What does this have to do with a California artist? It could be called “California Artist Reads”. It could be that I want someone to fall in love with the reading rabbit of Salt & Light. Perhaps I just want to share a more complete picture of my life with you than just my art.
Maybe I am just hoping you will tell me the books you love!
Salt & Light, not a dumb bunny
- Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl was great fun! She was the restaurant critic for the New York Times. The only way she could get an honest meal was to disguise herself. The book is interesting on many levels – her disguises, her experiences of working at the New York Times, her descriptions of the service, experience and the food at all the restaurants, the recipes she shares and finally, actual reviews. I couldn’t wait to see how she rated various restaurants. It certainly made me realize that I know next to nothing about food. I also couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t fat!
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen is a novel that tempted me because she is a great story teller with very complete characters. It just sort of meandered along, and I kept wondering why I was wasting my time. Then everything changes. Wow. It is very descriptive of emotions, which probably qualifies it as “chick lit”.
- The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass was an engrossing story, pulling me back into thinking I really like fiction when in fact, I really like well-written fiction. Lots of little stories within the main one, complete characters that you understand and would like to befriend, excellent description of the settings – all of it combined into one of those “can’t put it downs”.