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Not only is has my email been down all day, but now I can't get into Livejournal either.

54. Beautiful Child by Torey Hayden. I've read some of Hayden's books many, many times, but this is one of the ones I only got my hands on within the past few years, so this was only my second time reading it. Very good.

55. Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened by Torey Hayden. Ditto to the above.

56. Slow Blind Drive by Gwen O'Toole. I don't even know what to call the tense that this book is told in -- first person, because the main character refers to herself as "I", but she is telling the story to the object of her affection, who she refers to as "you." Not the only thing that made this book different or interesting, though. I don't know if I'll ever read it again, but I definitely recommend it.

I'm pretty sure This Is Why You're Fat is supposed to gross me out, but instead it makes me hungry, LOL!

44. Untamed (House of Night, Book 4) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. Still enjoying the series.

45. More Things You Need To Be Told: A Guide to Good Taste and Proper Comportment in a Tacky, Rude World by Lesley Carlin and Honore McDonough Ervin. I picked this up at the discount book store because I find etiquette books interesting and because I was familiar with the authors' website. It was okay. I think their habit of Capitalizing Very Important Things is annoying, though.

46. The Battle for Skandia (Book 4, Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan. My son and I are reading this series. At least this book didn't end in a horrid cliffhanger (unlike the two previous ones, LOL)!

47. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. We read this for book club. I had a really hard time getting into it, and really struggled with the first five or six chapters, but after that it was great. Beautifully written, intriguing story. Has anyone read The Virgin Suicides by the same author?

48. Hunted (House of Night, Book 5) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. There are more books in the series after this but this was the last one in the bunch that a friend loaned me, so I'll have to figure out if I care enough to search out Book 6. I liked the books but I'm not sure I care that much.

( This is a word that contains so many levels of discomfort. (Warning for likely triggers. As always, feel free to message me if you need more details.) )

Other things to read:
Deeply Problematic: Fat is an Adjective, Not an Attack
The Rotund: The Words We Learn to Read; Reclaiming Fat

I'm pretty sure almost everyone has seen these, but just in case...

Where the hell is Matt?

Jill and Kevin's Big Day.

Katie Makkai's poetry slam "Pretty."

39. Chosen (House of Night, Book 3) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. Still enjoying this YA series.

40. Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen. I think this book is fairly brilliant and I'm already trying to incorporate some of its ideas into my parenting style. I wish I'd read this several years ago when my son was younger, even though I think it will still be helpful now.

41. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich. This was okay, though I thought her previous Nickel and Dimed was a far more interesting read.

42. The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid. Pretty good, but not astonishingly brilliant or anything.

43. Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown. I went into this thinking that it was a mystery, so I kept waiting for someone to die and was puzzled when I got further and further into the book and not a murder in sight! But it's a coming out story of a college girl who falls in love with another young woman and how her family and boyfriend deal with it. Moderately fairy-tale-ish.

Please share the title(s) of your favorite food-related book(s)! Include a link if you can.

I'm looking for books that make you appreciate the wonder that is food - preparation, recipes, eating. It can be fiction, non-fiction (cookbooks, memoirs, ANYTHING that revolves around food.)

Two of mine -

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Such incredibly descriptions of food!

The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten. Awesomely witty essays about food and cooking. Take a chance even if you're put off by Steingarten's humor on shows/interviews - he comes across very differently in writing.

This is a really spectacular post and I feel rather in awe of it.

Getting Good at Eating

I know I totally ask you all for way too much advice, but how can I help it when you have such GOOD suggestions?

I hate wearing tank tops that show my bra straps, and I don't like going braless unless I'm just hanging around the house in the evening, so I want to buy some tank tops that I can wear without a bra. I assume this means ones with a bra built in, but I sort of hate shelf bras. Are there tank tops w/ built in bras that have separate cups? I'm a 36 D if it helps to know that. Any suggestions???