I love to read. I’m a reader, through and through. Always have been, and hopefully always will be (unless I’m rendered deaf and blind, in which case: take me out coach). Much to my husbands’ dismay I regularly pay overdue fines of $50+ to the local library for ambitious amounts of overdue books, lost books, and books accidentally soaked in Chai (who me? never!) in addition to spending unhealthy amounts of cash at Barnes & Noble for new hardback books…
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Almost exactly a year ago one of the loveliest people on the planet, my sweet friend Helene Dujardin of the blog Tartlette, wrote a book. A food photography book called Plate to Pixel. In fact, she wrote the only food photography book you need. Ever, in the world. Period. Seriously. Photography is tricky for me. It isn’t intuitive to me like it is to other people, so I’m constantly searching for sources to help a sister out. I search the…
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This giveaway is now closed. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your favorite reads with me! Now I have a permanent list of great books to take with me to the library. The winner of the $100 visa card and a copy of Jane Green’s newest book is Allison! Please contact me ASAP to claim your swag. allison AT petitelefant DOT com. Congratulations! — Who wants to win a $100 visa gift card and win a new release giveaway? …
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One of my favorite people ever, and that’s not even overstating it a little, Joy the Baker wrote a book. Oh Joy. Oh, Joy. Isn’t she a babe? Like, straight up authentically gorgeous. I met Joy at a Jennifer Garner event last Fall. I didn’t know anything about her, she was the only blogger at the event I’d never met, and she was hysterical. She was behind me in a Q + A session with a chef and I was…
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Let’s talk about one of my favorite authors for a minute. Ann Brashares. She wrote the series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which I loved. In fact if you ask me, I think the best contemporary literature is found in the YA section. I stumbled upon her first foray into adult literature at the library one random day, and it’s now one of my favorite books. The Last Summer of You and Me is beautiful. Brashares’ writing has a…
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— This is a re-posting of an article from last Summer’s archives. While I’m away in Europe I thought I’d give you a tour of my blog. I’ve got years of content to delve into and plenty of fun content to keep you entertained while I’m away. — One of the best parts of summer is reading a handful of really great *beach read* books, whether or not said books are actually read with toes in the sand. By beach…
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For my 5th birthday, two weeks into Kindergarten, my best friend Douggie gave me what was to become my most treasured book ever: The Flying Hockey Stick. The illustrations are marvelous, of course, but it’s the cheeky humor that got me. Jolly Roger Bradfield, the author, really had a way with words. I’d always assumed he was British, mainly because Douggie’s mom was British and I figured I was special enough that she brought it back for my birthday from…
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All I wanted for Christmas was an e-reader. That’s it. I didn’t care for any candy, chocolate, new socks, electric blanket, or new pillows. All I wanted was a portable, traveling, e-reading book device of some sort. Viktor came through for me big time. See, I don’t think an e-reader will ever replace my actual hard bound books, but I do need something a little more portable, what with all the traveling I do. My biggest concern when I travel…
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You know how much I love Meg Cabot, right? I adore her to bits and itty bitty pieces. Her books have brought me great pleasure during some of the hardest times in my life. Do you have books or movies that transport you completely, entertain you so thoroughly, you start googling in the middle of the night to find out where you can get more of the good stuff? That’s how I feel about Meg. It’s on my Life List…
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