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2023 Reading Goal
80% complete! mouse has read 42 of 52 books.
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@SallyStrange so far it's been great!
mouse started reading Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year …
mouse finished reading A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots …
mouse reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Lovely
5 stars
I found this touching and hopeful, I liked how poignantly the characters were drawn, and the themes of kindness and the vicissitudes of life.
My main complaint was that I think the simulation theory stuff was basically an unnecessary macguffin and didn't add to the themes (at least as far as they interested me).
mouse finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
mouse started reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
mouse reviewed Baking and Pastry by Culinary Institute of America
A bit of a letdown
3 stars
I found this book a little disappointing because of how it's organized and how much of baking it tries to cover. It starts out with a ton of information about baking as a profession, tools, and technical information about baking (like tables of different gelling agents, and bread techniques and terminology). All of that information is really good, well curated, and clear, but I wished that the techniques specific to certain kinds of baking were placed with the recipes, rather than all together at the beginning. It also spends a lot of time, understandably, on professional bread techniques, and a lot less on pastry techniques. It feels at times like a bread book with some pastry recipes included.
There are tons of recipes, but often they are variants on a theme (like banana, chocolate, or lacenut tuiles) but no basic recipe and no information on how to modify the recipe …
I found this book a little disappointing because of how it's organized and how much of baking it tries to cover. It starts out with a ton of information about baking as a profession, tools, and technical information about baking (like tables of different gelling agents, and bread techniques and terminology). All of that information is really good, well curated, and clear, but I wished that the techniques specific to certain kinds of baking were placed with the recipes, rather than all together at the beginning. It also spends a lot of time, understandably, on professional bread techniques, and a lot less on pastry techniques. It feels at times like a bread book with some pastry recipes included.
There are tons of recipes, but often they are variants on a theme (like banana, chocolate, or lacenut tuiles) but no basic recipe and no information on how to modify the recipe yourself or what makes the modifications work. The pastry recipes aren't terribly well organized, not much time gets devoted to different types, and there are big omissions (like macarons).
I think it is just too ambitious to have a single book about "baking and pastry"!
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mouse wants to read Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise

Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise
A brief synopsis of everything. The author fuses quantum theory, biology, astronomy, Zen Buddhism, Kabbalah, and more to explain why …
mouse started reading The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible …
mouse wants to read Anarchic Agreements by Thomas Swann

Anarchic Agreements by Thomas Swann, Ruth Kinna, Alex Prichard
A new world is possible and not just in our hearts. Anarchic Agreements is a quintessential field guide for the …
mouse started reading The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is …
mouse finished reading Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally …