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What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?		187	thanuj2409, October 19
Librarians who LibraryThing : Anyone Doing The Big Read?--The Book Here is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter		21	susiesharp, October 19
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... Summer just happens to be on my shelves, and I ran into it the other weekend. :) Oh, and LT has just told me I also own Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - I forgot that one was by her. (Edited for clarification. I must learn to read before I hit Submit.)

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver converted me into a locavore this summer. I joined a farmshare and started freezing/preserving as much as I could. Between that, our town's farmer's markets and our local organic grocery, I've managed to avoid chain grocery stores since July. I'm ...

... fast food, high volume organic, local organic, and self-reliant hunting/gathering Weeks 9-12: Fast Food Nation and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Looking at two different ways we produce food - industrialized for fast food, and organic/local for a more hands-on approach. Discussion ...

Does Animal, Vegetable, Miracle cover many of the same subjects?

... it comes from. This, however, is not the book with which to begin that process. I’d recommend Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle instead – informative without constantly talking down to her readers. Overall: more irritating than informative. ----------------- ...

... to read that Barbara Kingsolver book about she and her family eating only local food for a year, I believe it's called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.

... than one community that reads a book, and then programming is shared by all of the libraries, as well. Last year, it was Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and there were programs about sustainable gardening, etc. The year before, it was Dream When You're Feeling Blue and ...

Book #44 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life ~ Barbara Kingsolver Great book. I see why so many have said that before. Book #45 The Knitting Circle ~ Ann Hood The girl who helped with my blood donation today said, "You must really love to read if you're reading a book ...

600 – Technology 638.6 Dewey:The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron 641 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver 658 Bo's Lasting Lessons* 614.52 The Great Influenza by John Barry*

... his book, they make an interesting trio. I recommend that you give the others a try if you have not already read them: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and The China Study by T. Colin Campbell.

The Omnivore's Dilemma is at the top of my TBR right now - looking forward to it after your review. I loved Animal Vegetable Miracle and I also liked Pollan's other book In Defense of Food. I'm aware that I probably read (will read) Pollan's two books in the wrong order! Oops...

Welcome! You've read some great books this year. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and The Time Traveler's Wife are both favorites of mine. And several of your books are on my TBR list. I look forward to seeing what you read next!

... start off August I have just finished my 24th book: 1.I'm Gone by Jean Echenoz 2.In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 3.Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 4.The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts 5.Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig 6.Firefly Lane by Kristin ...

I also read Animal Vegetable Miracle and I agree - it is a wonderful book that has the potential to be life-changing. More recently I read In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan and enjoyed that as well. I think the two books complement each other. Glad you are enjoying your reading! Angela

Finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -- one of the most important books I've read all year, if not ever. It inspired me to join a CSA and buy/eat locally as much as possible. I really appreciate that all of their great recipes are available for free online so that I could share this book. I sent ...

... this book was very interesting to me, especially in conjunction with 2 other books I am reading: Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Vegetable Miracle and The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, which is actually referenced in Pollan's book; Pollan looks at food primarily as a consumer, Kingsol ...

LA, Barbara also wrote a true-life story that has changed my life: Animal Vegetable Mineral about her family's move from out west back to Virginia to try to live more sustainably, not eating anything they didn't purchase locally, grow seasonally, or raise themselves. If anyone here liked Micha ...

Started Animal, Vegetable, Miracle this weekend. I'm only a few pages in, but I'm hooked!

... are "Complete Idiot's Guide to" books for flower and vegetable gardening, and also "For Dummies" books about it - I loved Animal, Vegetable, Miracle too and considered buying the dummies books for myself.

Book #60 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. We all should know more about where are food comes from; this book addresses this issue and more.

... in Anna Karenina -- not enjoying the current section of the book so much, but I hope it gets better. Think I'll start Animal, Vegetable, Miracle next.

I have decided to chuck the 'must-read' list. I am not getting them read and have decided a list approach is just not for me. I will eventually get to them, but probably not all this year. orangeena in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 6 (Jun 30, 2009, 4:23pm)

Not a big Kingsolver fan, but I loved Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - got my book club to go for it last year.

#348: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes me want to dig up my back yard and plant corn or something, lol. I really wish I had a green thumb!

Hello, alcottacre, I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle right now, too, and very interesting reading it is. And by some odd coincidence I just read The Clue of the Broken Locket, though I've not read any Nancy Drews since I was a kid.

... Cooking in America - Joan Nathan (my CSA operates out of a synagogue) Miriam's Kitchen - Elizabeth Ehrlich Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver Don't Eat This Book - Morgan Spurlock (which is the book that started me in changing my eating habits Other ...

I second The Book Thief Also: The Poisonwood Bible 1984 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle In Defense of Food Pride and Prejudice A Thousand Splendid Suns When we say for everyone to read, are we assuming culturally similar English-speakers? I include The Poinsonwood Bible and A T ...

... to members of my CSA so that they can learn more about food issues. I've included such books as The Omnivore's Dilemma, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Diet for a New America, etc. What special book projects have you created or are you working on? Please share your projects (or even ideas ...

... comes from. I also liked In Defense of Food, which is good, but not as good as Omnivore. I have Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle on my TBR pile - I plan to read it this summer. It's gotten good reviews here on LT. And I keep hearing that Reichl's Tender at the Bone is ...

