- Anxious People + Pizza CapricciosaAs I have said time and time again, I really love Fredrik Backman’s storytelling. In the case of Anxious People, his latest novel, not that ...Read more
- Mexican Gothic + Asada Mushroom TacosI don’t like scary movies, but somehow, I still get a thrill out of watching them… sometimes, usually with a viewing partner and often in ...Read more
- Beartown + Bear ClawsHow often do you give books a second chance? Until Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, I would’ve said never. And, if I’m being honest, I’m not sure ...Read more
- Kids Edition: Dr. Seuss's ABC + Chocolate DoughnutsWelcome to another Kids Edition post on The Hungry Bookworm. Today we will be talking about Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! And the ...Read more
- Kids Edition: Curious George Makes PancakesWelcome to the first Kids Edition post on The Hungry Bookworm! Today we will be talking about a charming little monkey and his culinary adventures ...Read more
- Rubyfruit Jungle + Baked Strawberry DonutsRita Mae Brown’s novel Rubyfruit Jungle was quite revolutionary when it was first published in the 1970s. I had never heard of it until recently ...Read more
- Recursion + Huevos RancherosAs you may recall, Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter was one of my favorite books the year I read it. So, naturally, when I heard he ...Read more
- The Dreamers + Almond CroissantsFor those of you who have been with me since the beginning, you may recall my love of Karen Thompson Walker’s previous novel, The Age ...Read more
- What She Ate #2: Rosa Lewis + Southern-Style Grits WafflesWelcome to the second feature focusing on the women within What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories by Laura ...Read more
- What She Ate #1: Dorothy Wordsworth + Mini Pork PiesAs a lover of food memoirs, culinary news and food in general, Laura Shapiro’s nonfiction What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That ...Read more
- The One + Creamy Macaroni and CheeseI recently heard about John Marrs’ novel The One on the Currently Reading podcast, in an episode about “Books to Blow Your Socks Off.” (The ...Read more
- Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously + Julia Child's Beouf BourguignonEver since Julie & Julia hit theaters 10 years ago, it has been one of my favorite movies. Until recently, I had never read the ...Read more
- The Adults + Christmas Morning MuffinsCaroline Hulse’s debut novel The Adults is like a Christmas comedy (Four Christmases comes to mind) meets Big Little Lies. Though Claire and Matt are ...Read more
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing + Apple TurnoversI’m a huge fan of John Green and I heard a lot of amazingness about his brother’s first novel, and that’s basically why I picked ...Read more
- Good Morning, Midnight + Kale Sausage Soup with Tomatoes and ChickpeasGood Morning, Midnight is a low-key post-apocalyptic novel. Augie is an aging but brilliant astronomer who ends up stranded in the Arctic, choosing to stay ...Read more
- The Clockmaker's Daughter + Fish and ChipsI have never read a Kate Morton novel, but I have heard amazing things — and a lot of buzz about her latest novel, The ...Read more
- The Bookshop of Yesterdays + Fig and Goat Cheese MuffinsThough I enjoy books about books, it’s rare that I read one right on top of the other. It felt as though I’d just finished ...Read more
- The Dream Daughter + Copycat Mexican PizzaThe description for Diane Chamberlain’s “genre-spanning” novel The Dream Daughter promises it will be “irresistible.” In that, it was 100% correct. Twenty-six-year-old Caroline Sears is ...Read more
- There There + Indian TacosTommy Orange’s novel There There tells a multigenerational story of Native Americans as they are today, living not on reservations but in cities throughout America. ...Read more
- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore + Cider DonutsI suppose I expected a book about books when I chose Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore for the Book Challenge by Erin bonus round, ...Read more