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New York Times Bestseller Lists: May 31, 2009

Rebeca — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:54:49 +0000

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. GONE TOMORROW, by Lee Child
2. WICKED PREY, by John Sandford
3. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris
5. CEMETERY DANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin
2. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
3. RESILIENCE, by Elizabeth Edwards
4. THE GIRLS FROM AMES, by Jeffrey Zaslow
5. ALWAYS LOOKING UP, by Michael J. Fox

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION
1. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. VISION IN WHITE, by Nora Roberts
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
5. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult

PAPERBACK MASS-MARKET FICTION
1. ANGELS AND DEMONS, by Dan Brown
2. MY SISTER’S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
3. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
4. PHANTOM PREY, by John Sandford
5. SAY GOODBYE, by Lisa Gardner

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
2. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan
3. AMERICAN LION, by Jon Meacham
4. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max
5. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell

HARDCOVER ADVICE

1. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner
2. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst
3. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
4. THE G-FREE DIET, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck
5. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne

PAPERBACK ADVICE

1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television
2. NATURALLY THIN, by Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson
3. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
5. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
2. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O’Connor
3. THE CURIOUS GARDEN, written and illustrated by Peter Brown
4. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
5. FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY AND THE DODGEBALL BULLY, by Julianne Moore and LeUyen Pham

New Book Blog Discoveries

Rebeca — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:49 +0000

It’s Friday and here are my latest book review blogger discoveries

Chaotic Compendiums

Rose City Reader

Fresh Ink Books

Fleur Fisher reads

Passages to the Past

That’s it for this week. So much reading to do for both books and blogs!

Weekly Reads

Rebeca — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:17:21 +0000

I’m in the middle of several books, but this week I plan to tackle and finish the following three:

A World I Never Made by James LePore
Lush Life, by Richard Price
Spain Again, Alvah Bessie

New Book Blog Discoveries

Rebeca — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:57 +0000

I’m following J. Kaye’s example of discovering new blogs and I found quite a few this week. Apart from content, I also look at how each blogger organizes the reviews and the site’s design. Below are my discoveries. Check them out. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading and following them as I did.

New Category and Weekly Event: What’s Cookin’, Good Lookin’? Sundays

Rebeca — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:57:24 +0000

My husband and I are have gotten in the habit of making some pretty fancy meals on Sundays. This past Sunday was roast pork loin stuffed with figs, almonds and green olives accompanied by sauteed spinach with coriander and rosemary garlic roasted new potatoes. The week before was my version of a poor man’s paella with shrimp and zucchini.

We have a nice collection of cooksbooks that we use often and I thought, maybe since we love to cook and we love adding to our cookbook collection, so why not include reviews of our favorites and upcoming cookbooks?

The plan was to announce this on Sunday or closer to the weekend, but I’m simply too excited by this new event that I wanted to announce it today. Cookbook reviews will be posted every Sunday and I’ll include a favorite recipe with an accompanying photo of my culinary creation.

Stay tuned and I hope that I inspire you to some gastronomic adventures in your own kitchen (and don’t blame me if you gain weight!)