I am reading a bunch of nonfiction at the moment: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which is on my 'must-read' list for the year, We Are Not Afraid by Seth Cagin, Lighthouse by Tony Parker, The Good Doctors by John Dittmer, an ER book, We Die Alone by Davi ...

- A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver - Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew America by Thomas Friedman ...

... short - but I have high hopes to get more done. 1. I'm Gone but Jean Echenoz 2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 4. The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts 5. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig (a very unfortunate ...

... Winter Garden Glory, Bloom 635.93 Lavender Garden, Kourik 640 Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, Levine 641 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Kingsolver 649.14 Siblings without Rivalry, Faber

... Angela- Thanks for your review of In Defense of Food. It sounds like one I'd like. I've read The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal Vegetable Miracle, and liked both of them. Another "how to eat well" book that I liked is Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. It is ...

... them are: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova In a Dark Wood by Amanda Craig The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman But there are many others on the TBR pile, because I have no self-control. I'm ...

... cast of characters and some of the best descriptions of female friendships that I've read in a while. I've also read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction book about Kingsolver's family's quest to eat locally for a year. And I read Small Wonder, a collection of essays that includes ...

... in town this week and we visited a local independent bookstore while she was here -- I made up for lost time by buying: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (recommendation off of the Perceval Press web site) Alone in the Kitchen with an E ...

... Not Too Much. Mostly Plants. It about sums up the book and would make a good bumper sticker. 641 Food and drink Animal, vegetable, miracle - barbara kingsolver -Tells of eating what a family grows, living on local produce for what it cant grow itself, and how to rekindle seasonality ...

... program goes there. 641, in addition to cookbooks, which you aren't going to read cover-to-cover, you find things like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which I recommend highly. I'll stop there I think. :)

... by Michael Pollan 4 stars, or possibly 4 1/2. I really enjoyed this book. I think it would be a great companion book to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which I also loved! Whereas her book seemed to be a little too long at the end, Pollan's book left me wanting more. The ...

I'm on a small farm in Virginia with Barbara Kingsolver in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

... It's too darn easy to be reading half a dozen books on the Kindle, IMO. But I just finished Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which is remarkable. As a homeowner, I've become more interested in the possibility of raising some of my own food, and Kingsolver's book, ...

... to 639 Hunting, fishing, conservation Leviathan: the history of whaling in America 641 Food and drink Animal, vegetable, miracle 650 Management and auxiliary services Bait and switch: the (futile) pursuit of the American dream 658 General management The ...

... Times Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species - Read 05/24/09 The Fortress of Solitude Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Coming out of the Ice Special Topics in Calamity Physics Arms of Nemesis The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Black Swan Green ...

... ear? The Girls by Lori Lansens 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? Probably Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver We would all be healthier and it would be easier to buy healthier food if everyone followed this way of eating. 10) Who ...

I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle earlier this year and I agree. Informative, entertaining, and motivating!!

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (by Barbara Kingsolver) is a fascinating and inspiring read. The first time I read it, it was informative and entertaining. This time it was informative, entertaining and motivating… My housemate and I went out and bought Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll, and ...

... Days Fatal Justice Modern Times Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species The Fortress of Solitude Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Coming out of the Ice Special Topics in Calamity Physics Arms of Nemesis The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Black Swan Green ...

... would be The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It has much food for thought (pun intended!). :) I also liked Animal, Vegetable, Mineral but got tired of reading it before the end. My friend's reading group did this book, but some of the members found it too "preachy". On the other ...

Great review, Impious! This reminded me a bit of Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal Vegetable Miracle. It describes a year of her family's life as they move to a farm in Appalachia and try to consume only what they can grow themselves or what was grown locally on nearby farms. It was a really ...

11. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver http://www.librarything.com/topic/53660#messagehead24 (message 24)

11. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver This book got me started on the current gardening obsession, though I'd picked it up for the food ethics aspect. The book is organized around a year of food -- producing and preparing. It was an experimental year for the family, eating ...

I second the recommendations for Nine Parts of Desire, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Great books! I would also recommend The Best of Roald Dahl for your collections of short stories, I am in the middle of it now and loving it. Also, a few biographies of 20th ...

... Mindless Eating RJ Pediatrics : Torey Hayden - One Child S Agriculture (General) : Barbara Kingsolver - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle T Technology (General) : Michael Markel - Technical Communications TD Environmental Technology, Sanitary Technology : Andrew N ...

... to get some more ideas for myself. Other past reads I found very worthwhile include The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (both pleas for local sourcing of food) and Coming Home to Eat (more eating locally but also focused on traditional foods of Native Americans). ...

Also, I am just about to list a hardcover copy of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. The top corner of the dust jacket is a bit frayed, but it's in great condition otherwise. I will reserve it for the first person who sends me a PM.

... and really hard to forget. If you haven't read anything else by Barbara Kingsolver, I recommend Prodigal Summer and Animal Vegetable Miracle. She's such a beautiful writer and storyteller.

... by Mark Bittman For those familiar with Michael Pollan or Marion Nestle or even Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, this will not cover much new ground. Bittman is a foodie, columnist for the NY Times, and media food guy. This is a very thumbnail sketch of Big ...

