• 25th December
    2012
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  • 8th November
    2012
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  • 8th November
    2012
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  • 7th September
    2012
  • 07

Salmon Croquettes

In keeping with the Football theme, I have another fun recipe for y’all. Growing up I couldn’t wait to visit my paw paw in Mississippi. It never failed that he would make us Salmon Croquettes or smothered pork chops. The other day I called the bestie and told her I was making these and she goes, ” My granny makes Salmon Balls.” Y’all I could not stop laughing on the phone. (Her granny lives in Arkansas by the way) We quickly discovered my paw paw and her Granny make the same thing but use different names. Anyway, this is a fun little Southern recipe that would go great for your next football party.  Y’all, enjoy! 

Ingredients

  • 2 Cans Cooked Salmon 
  • 4-5 Pieces of Burnt Toast
  • 2 Tbs of Black Pepper
  • 2Tbs Paprika
  • 1/2 Bell Pepper
  • 1/2 Onion
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Tbs Butter
  • 1 Tbs Flour
  • 1 Cup of HOT Milk
  • 1/3 Cup of Heavy Cream
  • 2 tps of White Pepper
  • 2 tps of Salt
  • 4 Tbs of Parmesan Cheese
  • 2 Tbs of Chopped Parsley
  • 2 Tbs Basil
  • 1 Tbs Lemon Juice
  • Oil
  1. Chop the onion and bell pepper. Crumble the burnt toast and add them to the bowl.
  2. Add the salmon, 1 Tbs of salt, black pepper, paprika, and eggs.
  3. Mix everything together. Don’t be afraid to use your hands. If you are then you could never make it in the South. As my grandma says, “That’s what soap is for.”

  4.  Once everything is mixed you can make the patties. I prefer to make them big, but they can also be made smaller to accommodate more people. 

5. Heat a skillet with oil, 4 quarts is usually a general rule for most skillets, and begin to fry those bad boys. Make sure you only fry a few at a time. To many and the grease looses heat quicker.

6. You want to fry them long enough that they brown.

7. Place the croquettes on a napkin so the grease can drain before you serve them.

If y’all want to bake them it is possible. I’ve actually tried this once. Bake them in a Pyrex dish at 350 for about 25-30 mins. Depending on your oven they may be ready sooner. Make sure to check on them every now and them. I just have a HUGE Paula Dean complex and love to fry EVERYTHING no matter how much my momma complains and how bad it is for you.

The Cream Sauce

Y’all, in the South we love to dip everything in a sauce. Here in Texas, ranch and hot sauce are considered side dishes. Just kidding, but seriously! This cream sauce is beyond easy to make. Don’t let the sauce scare y’all.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbs Butter
  • 1 Tbs Flour
  • 1 Cup of HOT Milk
  • 1/3 Cup of Heavy Cream
  • 2 tps of White Pepper
  • 1 tps of Salt
  • 4 Tbs of Parmesan Cheese
  • 2 Tbs of Chopped Parsley
  • 2 Tbs Basil
  • 1 Tbs Lemon Juice
Y’all got that?


Directions

Y’all, do the steps in order and I promise it will be ok. K? …you’re supposed to nod and say yes ma’am.

  1. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
  2. Stir in the flour and blend well. I have an obsession with wooden spoons and they really do make a difference.
  3. Stir in the HOT milk. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, simmering, and stir occasionally for a few more minutes.
  4. Stir in the heavy cream.
  5. Now add the 1 tps salt, white pepper, parmesan cheese, parsley, basil and lemon juice.
  6. Stir baby story. 
  7. Cook for a few more minutes and then y’all are ready to dip and eat them bad boys.

Y’all, Enjoy. Questions? Let me know.

I promise not to use y’all so much next post. In my defense it’s like the first word I learned.

  • 30th August
    2012
  • 30

Hot Wings

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? Sorry, I couldn’t resist.  If you didn’t know, football is a religion in the South. Come to TEXAS and you’ll see firsthand that ‘round here football is king. Yes, the town of Allen TX,  about 40 minutes from my house, built a 60 million dollar stadium for the high school students to play in every Friday night. If you couldn’t tell, I’m just a tad excited because in less than 48 hours College Football will kick-off across the country. If your family is like mine, than watch parties are a must. For the next couple of days I will be posting some easy “Football Finger Foods” to help y’all navigate through this time.

Ingredients

  • Chicken Winglests( 2 small packages)
  • 16 Butter ( 2 sticks)
  • Oil
  • Paprika
  • Louisiana Hot Wing Sauce
  • Tony Characera’s
  • Lemon Pepper
  • Black Pepper
  • Salt
  • Garlic Salt/Garlicb Powder (whichever you perfer)

Directions

  1. Use the Salt, Pepper, Tony Cha cha’s and Paprika to make the seasoning for the wings. About 2 tablespoons of the salt and Tony cha cha’s and 4 tablespoons of the Paprika and Pepper.
  2. Now you’re ready to coat the chicken. Season those bad boys good, y’all.

