Monday, August 9, 2010

Mailbox Monday - August 9

Mailbox Monday is on the move now: For the month of August, it can be found at Chick Loves Lit. However, the description is still the same: "Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists."

I think it was this past week that I got this book in the mail (Ordered it last month):
The Price You Pay
Ashley McConnell

The amazon.com product description:
Colonel Jack O'Neill and his SG-1 team find themselves stranded on a primitive world where the inhabitants pay homage to the Goa'uld by providing their best specimens as host bodies for their young.

Other than that one, I bought two books this week:
Victory
Susan Cooper

The amazon.com product description:

LIVING CENTURIES APART, BUT JOINED IN AN EPIC BATTLE.
Sam Robbins is a farm boy, kidnapped to serve on HMS Victory, the ship on which Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Molly Jennings is a twenty-first-century English girl transplanted to the United States by her stepfather's job, who's fighting her own battle against loss and loneliness.
Two lives that couldn't be more different, two hundred years apart, are linked by a tiny scrap of fraying cloth, tucked into an old book. It draws Molly into Sam's world, to a moment in time that changed history -- a frightening shared moment that holds the key to secrets from the past and hope for the future. 

The I Hate To Cook Book
Peg Bracken

The Amazon.com product description:
"There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest."

- Peg Bracken

Philosopher's Chowder. Skinny Meatloaf. Fat Man's Shrimp. Immediate Fudge Cake. These are just a few of the beloved recipes from Peg Bracken's classic I HATE TO COOK BOOK. Written in a time when women were expected to have full, delicious meals on the table for their families every night, Peg Bracken offered women who didn't revel in this obligation an alternative: quick, simple meals that took minimal effort but would still satisfy.

50 years later, times have certainly changed - but the appeal of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK hasn't.

This book is for everyone, men and women alike, who wants to get from cooking hour to cocktail hour in as little time as possible.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have "The I Hate To Cook Book"!

My answer is HERE

Brooke from The Bluestocking Guide said...

I really loving cooking though!

Here is mine

Irene said...

Sounds like quite a lot of reading.

Andrea said...

ooh! I need that Cookbook! Please let me know how it is!

Gwendolyn B. said...

Ha! I've been sitting here checking out mailbox posts and trying to convince myself I should go start dinner. And then I see your cookbook! I have to admit, I'd rather read a cookbook than cook! Happy reading!

Elena said...

Not so much really, Irene. They are some good books though.

Purpleg8r, I can already tell you. It's GREAT. I know this because my Mom had a copy of the book that finally self destructed a few years back, but the recipes had made their way into the daily routine anyway.

Gwendolyn, it's a good one for reading. I've never laughed so hard at a cookbook before or since.

Skyler White said...

Hi Elena:
I'm sorry to contact you this way, but I have an upcoming book I'd like to submit to you about for review consideration. I think you might dig it, given your interests in history and classics. I can't find a review policy page, a contact page or an email address on 'All Booked Up'. If you're interested, please drop an email to skyler@skylerwhite.com .
Thanks!
Skyler

Elena said...

The e-mail has been sent. Thanks for the offer Skyler.

Elena said...

Sorry to take so long getting back to you Vicki and Brooke. I just discovered that the comments had been tagged as spam by Blogger.

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