... thought I'd add my two cents. Overall, I enjoyed this book. I liked the whole idea of the seasonal cooking (sort of like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle but without the lecturing). And the pictures are absolutely beautiful. But the recipes themselves were a little disappointing. They may be ...

... City Fatal Justice Modern Times Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species The Fortress of Solitude Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Coming out of the Ice Special Topics in Calamity Physics Arms of Nemesis The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Excellent Women ...

... to difficult circumstances. It was perfect medicine. I love her prose and her characters. And I still need to read Animal, Vegetable, Mineral myself.

... it again. I have not yet read Kingsolver's The Bean Trees but maybe I will get to it this year. I already have her Animal, Vegetable, Mineral on my TBR list for the year.

... not supposed to sell them). We ended up with three full price books: The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend b Reimund Kvideland And two not-so-new ARCs of books I wouldn't have ...

I finally get a turn! I just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle but I've never read...Giving by Bill Clinton.

I've read The Sparrow, but I've never read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

Book #3 Animal Vegetable Miracle was a fascinating book about a family that vows to eat only food grown themselves, or locally grown for a year. This is certainly something I'd never be able to do. Kingsolver manages to describe gardening and farming in a fascinating way. She also goes into the ...

... Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan 5. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn 6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 7. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl 8. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell 9. The W ...

... - I have to agree with you about Poisonwood Bible - my sister-in-law highly recommended Kingsolver because she read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and thought it was great. After he read Poisonwood Bible she said the two books didn't compare. I just finished Little Chapel on the River ...

... I should have plenty of time to finish Looking for Alaska first! If I can ever get off LT ;o), I'll hopefully finish Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tonight or tomorrow, then it'll be onto Silent in the Sanctuary, the second in a new mystery series by Deanna Raybourn.

I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It's been very informative to say the least!

I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle like grkmwk. I only have about 100 pages to go!

... Dimed. My husband's bought another one by her - Dancing in the Streets - so I hope it's good. I'm going to add Animal Vegetable Miracle to my library pile on my next visit. because I've read lots of positive comments on LT about it. Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael ...

Still reading, and thoroughly enjoying, Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle about her family's year-long commitment/experiment to eat only locally grown food (with a few exceptions, such as coffee and spices). I grew up with backyard gardens and canned home-grown food, so I'm ...

... not. We bear it by the grace of friendship, good meals, and if we need them, talking turkey heads." ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, p. 237

More birthday presents! Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Nemi Nemi: 2

... this week, but some how not being a football fan hasn't kept me from watching bowl games. A yum-yum to the people reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle I made the green bean frijoles mole this past weekend and it was a great different dip. It does need some spice though. Red pepper flakes perhaps? ...

... if we can nab some on sale too. We have reached the point of new shelves or purging (*shutter*)... I'm still enjoying Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Have started listening to Through a Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon while walking on my lunch break; so far, so good.

#29: If you like Chesterton, you must read The Man Who Was Thursday. It is very good! Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is one of the books I am going to read this year. Thanks for your input on it.

I just finished Animal Vegetable Miracle and posted a review of it on my thread! Enjoy!

... son are quite interesting. Overall this is a good read that moves along fairly quickly at just under 300 pages. Next up is Animal Vegetable Miracle

6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver I LOVED this book. I think it was a case of the right book at the right time. For the last couple of years, and especially in the last few months, I have been on a quest to get rid of clutter, simplify my life, and take better care of my ...

I finished Brave New World this morning and started Animal, Vegetable, Miracle this evening. I'm reading them for a challenge where I have to read one book with a place name in the title (BNW) and one with a food name in the title (AVM). Brave New World really made me think.

Am halfway through Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which I am delightfully enjoying every spare moment I can! I probably picked it up too soon, though, as I am now anxious for spring and the start of farmer's markets' goodies to arrive!! I'm also being inspired to get serious ...

#35, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is on my wishlist -- I'm sure it will give me the gardening bug too, when I start it.

Finished The Cellist of Sarajevo: beautiful, stunning, highly recommended. Am now enjoying Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and am looking forward to spring and the start of the farmer's market. I might even plant a small garden myself this year!

... that you didn't get lost entirely in the structure but rather the story. I am now reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and am already itching to plant a small garden (or at the very least some potted veggies). I wanted to do this last summer but it didn't work ...

... by Richard Powers (completed 15 Feb 2009) 2. Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (completed 21 Mar 2009) garden 1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver * (completed 25 Feb 2009) 2. The Worm Book by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor (completed 18 Feb 2009) 3.

... Horses by Per Petterson First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde July Reads: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman August Reads: Identity Crisis by Debbi Mack Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Har ...

... Gods on your list, plus the Stephenson—I think it and The Diamond Age are well worth reading by him. I've read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and listened to it on audio book. Interestingly, I think the audio version is more fun...Barbara and her family are good readers and there was ...

--> 77 Interesting you should make that remark about Planck's book. A friend of mine read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver with her book club. She said that the book club members thought Kingsolver's book kind of "preachy". It didn't strike me that way, but I ...

9. Non-fiction 1. The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester 2. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Barbara Kingsolver 3. Patrick White, David Marr 4. Super Crunchers, Ian Ayres 5. The Brain that Changes Itself, Norman Doidge (20/01/09) 6. Ex Lib ...