  1. Heat a skillet with oil, about 4 quarts.
  2. Now dip the winglets in a few at a time and cook them until they are done. The secret is not to add flour to the wings.
  3. When the wings are done, remove them from the hot grease and let them dry on a paper towl. After they are dry seperate them by how many you would like for each sauce you are to make.

Now to make the sauces. With most of the sauces posted, the key is even porportions.

T

Traditional

Mix 4 tablespoons of butter (half a stick) with 4 table spoons of the Louisiana hot wing sauce. Coat the wings and there y’all go.

Garlic

Mix 4 tablesppons of garlic power/ or garlic salt, garlic powder works better but we were out, with 4 table spoons of butter. Coat the wings and pray your not a vampire.

Lemon Pepper

Now this is my personal favorite. Mix 4 tablespoons of butter with 4 tablespoons of lemon pepper seasoning. Or if you’re like me, just keep adding the lemon pepper.

May the football gracious Jesus bless you kick-off weekend and y’all enjoy. If y’all have any Football Finger Food finds let us know.

  • 12th August
    2012
  • 12

Mediterranean Chicken with Asparagus

Ingredient

  • 2 Cups of spinach leaves
  • 3 Bell Peppers chopped
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1/2 lb of boneless, skinless, chicken breast (about 6 strips)
  • 1/2 cup of raspberry vinaigrette dressing
  • 3 tablespoons of roasted pepper hummus
  • Pita bread
  • Paprika  and pepper
  • 1 bushell of asparagus

Directions

  1. Season the chicken to liking. I only used paprika and pepper because the dressing will add flavor.
  2. Mix the hummus and vinaigrette dressing together in a bowl and then spread on the chicken. ( Do not dip the chicken inside unless you do not plan on saving the remaining dressing)
  3. Allow the chicken to marinate for about 20 minutes. 
  4. After the chicken has marinated, heat a skillet with olive oil. You only need enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Then add the chicken, flipping occasionally so the chicken does not stick and cook evenly.
  5. Once the chicken is cooked, add the tomato, spinach and bell peppers. Allow to cook down and a sauce should begin to form. Once everything is cooked down you are done.
  6. Add to pita bread and enjoy.

Asparagus Directions


Asparagus Directions

  1. Lay the asparagus out and find the natural bend. Snap each piece of asparagus and throw away the bottom part.
  2. Heat a skillet with olive oil. 
  3. Once the skillet is hot, add the asparagus and sprinkle them with salt.
  4. Cook until they become tender or the color changes.

Note


There will be leftovers but that’s okay. And as always, remember to add a little glitz to your grits and enjoy, y’all!  

  • 9th August
    2012
  • 09

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

  • Bell Peppers
  • Can of kidney bean (or what ever bean you like)
  • Cup of rice
  • 1/2 lb of ground beef
  • 1/2 cup of cheese
  • Seasoning (whatever you typically use when cooking ground beef)

Directions

  1. Cut the tops off the bell peppers and remove the insides. 
  2. Place the bell peppers in a pot of water and bring the water to a boil. Peppers should be covered in water. Cook until the form beings to change and the peppers are soft.
  3. While the peppers are boiling cook the rice, kidney beans and ground beef to your liking. All in separate pots, of course.
  4. Once the peppers and everything else is cooked preheat the oven at 350 degrees.
  5. Carefully remove the peppers and drain all the water. Use caution cause the peppers will be hot.
  6. Place the peppers in a pyrex dish of your liking. Fill each pepper with ground beef, rice and beans. Top them off with cheese. If your like me then don’t be afraid to let the cheese spill over.
  7. Cook them at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the tops begin to brown.

Note

The dish can always be modified if you’re looking to be healthy by using lean ground beef or ground turkey. Personally I don’t like turkey but I would love to know how it turns out if y’all try it. Brown rice instead of white rice may also be substituted. 

  • 8th August
    2012
  • 08

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup


Ingredients

  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breast (4 to 5 lbs)
  • 4 quarts of water
  • 10 chicken bullion cubes
  • 2 large onions chopped
  • 2 cup chopped parsley
  • 10 peppercorns
  • 8 whole cloves
  • 4 tablespoons of salt
  • 1 tablespoon of pepper
  • 2 dashes of thyme
  • 4 carrots chopped
  • package of spaghetti noodles
  • 8 tablespoons of butter (1 stick)
  • yellow food coloring (optional)

Directions

  1. In a big BIG BIG pot put: chicken breast, water, chicken bullion cubes, onions, parsley, peppercorns, whole cloves, salt, pepper, thyme and carrots. Bring to a boil.
  2. Reduce heat, cover and cook for an additional 2 1/2 hours.
  3. Remove chicken and allow chicken to cool.
  4. Add the uncooked spaghetti noodles to the soup while the chicken is cooling.
  5. Now we will make a roux. This allows the soup to thicken so it actually taste like soup.
  7. For the roux melt 8 tablespoons butter (a stick). Once it is melted add 8 tablespoons of flour and stir real QUICK.
  8. Add the roux to the soup and stir until the roux dissolves. 
  9. Chop the chicken as fine as desired. Add the chicken to the soup.
  10. Bring the soup back to a boil or until the noodles are good and cooked.
  11. Lastly add 8 drops of yellow food coloring and stir. (This turns the soup yellow so that it looks like chicken noodle soup)
  12. Turn the soup off and enjoy.

