It's Been A While

It's been a while... a while since I've written anything in the blog ... and a while since I felt like doing so. Time to recover I suppose - time to come to terms with the loss. And it's time - time to start moving forward again and making the days count.

And the books! Oh, my, the books have piled up around my ears... I'm trying to make a dent in my stacks of books -- and enjoying every minute of it. There's the "just maybe" book stashed in the car ( you know, for those times you're waiting in line at a drive up/through, etc.), the book carried in the purse (yeah, really there's two in there just in case I can't make up my mind what kind of reading I want to do), the books stashed in my drawer at work (lunch time ya' know) and the books beside my computer here at home, the books on the nightstand in the bedroom and the books on the table beside my chair in the living room. Hmmm, I did I mention the books I've stashed in the extra bedroom 'cause it looks a little neater? I think I may come close to a compulsive hoarder of books -- but truthfully, the books that I've been referring to are those that I haven't yet read. I have no problem passing books I've read along through our website.

Well, that only applies to mass market fiction. I've begun collecting cookbooks again.. each one is a treasure, something that provides a new idea or least an intriguing one. But here's one that I'm looking forward to reading in that it's about food rather than a cookbook:

Sweets: A History of Candy by Tim Richardson

Tim Richardson has always looked at life through candy-colored glasses (his grandfather worked for a toffee company and his father was a dentist), but in Sweets, as the world's first "international confectionery historian," he takes a look at the history of mankind. From prehistoric cave paintings of our forefathers eating honey to references of cocoa beans used as money by the ancient Mayans, Richardson has left no gobstopper unturned. Through intensive research, plenty of taste testing, and field trips around the world to places such as Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Haribo plant in Pontefract, Yorkshire, "birthplace of all English gummy bears," Richardson leads a whirlwind tour filled with unforgettable characters, intrigue, and high stakes. Along the way, he explains our planet-wide obsession with anything sweet--it's been scientifically proven that even newborn babies and elephants love anything sweet--and offers up a lifetime of trivia for the sweet-obsessed.

It's in my stack and I expect to finish it this coming weekend....that is if I don't pick up one of the others. In any case, books are wonderful companions - and there are so many yet to view and review.