Here are November's reads. I'm almost up to my goal! Yay!! 44. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver I read this book all year throughout the growing season of my garden and CSA (community-supported agriculture group which supplied me with a weekly box of organic produce ...

... 100 miles of their home, when they live in an apartment in downtown Vancouver and don't have a garden. I much preferred Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It was sensible and practical and much better writing as well.

Ccaro-- since you liked The 100 Mile Diet, I recommend The Omnivore's Dilemma and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle too. Omnivore's Dilemma inspired me to try to eat locally, and so I was very excited about The 100 Mile Diet, since I live in Vancouver and thought I'd get some local tips. While I ...

... (cont.) 86. Every Child Has a Thinking Style by Lanna Nakone 87. Dinner Along the Amazon by Timothy Findley 88. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Perhaps Animal, Vegetable, Miracle as an overlap with Barbara Kingsolver AND non-fiction. I think Geraldine Brooks also has some non-fiction writing. But they both also have some excellent fiction too.. I've been recommending March and The Bean Trees quite a bit lately at work (I'm a ...

... Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is written in letter format and was a pretty impressive read. Also, I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle right now and it's a good food read.

Cecilturtle: I really enjoyed Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It was informative and interesting, and inspired me to work just a little bit harder to buy local, seasonally and fresh, without being fanatical about it. It is a relaxing read.

This week I've got two books going: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life and The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School. Fabled Fourth Graders is very clever. It tells some of the famous tales of Aesop using students at Aesop Elementary School. For example the tale of ...

Last night at Borders I seized Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver which I have been waiting to come out in paperback for forever it feels like, and I got Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer for my husband. I love when Borders has buy one, get one half off!

... moving and harsh novel under the strife of Communism, I think I'll try for something a little more relaxing (I hope!), Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingslover. This month's pick by my bookclub.

... Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 7. The Road Home by Rose Tremain Non-fiction: 1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 2. The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari 3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

... Kingsolver is a good writer, but the book is boring, although she did like the second half better. I read her non-fiction Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and loved it, but had no desire to read about missionaries in Africa. I think I will continue to avoid it. Letters From a Nut sounds great! ...

"Yes, I am a person who raises some animals for the purpose of whacking them into cuts of meat to feed my family." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle-Barbara Kingsolver "Can we only love agriculture on postcards?"

>108: vastard, Perhaps if you enjoyed The Omnivore's Dilemma you would also enjoy Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.

... pickled vegetables, stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini flowers stuffed with ham, and several kinds of meat pastries." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "How is it possible that every citizen of Italy doesn't weigh three hundred pounds?"

"Don't worry about it." Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver "Do I have to explain the obvious?"

"As a guest, I'd probably overstayed my welcome." Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver "How big is that spare bedroom?"

... is the recipe I used. By the way, I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver over the course of my CSA year - which makes me about 3/4 of the way through that book.

I'm going to try to read 75 books by my LT anniversary of 17 Aug 2009. 1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 3) Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins 4) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

... Martin Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp, by Stephanie Klein The Woman Who Can't Forget, by Jill Price and Bart Davis Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbra Kingsolver Next month: books made into movies

... believes that the husband is the head of his family in a way that can't be questioned by others I had read Kingsolver's Animal Vegetable Miracle last year. In it she had remarked that some group had decided she was the most dangerous woman (in America? in the World? in the universe?) based ...

... at all--although it definitely showed how Christianity could be twisted into a loveless shackle. I had read Kingsolver's Animal Vegetable Miracle that year. In it she had remarked that some group had decided she was the most dangerous woman (in America? in the World? in the universe?) based ...

... I wasn't sure what to expect, but I really like it so far! I don't think this one will take all week, so I've got Animal, Vegetable, Miracle waiting in line.

"...an elf..." Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver 'So how do we get more of them?"

"Good question. I'm still stumped for an answer..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Do you have to ask?"

... Mauro De Vasconcelos 46. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig 47. Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson 48. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 49. The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris 50. The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut

... McKillip (Feb) The Price of Silence by Kate Wilhelm (April) Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler (May) Up next: Probably Animal, Vegetable, Miracle 4 - NON-FICTION Have You Found Her by Janice Erlbaum (Jan) Storming Heaven edited by Amber Sumrall and Patricia Vecchione (Feb) Lover ...

... area, and I had a 30% off coupon for the one hardcover I bought. Now I'm looking forward to the long holiday weekend! Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Splendour in the Sunne by Sharon Kay Penman The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory No Country for Old Men by Cor ...

... Mysteries: a conversation with Tony Hillerman Tony Hillerman River Secrets Shannon Hale Ready or Not Meg Cabot Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver Dragonhaven Robin McKinley Home to Holly Springs Jan Karon Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards Michael Stanton Being the Mom ...

... July read (see the Girlybooks group for details), and this book qualifies. And I absolutely loved Prodigal Summer and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. But despite all that, I'm still resisting reading The Poisonwood Bible. But sometimes the books we resist reading are some of the best, right?

"...Old Charley..." Animal, vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "When do we start?"

13. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle This is author Barbara Kingsolver's true life account of her family living for one year eating strictly local foods, much of it from their garden and poultry. Overall, I'm glad I read this book. I did learn a few things, and I was convicted to eat more locally ...

