I admit it: along with millions of other Americans, last night we watched Red Notice. Sometimes pure escapism is okay, right?
But in books, as opposed to television, my standards are higher. I’ve begun the new Louise Erdrich novel, The Sentence, and I fully intend to finish it this week. Oddly, the last book I read was also about books.
Before I made my choice and downloaded the Erdrich book, I made a quick stop at B&N, expecting that, despite my intention to avoid adding clutter to my bookshelves, I would find something irresistible. It turns out that, post-pandemic, my stuff-resistance muscles have become stronger. The only thing I bought was a chocolate brownie, quickly consumed.
Since we were on our own for dinner, I turned to Melissa Clark’s menu for two . Because John felt like cooking and I had already thawed scallops and bought romaine (from a NYC greenhouse, oddly), I zeroed in on Melissa’s dessert recipe and made the pumpkin-and-date sticky toffee puddings. Perfect.
Clearly, two years of shopping only virtually have changed us. Who knows what’s next?
Sticky pudding was mmmmmm!
I love books about books. I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel in which the book is a character in the book. And beyond the meta-awareness, it’s an engaging story about compassion, mental illness and life.
Rena and I will have to check out Red Notice. I’m intrigued when the Rotten Tomatoes rating is more than 50 points different between critics and audience. Red Notice received 32% from critics and 92% from audience!