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I haven’t read any “new to me” books lately. I’ve still been plowing through many of my old favorites because that’s apparently what my brain wants to consume right now. I’m not fighting it, I’m actually enjoying them. You can see that list
here.
But I didn’t want to leave you empty handed in case you need a new to you book to read, so I’ve decided that I’m going to tell you about books that I have read before and loved. I can’t re-read every single book I’ve ever read
(oh how I wish I had that many hours in my day!), so it’s unlikely that I will get to tell you about all of them unless I just tell you about them. Did any of that make sense? When I haven’t read a new book, I’ll just tell you about a book that I’ve read in the past that I think you might want to read too. Okay? Okay.
This week I wanted to tell you about a book that my Daddy recommended to me a couple of decades ago. You may have heard his voice a time or two if you ever watched TV that had commercials in it. The author’s name is
Tom Bodett and he is probably most famous for the line “we’ll leave the light on for you” from the Motel 6 commercials that started in the ’80s.
You need to read this book. It’s a super fast read, it’s hilarious and it will give you a glimpse of life and the people who lived at that time in Homer, Alaska.
The thing that prompted me to remember this book was a conversation that Hayden and I had a few weeks ago. Every night while I’m cooking someone inevitably ends up with me in the kitchen. Which is awesome, except for two things:
- My kitchen was not designed to house more than one person at a time, because it was built by a demented person and
- I am a very dangerous cook.
I cannot tell you how many times I have been talking with my hands and almost skewered a member of my family with a sharp knife. I know. I told you that I’m dangerous. Also, just last week when I fried hamburgers for supper, I forgot that I’m not 17 anymore and I can’t just pick up a heavy pan with boiling grease with one hand and carry it to the sink. Yes, I am a 46 year old woman who has arthritis issues who has to remind herself to carefully pick up hot, scalding pans with TWO hands and navigate carefully to the sink or else suffer the horrifying consequences of almost dumping said contents on her daughter. Liv was not nearly as concerned about this as I was, because I didn’t actually get near her. My poor kitchen rug could tell you a different story. I was just having a Mama moment where I imagined all of the terrible, horrendous consequences if I actually HAD. Gah.
Anyway, Hayden and I were talking while I cooked supper one night and he casually asked me why I keep my Costco sized box of baking soda in the cabinet next to the stove. And you know how your brain does that super fast forward motion thing where you remember entire conversations, or entire movies in a split second? That’s what my brain did at that moment except it was with this book.
There is a section where one of the characters is talking about moving into their new house. They have always kept their baking soda next to the stove, except, they had help putting everything away as it was unpacked, and the person who unpacked the kitchen didn’t put the baking soda in the cabinet next to the stove with disastrous consequences. I had never realized that Tom Bodett’s book was the reason that I always make sure to have a giant box handy.
I never want to give you spoilers for anything that I recommend to you, so go read the book! You can thank me later. And go buy a Costco sized box of baking soda this afternoon and make sure it’s next to your stove!
P.S. Yes, I’ve had to use my enormous box of baking soda more than once after setting my stove top on fire. I told you I was a dangerous woman.
You can see a list of all of the books I read in 2018 here. Just scroll to the bottom of the page.
Books I’ve read in the past:
The End of the Road by Tom Bodett
Books I’ve read in 2019:
Novels:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Cookbooks:
Baking with Mary Berry: Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Pastries from the British Queen of Baking By Mary Berry
Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy by Damaris Phillips
Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook by Weight Watchers
Non-Fiction:
Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave by Joanna Gaines
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
The Backyard Orchardist by Stella Otto
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