I'll nominate 3 this quarter: Unaccustomed Earth - FANTASTIC Elizabeth and her German Garden - delightful Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - inspiring While I read several that were on par with the Kingsolver (4*'s, imo), it was by far the one that made the most impact on me. My other 4* ...

Just finished: 26. Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Finally!! It seems like it took forever to finish this book. To be fair, the (almost) month it took for me to finish it was punctuated by my father's stroke, the implant of his pacemaker and the start of his ...

I'm halfway through Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which has been overly preachy (in an environmental sense). But I'm still enjoying parts of it.

S: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which my daughter gave me for Mother's Day. Previously read The 100 Mile Diet and found it disappointing. However, I'm really enjoying Barbara Kingsolver's approach to eating locally and eating well.

"I'm nuts." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver Hmm, do I really want berries today?"

"It seemed like a good thing..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "What's a mother to do?"

"Yeah, right! I would think." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Why impose restrictions on ourselves?"

"I have yet to find that..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Couldn't you find one closer?"

... you to ever eat conventional meat again... Both of the Barbara Kingsolver books mentioned are also wonderful, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle definitely got me more excited about gardening and buying more local food.

"It seemed unwise to start on January 1. February, when it came, looked just as bleak." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "The question remained, What about now?"

... of summer visitors to our garden have stood in the middle of the bed and asked, "What is this stuff, it's beautiful!" Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "If I win a monkey in a contest, can I keep it?"

"A nice image, but the truth is less fun." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Where are our ingrained rules of taste and civility...?"

"I had staked out my future in asparagus..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Will North Americans ever have a food culture to call our own?"

... on the way to work. I'm looking forward to more stimulating words from my next choice which is... In progress: Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

I loved Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - it's given me a lot of food for thought (pardon the pun).

Pardon me while I ask somone..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "What do you do for fun around here?"

... of essays, they blew me away. I'd found a woman of my heart! Even as we speak, I'm looking through Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral which I think I'll keep as part of my permanent collection. ETA: No. I haven't read Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party ...

"...run over a McDonald's with a bulldozer." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "What's for dinner?"

"...a laboratory creation..." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "What kind of weirdo makes cheese?"

"...you could lop off the end of the row and let the potatoes roll into a basket." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Why should I care about tobacco farmers?"

"I hope so." Animal, vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "Why impose restrictions on ourselves?"

"This was the trip of our lives." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver "What else does a family need?"

Started Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver yesterday and I am loving it so far. Also reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy which I am finding kind of a slow read, but definitely not something I want to give up on.

>14 motomama, I just read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle a few weeks ago -- and echo your feelings about it. Wonderful book and has inspired me to change what I eat and where I buy it.

Born on a Blue Day; just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle last night - it was a great, meaty (no pun intended) read, full of great stories, recipes and interesting facts about eating local and organically.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Just started Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and am really enjoying it. Just finished Bourdain's Nasty Bits and liked it as well.

#26 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, 384 pages. I have to say, I think this book is going to change my life! It has absolutely convinced me to eat more locally. Has tons of information and is a great story of her family as well! Highly recommend it!! FionaCat - you've ...

I've finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (loved it!) and am now reading Edward Jones' The Known World.

I've been spending a bit of time in Virginia, USA. First I was growing my own produce with Barbara Kingsolver (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). I've now travelled back to the mid-1800s and reading the story of a free black man who also had slaves: Edward P. Jones' The Known World.

... attack their host plants in slightly new ways each season, encouraged by changes in prevailing conditions of climate." Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Still reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It is a great read and very inspiring. I'd already started making some basic changes in diet and food sources but am going to do more as a result of this book. This morning we're off to scout out a couple of farms who sell to the public ...

firefly, barbara kingsolver also read animal, vegetable, miracle, and I enjoyed both her reading and what she had to say. i liked her southern twang. i think i've commented on this before somewhere else, but her husband and daughter read the sections they contributed as well, and there were ...

#34 & 41 -- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a wonderful book! I read it, The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food (both by Michael Pollan)in a fairly short time period -- all very thought-provoking, inspiring books about food and our (all too often broken) relationship with it.

34> I just received Animal Vegetable Miracle in the mail today - I'm glad to hear it's already inspiring. I also received The Fortune Cookie Chronicles today and I think I'll be starting that, too. Has anyone read Shadow of the Silk Road? I brought it home from work today and it looks ...

... mood for it in a concentrated dose so I just read a chapter now and then. But last night I started Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which is inspiring after just one chapter. I've already decided to scout out our local farm markets this weekend!

# 117 - lindsacl - I have Animal, Vegetable, Miracle on my TBR list for a reading challenge. I will be very curious to read your review when you're done with this one!

I finished The Piano Tuner yesterday, and found it disappointingly predictable. Now I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which is just perfect for springtime. I can tell I'm going to be a very inspired and motivated gardener after this!

... to exercise incredible restraint. Hopefully they will have another one soon. Meanwhile, on loan from the library I have Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and First, Break all the Rules.

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060852550.01._SX50_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - review, an inspiring memoir of one family's quest to spend a year eating local food. ...

... enjoyed. I just started The Gathering last night and was immediately hooked. Next up will be Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and then I'll be reading some male authors for a bit ...

