Easy creamy potato soup
byI’ve been trying to expand my cooking range, and I’ve been taking baby steps out of my comfort zone, which consists mainly of pasta,…
Reading
The Bastard of Istanbul: Echoes of the Past
byI loved The Island of Missing Trees, which is about the conflict between Greeks and Turks in Cyprus. I then started digging around for…
Watching/Listening
Binge-watching the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
byMy relationship with Star Wars has always been meh. I first watched one of the movies sometime in the 90s and just couldn’t get…
Older posts
8.3 The Cider House Rules: A Meandering Journey Through Love, Loss, and Advocacy
byI watched The Cider House Rules movie based on this book when it first came out and simply loved it. Such a beautiful, well-shot,…
8.1 Violeta’s Odyssey: A Fascinating South American Historical Chronicle
byI read Violeta by Isabel Allende as a break from the multiple thrillers I read a couple of months ago (RIP Reading challenge). I…
7.6 Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: A Literary Triumph
byThe first book I read this year was a dud. I am still struggling to decide what to write about it. But Yellowface, my…
7.5 Unveiling Family Secrets: A Heartwarming Journey in Sophie Kinsella’s The Party Crasher
byAah! Sophie Kinsella! She’s one of those authors where I either love the heroine or go completely cringe at the heroine. There’s no middle…
7.6 These Violent Delights: A Unique Twist on Romeo and Juliet
byYA is no longer my favorite genre, so I don’t follow what’s happening in that world. What made me pick up These Violent Delights…