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My Madison kitchen does not look like this
A review of The Little Paris Kitchen: 120 Simple but Classic French Recipes by Rachel Khoo

 Oh, loveliness, thy name is Rachel Khoo. And her kitchen. And her cooking. And her new book. And especially its chapter on snacking. So beautiful! If you are a cook or cookbook reader or enjoy spending quality time browsing the Anthropologie store, you will find much to appreciate about this new book. The photographs are gorgeous. Rachel's tiny kitchen organized to perfection and stocked with all the essentials ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on June 3, 2013 | 3 comments

The haunted is being haunted
A review of Ghoulish Song by William Alexander

 Kaile’s shadow separates from her while playing a bone flute gifted to her by a traveling goblin. Superstition says that once a person loses their shadow, they are really dead. So to everyone in her city, even her family, Kaile is now a ghoul. Kaile and her shadow, Shade, seek out to find the origin of the flute and to prove to everyone she is still alive. Their adventures lead to a music audition, saving the city from an impending danger, and a ghoul made of thousands of drowned bones. Even ...read more

Reviewed by Jody on May 31, 2013 | 0 comments
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Bury yourself in a good book this summer
Adult Summer Reading Program

Don't let the kids have all the fun--sign up for ADULT summer reading club. This year, adult family members can join in the fun, too, with Madison’s first Adult Summer Reading Club. All Summer Reading Clubs begin June 1.  Participants can register online at reading.madisonpubliclibrary.org or stop in any Madison Library to register. You can log your books in person at your local branch or online. By doing so you'll ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on May 30, 2013 | 0 comments

Year's best crime novels
Booklist's Top 10 Crime Novels

Looking for a good crime novel to read, then check out Booklist's The Year’s Best Crime Novels: 2013. Below is their list of the Top 10 Crime Novels. Since I've only read one of the titles, I can't speak to the other nine titles, but The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny does belong on the list in my opinion.  ...read more

Reviewed by Kathy K. - Central on May 28, 2013 | 0 comments

Another oldy, but a goody
A review of The Hound from the Pound by Jessica Swaim

 Kind Miss Mary Lynn MacIntosh is doggone lonely! She decides that a friend from the pound would be just the thing to liven things up. However, Miss Mary Lynn falls for Blue, the basset hound, the only untrained dog in the place. How “arf-ful”! Chaos ensues when Blue brings all his pound buddies along. Miss Mary Lynn is rescued by Sam, the pound’s dog trainer, and romance ensues. A happy ending is enjoyed by all! A Hound from the Pound is a witty offering that begs to be read aloud.  The ...read more

Reviewed by Ruth on May 24, 2013 | 0 comments

Murder most discussible
Mystery Group Reads

I haven't reported in a while about what our mystery book group has been reading. We're meeting currently at the South Madison branch on the second Thursday of the month, but will switch back to the new central library (so exciting!) in October. The best thing about a book discussion group is hearing the different reactions to a book. Our last three titles were variously not-liked, liked, loved and a range of things in-between - which makes them all good choices for your book discussion group. ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on May 22, 2013 | 0 comments

If you are at all into food, here's a delicious one
A review of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

 Lucy Knisley loves food.  Hey, me, too!  So I couldn't wait to read this new graphic novel from the author of French Milk.  It's a collection of vignettes and happy, Technicolor graphics about Lucy's life with food.  Her mother is a chef and her father is a gourmet, so her relationship with food is certainly rich and delicious.  She shares her special food memories from childhood and adolescence ...read more

Reviewed by Molly - Central on May 21, 2013 | 0 comments

Doing the right thing
A review of The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls

 Although I don't read as many galleys as some of my coworkers, I was excited to learn that I could read the galley of Jeannette Walls' new book. For a book group I had read her true-life novel Half Broke Horses, which I really enjoyed and many people have recommended her memoir, The Glass Castle. Her new novel ...read more

Reviewed by Kathy K. - Central on May 17, 2013 | 0 comments

Painting from the heart
A review of Just Behave Pablo Picasso by Jonah Winter

 If you are looking for a book that reinforces following your heart, this is it. Pablo Picasso has a natural ability for painting, and people love his “rose-colored paintings.” He makes a very good living painting them. However, he is bored to tears and doesn’t care about making a living, he longs to paint something different. After viewing an art exhibit featuring African masks, he begins painting in an abstract manner and creates his famous painting,“Les Desmoiselles d’Avignon.” It is so ...read more

Reviewed by Lesley K on May 17, 2013 | 0 comments
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Worlds of the rich and crazy
A review of Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

 This book is a trip, literally and figuratively. Crazy Rich Asians takes you into the world of the crazily rich families who make up the Singapore elite. These people are wealthy beyond my imagining and I loved delving into this wild world.  Nick Young and Rachel Chu have been dating for a while now and Nick has talked Rachel into flying with him to Singapore for a family wedding. He wants her to meet everyone. Rachel is thrilled to meet the family of her handsome, professor ...read more

Reviewed by Jane J - Central on May 15, 2013 | 0 comments
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