Note

We’re from TX so of course this feeds an army!

If you like your soup thicker than you can add more roux. Just remember that when making a roux, always stir quick. EVEN proportions are a MUST. For every tablespoon of butter you need the same amount of flour. Roux should thicken and be light brown. 



  • 19th June
    2012
  • 19
History of Juneteenth

starfishncoffeeelephantsnflowers:

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and thearrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

Later attempts to explain this two and a half year delay in the receipt of this important news have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another, is that the news wasdeliberately withheld by the enslavers to maintain the labor force on the plantations. And still another, is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All of which, or neither of these version could be true. Certainly, for some, President Lincoln’s authority over the rebellious states was in question   For whatever the reasons, conditions in Texas remained status quo well beyond what was statutory.

One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most significantly with:

“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.”

The reactions to this profound news ranged from pure shock to immediate jubilation. While many lingered to learn of this new employer to employee relationship, many left before these offers were completely off the lips of their former ‘masters’ - attesting to the varying conditions on the plantations and the realization of freedom. Even with nowhere to go, many felt that leaving the plantation would be their first grasp of freedom. North was a logical destination and for many it represented true freedom, while the desire to reach family members in neighboring states drove the some into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Settling into these new areas as free men and women brought on new realities and the challenges of establishing a heretofore non-existent status for black people in America. Recounting the memories of that great day in June of 1865 and its festivities would serve as motivation as well as a release from the growing pressures encountered in their new territory. The celebration of June 19th was coined “Juneteenth” and grew with more participation from descendants. The Juneteenth celebration was a time for reassuring each other, for praying and for gathering remaining family members. Juneteenth continued to be highly revered in Texas decades later, with many former slaves and descendants making an annual pilgrimage back to Galveston on this date.

Celebrating my roots in Texas soil. 

(via stupidoldishlikelettersandsodas)

  • 19th June
    2012
  • 19

Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

Gilmore Girls is one of my all time favorite shows. With that said, I’ve decided to embark on the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge I found on Pinterest. For those who didn’t watch the show: Rory is one of the main characters and has a love for reading. Throughout the 7 seasons Rory has either read or mentioned the 250 books on this list.  All of the books  in bold are ones I’ve read and the ones in italics are books I’m currently reading. I think it would be fun if this was passed around Tumblr and y’all joined me. Let’s show them not everyone in Texas is uneducated.

1984 by George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
The Art of Fiction by Henry James
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Babe by Dick King-Smith
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
The Bhagava Gita
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy
Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner
Candide by Voltaire 
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Carrie by Stephen King
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
Christine by Stephen King
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty
A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Complete Novels by Dawn Powell
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
Cousin Bette by Honor’e de Balzac
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Cujo by Stephen King
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Deenie by Judy Blume
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx
The Divine Comedy by Dante
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Don Quijote by Cervantes
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - read – 2009
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Eloise by Kay Thompson
Emily the Strange by Roger Reger
Emma by Jane Austen
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Ethics by Spinoza
Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Extravagance by Gary Krist
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – started and not finished
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom – read
Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce
Fletch by Gregory McDonald
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg
Gidget by Fredrick Kohner
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy – started and not finished
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
The Gospel According to Judy Bloom
The Graduate by Charles Webb
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR)
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR)
Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare
Henry V by William Shakespeare
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland
Howl by Allen Gingsburg
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
The Iliad by Homer
I’m with the Band by Pamela des Barres
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Inferno by Dante
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy
It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence
The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – on my book pile
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Love Story by Erich Segal
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Manticore by Robertson Davies
Marathon Man by William Goldman
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken
The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin
Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor
A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman
Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret
A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh
My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken
My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest
Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult –
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen
New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Night by Elie Wiesel
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan
Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell
Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Old School by Tobias Wolff
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
Oracle Night by Paul Auster
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Othello by Shakespeare
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
Out of Africa by Isac Dineson
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby – read
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – read
Property by Valerie Martin
Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Quattrocento by James Mckean
A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers – read
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)
R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Rita Hayworth by Stephen King
Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert
Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition
Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James
The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
Selected Hotels of Europe
Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
Sexus by Henry Miller
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Shane by Jack Shaefer
The Shining by Stephen King
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos
The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
Songbook by Nick Hornby
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom –
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Unless by Carol Shields
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray –
Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker
What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles
What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee – read
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire – started and not finished
The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole


—-Aleshea

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