... section of the ATLANTIC because he said his wife does all his typing. He is mentioned by Barbara Kingsolver, the author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle & also by David Klein, an Amish farmer from Ohio who writes about living without machines, ect. Not political, but I read him as against ...

August 45. Barbara Kingsolver- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (A-) 46. Marjane Satrapi- Embroideries (B) 47. Haruki Murakami- A Wild Sheep Chase (A) 48. Thich Nhat Hanh- Anger (B-) 49. T.C. Boyle- Drop City (C-) 50. Haruki Murakami- Sputnik Sweetheart (B+) 51. Neil Gaiman- Stardust (B ...

If you read non-fiction, Barbara Kingsolver has a book about how her family lived on locally produced food for a year. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Wendell Berry has several books on how to live organically & why it is necessary.

... I haven't read the Man o' War bio by Page Cooper, but I have seen it. And thanks for the tip about Claiborne's website! Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was a wonderful book. If you liked it, try The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.

A slow month of quality books for me. The only one that has stayed with me is Animal, vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.

... in a Bottle 5. A Farewell to Arms IV. Homesteading 1. Back to Basics 2. Storey's Basic Country Skills 3. Animal Vegetable Miracle 4. Fast Food Nation 5. The Self Sufficient Life 6. Five Acres and Independence 7. Root Cellaring 8. Barnyard in Your Backyard V. B ...

... Wife June How to Make an American Quilt July Then We Came to the End July Where the Sidewalk Ends September Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life October Repunzel's Revenge November Turned into a Movie (or TV show) -- done + 2 The Cider House Rules Feb. Marsha ...

I absolutly loved animal, vegetable, miracle by barbara kingsolver. its really really good. made me want to go out and do the same thing lol

So..my first books of 2008. 1. Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver - a lovely gentle book about a year of growing food and eating locally. It was a delight to read. 2. Forest Mage by Robyn Hobb - the grueling middle book from her Soldier Son series. Well written but ...

... thrive. In the area I live, I've seen a real interest in eating locally (locovores) since Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was released. For months after reading it, I didn't purchase bananas--which, along with pineapples, she calls the humvee of fruits due to the oil ...

... Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Angels in the Wilderness by Amy Racina Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Looking for Alaska by John Green The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon In a Far Country by John Taliaferr ...

... William F. Buckley Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver The War Prayer by Mark Twain The Sword and the Scimitar by Ernle Bradford and because I am a ...

... - LATEST BOOKS (IN PAPERBACK) BY FAVOURITE AUTHORS 1. A Troubled Guest: Life And Death Stories by Nancy Mairs 2. Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 3. Saving Fish from Drowing by Amy Tan 4. Blue Water by A. Manette Ansay 5. Solstice Wood by Patricia McKillip 6. ...

... other great books about life in the Mideast, especially about Egypt, and I'm enjoying this one too. I'm also reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, her account of a year when her family tried to live only off food bought or grown locally. Very thought-provoking.

119. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver - Did I like this book? Well, yes and no. I admired the dedication of the author and her family, and their descriptions of their day-to-day life on the farm were interesting and well-written. However, she tended to get a little "preachy" at ...

Yesterday, actually. It is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and she is intimidating the hell out of me. No one can eat as healthy as she does! TPBM thinks we should still try.

... And still am.... Here's the n/f top five: oops - I was looking at my July to December list; edited to add/remove. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -- Barbara Kingsolver (3) The Worst Hard Time-- Timothy Egan (2) Ex Libris : confessions of a common reader -- Anne Fadiman (3) ...

44. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver Made me want to grow my own vegetable patch. 45. How Sassy Changed My Life by Kara Jesella A trip down memory lane for the teen magazine, but this book sorely needs more visual candy. No photos. 46. Everything Is Miscellaneous ...

217. Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner - keeper 218. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver - library 219. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - keeper (in omnibus) 220. The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes La ...

I've just started Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It's really interesting so far, but I can tell it'll be a slow read. It's dense with information.

What about Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life? I've heard good things about it though I haven't read it myself yet.

... sure: Ananda by Osamu Tezuka Robin Hobb's short novel from Legends II Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver After that, I'll either read the entire Josephine B. Trilogy by Sandra Gulland or the Twilight series by St ...

Three books have definitely make me think twice about what I eat and where my food comes from: Fast-food nation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. (The movie Super-Size Me was also thought provoking, but I'll try to limit this posting to the books. Food production ...

... ezuka Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver I've also got an Amazon order that includes Eclipse and Serenity: The Official Visual Companion on the way, so I' ...

... Chesapeake Bay has made me aware of the effects agriculture can have on aquatic environments. Among others, I've read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and am partially into Omnivore's Dilemma. I'd like to join the growing dialogue of food choice as an environmental decision, as well as a ...

streamsong, if you like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, you may also enjoy reading The omnivore's dilemma which is also about what and how we eat. Pollan goes about preparing four meals, not just from scratch, but investigating where in the world each ingredient came from. There was some bit of ...

... for my literature group is Summer in Baden-Baden. I'm also on Barbara Kingsolver farm in Virginia and her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle describing her family's experiment to eat locally. She had one quick chapter about flying to Italy and enjoying the local foods there, too.

#4 Robert--I'm also reading Independent People for a bookclub/seminar. On the nonfiction side, I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle about her experiment in eating only local foods. It's really opening my eyes to the stranglehold the large seed companies have and to the petrochemical costs ...

