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Daisey
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My first #MtCookbook recipe for this year is this delicious cross between a coffee cake and sweet cornbread from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Usually I‘m not a fan of sweet cornbread, but in this case it adds complexity to the coffee cake. Additionally, I switched the blueberries for blackberries and the lemon zest for orange because on snowy subzero weekends I bake with what is available. It was delicious for breakfast this morning!

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Tamra That looks scrumptious! 2mo
mabell Sounds really good! Especially your substitutions! 2mo
BookwormM Looks yummy 2mo
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TheBookHippie Yummm 2mo
janeycanuck Ooh, looks so tasty!! 2mo
Daisey @TheBookHippie @janeycanuck It was delicious! I will definitely be making again. 2mo
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JacqMac
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I really liked some of the essays in this one. Others were just meh. But that‘s usually how it is with this kind of book. Overall it wasn‘t a bad choice for June‘s #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

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Susanita
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These were interesting essays, some more than others of course. I especially liked her descriptions of her cat Pard 😺 and her wry observations on different aspects of modern life: feminism, consumerism, aging, the state of the publishing industry, and other random thoughts. I highlighted 23 quotes, which is a high number for me. It‘s especially poignant that she died only about six weeks after the book was published.

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Read4life
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I enjoyed the first half of this essay collection more than the second half. This is my first book by this author. I may read another before the end of the month.
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#JoysOfJune (book 7)

Andrew65 Well done. I‘ve only managed to read 2 of hers so far. 9mo
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Jas16
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This collection of Le Guin‘s blog posts was hit or miss for me. I loved the first part, especially when she discusses aging and I am always here for a cat story. The later entries I was less enthralled by but I appreciated being reminded about how much I enjoy having an essay collection to dip in and out of. A light #authoramonth pick.

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dariazeoli
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I didn‘t expect the news of Heather Armstrong‘s death to hit me as hard as it has, but I keep thinking about those early years of blogging, how the internet was different back then, how fucking funny Dooce was with her writing.

It‘s hard to reconcile some of the last posts she made with that person. They were harmful to a group including her child. They were alarming to anyone familiar with the mental illness struggles she wrote about. 👇🏻

dariazeoli I don‘t know if Heather‘s suicide is surprising, but it was a gut punch. She fought to live for her kIds, for her family, for a long time. I hope she is at peace. I hope her kids get the support they‘ll need. I hope that next time we watch someone‘s journey like it‘s a trainwreck, we try to remember compassion, to not comment if it‘s not helpful. I‘ll be re-reading her books to remember that woman who impacted a lot of us bloggers. (edited) 11mo
BarbaraJean This news hit me hard, too. She was so influential; in the blogosphere and personally. I have such gratitude for her voice back then—her writing helped one of my best friends dig out of post partum depression, normalizing and validating that struggle. I hadn‘t been following her for a while and was unaware of her recent battles with alcoholism. My heart breaks for her daughters, and I echo your hopes. 11mo
KathyWheeler I have some online friends that I made because of her. I was really sad to hear about her death. 11mo
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Waiter Rant | Steve Dublanica
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This looks interesting!! 12mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It was a good, quick read. Interesting and entertaining 12mo
Eggs Stacked! 12mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Worth it 😊 12mo
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The Notebook | Jos Saramago
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My score at the 10¢ / item at the library sale today. Anyone familiar with Frank Bidart? I know nothing about him, but a skinny book of poetry is worth a try.