Read: Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook (#31-2022)

Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook by Elena Craig, Kristen Mulrooney

This is a super fun book that contains anecdotes and stories from Gilmore Girls supporting recipes of foods that were essential to the show.  With Luke and Sookie both spending a lot of time in kitchens, and Friday Night Dinner a staple moment of so many episodes, clearly food plays a big part in the show. 

There were a couple of foods that made an impression on me in the show that I wish had been included (Mock Turtle soup, anyone?) but the items included are great and might actually motivate me to try one or two of them myself. 

(#31-2022)

Read: Go Tell the Bees that I'm Gone (#22-2022)

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

(9th book in the Outlander series)

The continuing saga of Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp Fraser, their family and friends and neighbours. If you've read any Outlander, you don't need a synopsis from me.  If you haven't, why not?

Read: The Clanlands Almanac (#06-2022)

The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish

(companion to Clanlands and the Men In Kilts TV series)

This is an anthology of history, geography, stories, thoughts and conversations from Sam and Graham with tidbits of information about Outlander and their own histories and lives. Separated into months with a Dram of the Month and Clan of the month section in each, and a list of historically significant dates this is an interesting companion to the escapades we've seen previously from Sam and Graham. 

Read: A Game of Thrones (#01-2022)

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

(Book 1, A Song of Fire and Ice)

The original Game of Thrones - the book behind the television saga. I won't spend time on a summary, because those who've seen the series know the events of the first book fairly well and those who haven't seen the series aren't really interested anyway. 

I Read: High Heat

High Heat by Richard Castle

(part of the Nikki Heat series - based from the ABC series Castle)

This will be short - I'm still missing the show Castle, and I'm still trying to finish the series of books that went along with it. It's been far too long that these books have been sitting on my shelf, and as I read them I remember how they weren't quite as satisfying as watching the show, even if I can imagine the actors from the show playing the characters in the book that they're supposedly based on. 

The story behind this book is good - I enjoy the angle, but like all the Richard Castle novels, I feel like the writing is somewhat lacking. That could be because Castle was supposed to be a pulpy, super popular writer, or it could just be the invisible writer behind the fictional character's style. I choose to think it's a choice by the invisible writer to make the writing not as good. I haven't picked up the invisible author's actual work, and I don't intend to. I want to imagine that he's actually better than Richard Castle. 

I Read; Travel Guide to Port Charles

 Travel Guide to Port Charles - no attributed author

According to the show, General Hospital, this book was written by Lucy Coe. And it is written as if it's somewhat of a remembrance, or memoir for her. I had intended to buy this when it was first available, but I lost my chance and it became unavailable, so when it showed up again earlier this year, I snagged it. I was truly interested in how they had chosen to write it. 

Unfortunately, while this is cute, and creatively written, it doesn't really tell the stories that it should. It repeats itself, and shares only surface details about specific characters and storylines. I know it would be difficult to cram everything about all the major stories over the show's history into one book, but any long-time fan of the show is going to be left wanting more with this effort. 

#65-2020