Comfort Food

I loved The Friday Night Knitting Club and look forward to Knit Two, but neither the characters nor the plot line of Comfort Food grabbed me. I quit after 50 pages, reconsidered and read another 50,and still didn't really care what happened to any of the vaccuous, egotistical cast.

Zzz... oh, I'm sorry, did you say something? I apologize -- I was put into a deep sleep by this latest book from Kate Jacobs. A great cure for insomnia! I couldn't make it past 100 pages. Too much telling, not enough showing, and no clue where the book was going or why. If I read one more word about......more

I loved the first three hundred pages. The details are on, the story line is engaging, and I am willing to suspend some disbelief. But, I figured out my trouble with Kate Jacobs. She runs this huge ensemble cast of characters through her novels, and this forces a contrived ending to wrap up all the......more

Gus Simpson is turning 50, has two 20-something daughters, and her own cooking show which is experiencing a ratings slump. The story revolves around her need to heal from tragedy, develop better relationships with her children, and define who she is and what she wants out of the rest of her life..........more

An easy-breezy, fun read. Not a fan of watching cooking shows but when food is featured in a book you can’t keep me away. The delicious food, the whacky cooking show and the likeable characters made this a thoroughly enjoyable read. *Book #26/72 of my coffee table to-read pile challenge......more

Doce, leve e fofo! Um livro ideal para as férias de Verão ou qualquer outra pausa porque se lê depressa e de uma forma muito divertida. Ficamos a conhecer Gus, uma apresentadora de um programa de culinária muito famoso mas em queda. O programa assim como Gus, precisa de uma lufada de ar fresco, de u......more