Normally I’d bring you a single book review in this weekly “What’s Rachel Reading” report, but this week? Well, this week I’m having some serious commitment issues! I just walked around and picked up these four library books sporting bookmarks in various stages of completion — and let’s not even talk about the magazines, lol. …
This week’s read is Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper. Part memoir, part history, and part love letter to the English language, this funny and enlightening book is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the world of lexicography. A behind-the-scenes book about how dictionaries are written might sound dull, but Word by Word is smart, entertaining, and more fascinating …
As you may have noticed from some of the recipes and earlier discussions posted here, I’ve owned an Instant Pot since picking mine up on Prime Day last summer. I have been using it fairly regularly for meal prep (making things like homemade vegetable broth and boneless skinless chicken breast), as well as for a …
I’m sharing another serendipitous find from the library’s new book shelf this week: Pure Heart, A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey by Troy Ball with Bret Witter. Some of you might already be familiar with Troy Ball from the show Moonshiners or from her disabled & nonverbal son Marshall’s book Kiss of God (and their subsequent 1999 appearance on …
Today we’re going to do something different and talk about a whole series, since I just finished reading all eight books of Annie Bellet’s The Twenty-Sided Sorceress series in two omnibus volumes from the library. A couple of months ago we were talking about escapist literature, and I tend to read a lot of urban fantasy …
What’s Rachel Reading this week? Mad Genius Tips — full of food hacks & recipes. See my review, then let me know what you’re reading lately! Let’s do another cookbook this week: The library new book shelf always reels me in with its pretty cookbooks all in a row, and Mad Genius Tips doesn’t disappoint in …