Buddha, I Could Not Be a Christian" by Paul F. Knitter
Books E Read in 2010
- "My Life in France" by Julia Child
- "Wishful Drinking" by Carrie Fisher
- "From Hardtack to Homefries-An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals" by Barbara Haber
- "Why I Am a Buddhist: No-Nonsense Buddhism with Red Meat and Whiskey" by Stephen T. Asma
- "Maconiana- A social history of Randolph-Macon Woman's College" volumes 1,2 and 3 by Meridith Minter Dixon
- "Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer" by Jen Lancaster
- "Devil in the Details" by Jennifer Traig
- "The Garden Cottage Diaries" by Fiona Houston
- "The Keepsake" by Tess Gerritsen
- "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel
- " A Woman of Independent Means" by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
- "The Suspicions of Mr. Wicher" by Kate Summerscale
- "On the Line" by Eric Ripert
- "Ad Hoc at Home" by Thomas Keller
- "The Best of Friends- Martha and Me " by Mariana Pasternak
- "The Girl wth the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
- "The Mephisto Club" by Tess Gerritsen
- "Home is Where the Wine IS: Making the Most of What You've Got One Stitch (and Cocktail!) at a Time" by Laurie Perry
- "Overnight Socialite" by Bridei Clark
- "Service Included" by Phoebe Damrosch
- "Lessons of the Lotus" by Bhante Wimala
- Le Ventre de Paris (The Belly of Paris) by Emile Zola
- "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies- The Classic Regency Romance-Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!!" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
- "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress" by Rhoda Janzen
- "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance" by Elna Baker
Books E Read in 2009
- "Buddhism for Beginners" by Thubten Chodron
- "Introduction to Buddhism" by Gyatso
- "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
- "Trade Winds" by MM Kaye
- "Titanic: End of a Dream" by Wyn Wade
- "Auschwitz" by Laurence Rees
- "Never Fear" by Scott Frost
- "Three Girls and their Brother" by Theresa Rebeck
- "What Falls Away" by Mia Farrow
- "Haywire" by Brooke Hayward
- "The Count of Monte Christo" by Alexandre Dumas pere
- "Mrs. Astor Regrets" by Meryl Gordon
- "An Open Heart::Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life" by HH the Dalai Lama
- " When Things Fall Apart" by Pema Chodron
- "What Color is a Conservative" by JC Watts
- "The Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain
- "Enslaved by Ducks" by Bob Tarte
- " A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night" by HH the Dalai Lama
- "A Cook's Tour" by Anthony Bourdain
- " The Last Days of the Romanovs" by Helen Rappaport
- "The New Reflexology" by Inge Dougans
- "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain
- "Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism" by John Powers
- "Another Day in Frontal Lobe" by Katrina Firlik, MD
- "Ella-Princess, Saint and Martyr" by Christopher Warwick
- "Titanic-an Illustrated History" by Don Lynch
- "Milk, Eggs, Vodka" by Bill Keaggy
- "The Court of the Last Tsar" by Greg King
- "Disquiet" by Julia Leigh
- "You May NOT Tie an Alligator to a Fire Hydrant-101 Real Dumb Laws" by Jeff Koon and Andy Powell
- "Uncommon Arrangements" by Katie Roiphe
- "It Itches- a Stash of Knitting Cartoons" by Franklin Habit
- "Farewell in Splendor: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age" by Jweeols M. Pzckard
- "Behind the Painting" by Siburapha
- "The Gravedigger's Daughter" by Joyce Carol Oates
- "Kabul Beauty School " by Deborah Rodriguez
- "Breakthrough- Eight Steps to Wellness" by Suzanne Somers
- "Buddhism for Dummies" by Jonathan Landaw
- "Ageless" by Suzanne Somers
Books E Read in 2008
- "World Without End" by Ken Follett
- "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
- "Start Where You Are" by Pema Chodron
- "Manic" by Terri Cheney
- "Green River, Running Red" by Ann Rule
- "Confessions of a Political Hitman" by Stephen Marks
- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
- "Double Cross" by James Patterson
- "Viva La Repartee" by Mardy Grothe
- "The Grass Crown" by Colleen McCullough
- "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism"
- "Sheer Abandon" by Penny Vincenzi
- "The Gospel of Selfless Action-the Bhagavad Gita according to Gandhi" by M.K. Gandhi
- "A Wing and a Prayer" by the Most Rev. Dr. Katherine Jeffers Schori, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
- "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (rereading)
- "White Mughals" by William Dalrymple
- "Maharanis-The Extraordinary Tale of Four Indian Queens and their Journey from Purdah to Parliament" by Lucy Moore
- "The First Man of Rome" by Colleen McCullough
- "Escape" by Carloyn Jessop
- "Dish" by Jeannette Walls
Cookbooks Added to the Collection 2009
- "New Greek Cuisine"
- "the Soho Charcuterie Cookbook"
- "Charcuterie"
- "Home Cheese Making"
- "Desperation Dinners"
- "Crust and Crumb"
- "Artisan Breads in Five Minutes a Day"
- " Bread Bakers Apprentice"
- "Les Halles Cookbook"
- " the Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking"
- "Uncle Bubba's Savannah Seafood"
- "The Deen Bros. Cookbook"
- "Rocco's 5 Minute Flavor"
- " A Standing Invitation"
- "Peace Love and Grub" Frenchport Community Church
- "The Absolute Beginner's Cookbook"
- "The Tennessee Outdoorsmen Cookbook"
