Amazon readers gave American Dervish 4 stars
Goodreads readers gave American Dervish 3.7 stars
American Dervish is the story of Hayat Shah, a young Pakistani American boy growing up in Milwaukee. It is a compelling, thought-provoking read and a real eye opener! A wonderful book club book!
Flowers are nice………..but there is nothing like CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!
Which do you prefer?
Face The Nations Annual Book and Author show starts NOW! You won’t want to miss this!
10:30 am Sunday! Yes, the time is off on my blog as someone pointed out to me just days ago. Hopefully I will be able to figure out how to correct it….and soon!
Oh, how I love Thanksgiving. I love everything about Thanksgiving! Family, friends, food, a fire in the fireplace…it’s all good!
The menu is easy too. I make the same thing every year. What would Thanksgiving be without turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, sauerkraut (a Maryland tradition) and cranberry sauce. In my house broccoli casserole is also a must and because we don’t have enough carbs I make one more side dish… a delicious carrot cake.
And yes! I stuff my turkey! I am not generally a risk taker but once in a while you just have to live dangerously! After all, the stuffing is the best part of the dinner!
So tell me. Do you stuff your turkey? And even more important…….do you love Thanksgiving as much as I do?
Despite turning green at lunch (the salad and quesadillas were delicious –- I just wanted to win an Ipad too!), the day at the Gaithersburg Book Festival was just wonderful. I’m sure the balmy weather helped as it made being outside walking around, people watching, and talking to other book lovers idyllic. The Book Festival was bigger than I expected, but it was not too crowded. We could choose from nine different authors from an array of genres who spoke at different pavilions set up on the lawn of the county seat from 10 am to 4:40 pm.
We attended the presentation from Jim Lehrer of PBS News Hour fame, who spoke about his experiences covering eight presidents for about 30 minutes. Afterwards, I was able to purchase my father-in-law “Jim’s” new book on presidential debates in a tent sponsored by Politics and Prose (small active independent book store in DC) and stood in line less than five minutes to have “Jim” sign it. I thought this was really cool and a well-thought out process for both the attendees and the authors. Everybody wins! And I have a gift for my impossible-to-buy-anything-for father-in-law, that I think he will actually appreciate and like as a PBS News Hour fan.
Other presentations we attended usually included the authors reading from their last book. We listened to Tom McNeal (To Be Sung Underwater), David Linden (The Pleasure Compass) and Madeline Miller (The Song of Achilles), which we now plan to schedule for Bookclub.
There were tons of kids activities, music at the “coffee house” (pavilion), and, of course, you could win free prizes(!) All in all a great day and I hope to go next year.
Enjoy your family, enjoy the food, enjoy the good times!
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, even the multiple trips to the grocery store and the cooking. The house is full of life on Thanksgiving Day. The best part of course is that the kids are home! There is always a crackling fire in the fireplace and a parade on the tv for starters, followed by the dog show. Once the turkey is stuffed (yes, I still stuff my turkey) and in the oven and the sauerkraut is cooking on the stove, my whole house has that Thanksgiving smell. I find myself humming to myself as I set the table and prepare the many different side dishes. What would Thanksgiving be without at least two different potato dishes? In my house broccoli casserole is also a must! As for what I am thankful for……..besides my wonderful family, I am thankful that I do not have to make any of the desserts and that my husband is such a good cleaner- upper!
What are you thankful for?
Where liberty is, there is my country.
-Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
