Will I ever catch up?
So…I just looked at my 52 Books in 52 Weeks status. Oh my. We have but 10 weeks left in the year (gasp!) and I have a whopping 16 books left to read. I guess I should be proud of myself for actually reading 36 books so far this year, because really, that’s pretty good. But I’m not giving up yet. No, not yet. I can do it…even if I have to read a book a day between Christmas and New Years Eve.
I recently got a copy of Eileen Goudge’s newest novel “Once in a Blue Moon” from the folks at the One2One Network to review. Once I finally had a minute to pick it up, I couldn’t seem to put it back down. Don’t you love books like that? It wasn’t that I could relate to the tumultuous lifestyles contained in the book, or that I knew what it felt like to have everything good in my life at risk, but it was written in such a way that I understood, and felt the tension as well as the characters. Very well done.
Many times when I am reading a book, I tend to picture Hollywood’s film adaptation of the book and try to imagine who I would cast. Richard Gere? Are you hearing me? You would make the ideal Randall Craig. Ideal. So silky and gorgeous, I couldn’t think of anyone else when reading about him. The rest of the cast I rounded out with George and Izzy from Grey’s Anatomy, along with Jennifer Aniston as Lindsay. Sorry if that’s who you will now have to picture, but that’s just me. I do that kind of thing. But who wouldn’t want to read a book picturing all of those fab actors? Do yourself a favor and pick it up for yourself…it’s available at Amazon by clicking the picture above. Oh, you don’t want tot pay for it? Good news – I have a copy to give away, along with one of her other titles! Click here for details.
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent most of my day today making a Birthday Cake for a teenage girl. Not just any old cake, a Purse Cake. My first ever Purse Cake. It’s a surprise for her from her Dad & new Step-Mom (hi John & Lisa!) and I am delivering it to her at lunch tomorrow at her High School. The cake is lemon with white chocolate and lemon buttercream, and blueberry filling. I hope she’ll like it!
On another note, this weekend Jon’s folks are coming in to stay with us because Jon’s birthday is next week. That means – another cake. Unlike Seven’s birthday, I intend to only make 2 birthday cakes for Jon, not three. So, does anyone have a great idea for a cake I can make him? it needs to only serve about 6-8, so it doesn’t need to be huge. He loves pumpkin pie, but he’s not a huge cake fan…this one may be tough. His favorite cake of all time we had on a cruise. It was a very rich, almost brownie like base, topped with chocolate mousse and then a chocolate ganache, I think. Something along those lines. He’d be thrilled with something like that – does anyone have a recipe for that?? Help?
