Another Disc World book pulled of my bookshelf for a re-read. The thing about Pratchett is that his books are like potato chips, it's hard to stop at one. So once I've pulled one out, I tend to keep reading them...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Men At Arms
by Terry Pratchett.
Years ago I dated a guy who was nice enough, though not very memorable except for the fact that he introduced me to Terry Pratchett. Not personally (though that would have been really cool, and would have made the guy I dated much more memorable...) but by lending me one of Pratchett's books. And then another. And then I was hooked, and now I own all of the Disc World books.
Occasionally I pull a book I've already read off the bookshelf because if you don't, why bother keeping them? I think I pulled this one off the shelf the other day because I was running out the door, and needed a paperback small enough to fit in my pocket to keep me company while I was out and about, with the generic waiting that sometimes entails.
Entertaining Disasters
The full title is Entertaining Disasters a novel (with recipes) by Nancy Spiller.
I don't remember why I was in the book store (probably because I was near the bookstore... I'm like that... Books Inc. gets a serious amount of my disposable income...)
What caught my eye about the cover: 1) the cover art has both a photo of an old fashioned recipe box (the kind like grandma had, with index cards, and preprinted divider cards) as well as the photo of a woman with the covers pulled up over her head. Which captures how I often feel on days when I've got people coming for dinner, that 'why did I think this would be fun?' feeling you get when you realize you've not only got to cook dinner, but shop for the food and clean the house - the last being an activity you've neglected for a frightening amount of time, leaving you on the day of the dinner party with a frightening house.
I also liked the name, since it also captures my generic 'yikes what was I thinking?' feeling on days I've got people coming over.
Lastly, I've always had a soft part for fiction that includes recipes since I read Nora Ephran's Heartburn and baked her peach pie recipe.
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