Five top books this quarter (random order) Animal Vegetable Miracle Barbara Kingsolver Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hoseeni David Copperfield Charles Dickens The Old Wives Tale Arnold Bennett

I finally finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver which I very much enjoyed. I wasn't thrilled with the chapter on the "harvesting" of the chickens and turkeys, though. I found that chapter to seem a bit defensive for some reason. I also figured out why it took me so long ...

... Lee In the Name of Salomé by Julia Alvarez Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Nonfiction: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman The good rain : across time and terrain in the Pacif ...

46. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver - very good although I found the chapter about "harvesting" the chickens and turkeys sounded a little defensive and full of excuses. (touchstones won't load) edited for touchstones

I am still reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I am enjoying it but have not been reading as much as I usually do. This always seems to happen at the beginning of the school year. While I am home all day, for the first time by myself, I volunteer at school a lot and have not been reading much ...

... Fire: A busy woman's guide to igniting the writer within, by Barbara DeMarco (excellent, and not just for women) 44. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food life, by Barbara Kingsolver 45. Persuasion, by Jane Austen

... Beach: a novel by Ian McEwan - I can't say it was a favorite but I did enjoy the ending. I am currently reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver which I am really enjoying.

... by Lincoln Child 19. Possession by A.S. Byatt 20. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 21. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 22. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill 23. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler 24. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ...

I am almost finished with Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Really enjoying reading about how a year in the life of true gardeners/farmers ebbs and flows! Good information throughout, although I hold a different opinion on some of the issues. ;o) I'm also reading Teach Like ...

I loved Elsewhere! I am currently reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life and enjoying it. Next up will probably be The Invention of Hugo Cabret because it is a library book and already overdue!

... I think it would be The Female Man or Good Omens. I read 3 P.D. James books, though, and really enjoyed them, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was great, it gave me a lot to think about. The Shadow of the Wind was really good, too. The two Alfred Bester books were great in some ...

45. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver I don't think I could plant a garden that would supply me for most of a year, even if I didn't live in an apartment with no ground space, but I did learn a lot of things that I can do to try to eat a more local diet. I am seriously ...

Well, I wasn't recommending Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for the vegan part, but rather for the local part. Another good book about vegan eating from a health perspective is The McDougall Program: twelve days to dynamic health. The focus is definitely on health, but it is good information, ...

I am not sure that Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is really a book I would recommend to a starting out veg*an, as a whole chapter is given up to justifiying eating meat and killing animals! I would recommend 'The Way We Eat' (for some reason it is called The Ethics of What We Eat on LT) as a good ...

Okay, I am finally here! First of all, a couple of book recommendations: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver--I am reading this now, and it is really interesting, in that it is about a fairly normal family trying to eat as locally as possible. They make a few exceptions (coff ...

... forever!) Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose American Gospel by Jon Meacham Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kinsolver True Light by Terri Blackstock A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children by Elizabeth George Got ...

... extremely dry and repetitive so wound up skipping over parts to get to the Crippen story towards the end.) Just started Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. And eagerly awaiting the 8-10 audios I ordered online last week...

I'm back for the second half of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver on audio - going better than the first half I must admit. Her daughter's summer menu schedule made me hungry while I was actually eating lunch! For print books I'm juggling The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel ...

... 7: The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston (Random House, 2007). “Aerial Oceans.” Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver et al. (HarperCollins, 2007). “Think Globally, Eat Locally.” Flower Confidential: The Good ...

42. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life I have very mixed feelings about this book. I am going to think about it while I am away for a few days before I write my review. In short - yes, it is worth reading but like any book, you should form your own opinions rather than regard that ...

... to over audiobook; inevitably, they make me hungrier than when I read them in print. There were some really good ones in animal, vegetable, miracle, which I just finished previous to Basque history. The lack of measurements and inclusion qualitative description (e.g. "a beautiful" fish), as ...

Seajack, sorry to hear you're not enjoying Animal, Vegetable, Miracle so much.., I found her enthusiasm contagious, whereas I normally listen to books that are somewhat drier - often with accompanying voice (though I do have some fav narrators). Also, another reason I really enjoyed that the ...

... the bar in September to 75 books by July 1, 2008. Since July 1st I've read: 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns and 2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle both 5 star books; and 3. The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest by Timothy Egan (who wrote The Worst Har ...

I enjoyed the print version of Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life very much. Doe she read her daughters work too as well as what her husband contributes to the book? I went ahead and bought the book for the recipes even though they are online. I did like for the most part her ...

... 100 pages in, but it is very good. I love reading books set in India and Kunzru's imagery is one of the best out there. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Just started this one. It is what I expected since I read Barbara Kingsolver's essays before. Her writing is lyrical and scientific all at once. ...

... and can recommend it. But, it really has nothing to do with book clubs at all, much beyond the title. I'm doing Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver at present on audio. This is a case where I'd prefer she'd have used a profdessional narrator, rather than doing the ...

I'm a couple of hours into Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life by Barbara Kingsolver. I'll stick with it, but this one's an example of where an author should've had a professional narrator read their work - her perky tone really gets to me. Her story is interesting; I strongly ...

