booooooooooooks.

[schmerica]

pearl_o: I add books to my to-read list at a much, much faster rate than I actually read books.

fox1013: /giggles
fox1013:What books?

pearl_o: ....dude, right now my to-read list is a word document over 1000 items long.
pearl_o: and i am adding a bunch of stuff i bookmarked on amazon last night.

fox1013:Erica? Darling? You are a freak.
fox1013:/smooches

pearl_o: /beams
pearl_o: I LIKE LISTS.
pearl_o: They are so organized!
pearl_o:And alphabetical!

Sort of the same topic but not really: who wants to recommend good cookbooks to me? Not for my to-read list, but for my crazy packrat COOKBOOKCOOKBOOKCOOKBOOK collecting. Right now, I use Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything and The Best Recipes in the World constantly; I love Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess but was disappointed in How to Eat; I respect The Joy of Cooking but only ever really use it when I'm making a bazillion cookies at Christmastime. Specificity of region, technique, or ingredients is fine, as long as it's a good book. What do you guys like?

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[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Hee. I do it by jotting a note to myself every single time I come across a book that looks vaguely interesting. And wandering around randomly on Amazon.com. And reading blogs of people who talk about books. And being crazy.

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

craaazy! love.