The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

Jeg fant ut det var på tide med en ny Smakebit på Søndag, som  Betraktninger  og  Flukten fra virkeligheten  har ansvaret for. Boka jeg vil dele en smakebit fra i dag er en cosy mystery som heter Little Bookshop of Murder: A Beach Reads Mystery og er skrevet av Maggie Blackburn. Den omhandler en Shakespeare-forsker med navnet Summer Merriweather som har arvet en bokhandel etter moren som døde på mystisk vis. Da Summer flytter inn i huset til moren, finner hun i tillegg noen truende brev sendt til moren. "Summer Merriweather slipped off her flip-flops, allowing the sand’s warmth to comfort the bottom of her feet like it had thousands of times before. She looked out over the waves, the water shimmering in the soft pink morning light. She walked toward the water and gazed over the horizon—the line between the sky and sea barely visible. A seagull cried in the distance. Another one flew in front of her and landed on the wet, shiny sand. “Sorry, I have noth...

Last year I was fortunate enough to recieve an ARC of the cookbook New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads; With Recipes for Birote, Bagels, Pan de Coco, Beignets, and More by Bryan Ford through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards and today I'll post my review. Description from Goodreads New World Sourdough is your go-to guide to baking delicious, inventive sourdough breads at home. Learn how to make a sourdough starter, basic breads, as well as other innovative baked goods from start to finish with Instagram star Bryan Ford's (@artisanbryan) inviting, nontraditional approach to home baking. With less emphasis on perfecting crumb structure or obsessive temperature monitoring, Ford focuses on the tips and techniques he's developed in his own practice, inspired by his Honduran roots and New Orleans upbringing, to ensure your success and a good return on your time and effort. Ford's recipes include step-by-step instructions...

It's Friday and time for a new Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer . The question of the week was What upcoming books are you intrigued to read in 2021?". Book Blogger Hop There's plenty of books that sounds like fun to read and three of them are Deadly Delights by Laura Jensen Walker, Murder at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers and Reserved for Murder by Victoria Gilbert. I can't deny I have a weak spot for cosy mysteries, which is part of the reason why I've listed three cosies.

I came across The Guilty Reader Book Tag over at  The Tattooed Book Geek  and I decided to play along. Question 1: Have you ever re-gifted a book that you’ve been given? Not yet, but I have returned books to bookshops in those cases where I had the book already or someone was "smart enough" giving me a Bible for Christmas. Question 2: Have you ever said you’ve read a book when you haven’t? It has happened on a rare occasion. I'm not saying what books, though. ;-) Question 3: Have you ever borrowed a book and not returned it? Not yet, especially as I'm rather protective of my own books, so I always return books I borrow from others. Question 4: Have you ever read a series out of order? I have done it several times, especially with cosy mysteries. Question 5: Have you ever spoiled a book for someone? If I have, I don't remember doing it. Question 6: Have you ever dogeared a book? When I was a kid and a teenager, it did happen I dogeared a few books. Question 7: Hav...

Last year I recieved an ARC of the romance novel If You Cherish Me (A Sugar Maple Novel Book 3) by Ciara Knight through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards and today I'll post my review. Description from Netgalley Ex-con Declan Mills bursts into town on an good-will errand believing he is reuniting a father and daughter, but the miss-lead adventure almost landed him back in jail. Something doomed to happen anyway since he has no job, no income, and no way to make restitution for his former crime. Tranquil Maple Nursery owner, Felicia Hughes, spends her life tending to plants, her Nana after her stroke, her friends, and any stray she can find, but little time caring for herself. But when her plants don’t show for the filming of Bronx Revard’s new segment on Tranquil Maple she nearly breaks from the stress until Declan offers his camper to transport everything in time. Desperate for help to keep up with the demands of business and caring for her Nana, she offers Declan a job that...

It's Tuesday and time for the first Top Ten Tuesday post of the year, courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl . Fittingly, the theme of the week was most anticipated releases for the first half of 2021. I decided narrowing it down a bit by focusing on #OwnVoices. My picks are; The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim Excuse Me While I Ugly Cru by Joya Goffney Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

As it's way too long since I participated in Mailbox Monday, hosted by the blog with the same name , I decided it was time I wrote a post again. Here's some of the books I've recieved in the mail recently. We Met in December by Rosie Curtis The Institute by Stephen King Hollowpox - The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Harry Potter Knitting Magic: the Official Guide to Creating Original Knits Inspired By the Harry Potter Films by Tanis Gray Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell The Tobacconist's Wife by AnneMarie Brear Days in the Caucasus by Banine I Flew for the Führer by Heinz Knoke Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez Normandy '44 by James Holland