On audio, I'm considering starting Animal, Vegetable, Miracle byBarbara Kingsolver soon. In print, I've judst started The Great American Bus Ride by Irma Kurtz, probably to be juggled with How Would a Patriot Act? by Glenn Greenwald.

... A Collection of Essays on Art Clotheslines: A Collection of Poetry and Art When You Lunch with the Emperor Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - READ IT The Joy of Drinking - READ IT Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World- READ IT Vegan with a Vengean ...

marygeeting, glad you liked Water for Elephants - I enjoyed that over audiobook as well. Currently listening to animal, vegetable, miracle which is great over audiobook - between chapters there are soundclips of different animals that were discussed or general farm sounds or whatever. normally ...

Just finishing The Good Rain and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - enjoyed both of them immensely. I'll be starting Al Gore's Assault on Reason this week.

... working on Sense and Sensibility (it is work for me, but I'm getting into a groove finally); also tremendously enjoying Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, nonfiction by Barbara Kingsolver. I am itching to get to the library to pick up a few things that are waiting for me, especially A Thousand ...

... in Sense and Sensibility and also canning lots of tomatoes and eating locally in Virginia with Barbara Kingsolver in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Occasionally I take a break and end up very close to home here in the Pacific Northwest with Timothy Egan's The Good Rain.

This afternoon I picked up my copy of Barbara Kingsolver's newest book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.

... would want a copy in the library.) Anyway, some new(ish) nonfiction books that I'd recommend: Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; David Gessner's Sick of Nature; Gretchen Legler's On Ice; Laurence Gonzales's Deep Survival; and Michael P. Branch's < ...

... moved from Tucson Arizona to Appalachian Virgina with Barbara Kingsolver and her delightful family in the nonfiction Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life.

Just finished Away: a novel by Amy Bloom. Stellar novel. Just cracked open Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver's new nonfiction. I've been waiting for this one for awhile.

From Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (this is on page one, it bodes well for the rest of the book): One person's picture postcard is someone else's normal. This was the landscape whose every face we knew: giant saguaro cacti, coyotes, mountains, the wicked sun ...

Barbara Kingsolver's new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle FINALLY arrived at the library and I whisked it home this afternoon. And then before I could even glance through it, my partner whisked it away. I will have to pry it from her hands tomorrow. Fortunately, she's a fast reader.

I started The Good Rain by Timothy Egan today. Love it so far. But I just got notice that Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has arrived at the library on my hold shelf. So I'll probably set aside Good Rain after I pick up the BK book from the library -- I've been so ...

... take up most of the front of the store. I do read other things but romance is my mainstay. I did just finish Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and that was very good. Of course I will now hesitate to buy almost anything in the grocery store. I do like her ...

16. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Wow, this is one of the best reads I've had this year -- maybe even the last few years! This is not a novel, but rather an account of her family's attempt to eat solely on food they grew themselves, or from local farmers. Kingsolver is ...

A Thousand Splendid Suns, as soon as it comes into the library; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food life, ditto. Devil in the Details is one in my pile I'm looking forward to. as is The Good Rain : across time and terrain in the Pacific Northwest by Timothy Egan - he wrote The ...

I think that Animal, Vegetable, Miracle book sounds really good, too. I have been trying to eat more local, but I there some things I can't do without that I can't get locally, like spices. I figure every little bit helps, though.

... to Borders with a coupon and came home with the latest Robert B. Parker, Spare Change, and Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Vegetable Miracle. Life is sweet. ( I managed not to buy Finn, a novel and The Yiddish Policeman's Union, although I suspect both will eventually come ...

I happened to read a review of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle yesterday, in the magazine Saveur. I found it interesting ebough but now, after reading legaleagle's review, I feel almost compelled to go get the book.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle sounds like a great book! I hadn't heard of it before, but I'll certainly keep an eye out for it based on your review.

I finished my first book - one down, forty-nine to go! Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Author: Barbara Kingsolver Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir, Food Rating: A- Review: Kingsolver and her family moved from Tucson to a farm in southern Appalachia and spent a year eating only home-grown ...

I'm nearly halfway through Barbara Kingsolver's latest, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, about her family's experiment with living off the land and local food sources for a year. Her engaging style is ever present in this book. She is very informative -- full of interesting and fun facts about ...

... Dead and Thunderstruck this week. @#45: I really enjoyed The Omnivore's Dilemma as well, and just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Kingsolver, and it was in the same vein, and very enjoyable.

In another reference to food books, as in #'s 56, 57, 58, 61 the new book by Barabara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life rated a very positive review -- even stacked up against notable others -- at amazon. Might be worth checking out.

... Barbara Kingsolver again but that is the book I am currently reading and she has a chapter on cheese making in her new Animal,vegetable, miracle with sources for materials and cultures. I can post them if you are interested.

... my first year with a CSA, but delivery doesn't start until the 21st. I can't wait though! I also very much want to read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. The other one on my "want to read soon" list is Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally.

Have any of you gotten Barbara Kingsolver's new book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? I just started reading it yesterday. As it happens, yesterday I picked up my first delivery from my local CSA farm: green onions, sorrel, Mazuma ?(a Japanese green that looks and tastes like dandilion), arugula, ...

... to hear your reaction to the next one. Just picked up a copy of Kingsolver's new nonfiction book coming out in May: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I was really hoping her next book would be a novel, but I guess I'll just have to wait :)