8-Year Blogiversary!


Another year, another list of delicious reads!

These fabulous authors stopped by to share their food for thought:

Laurie Boris - The Call
Nick Cook - Cloud Riders
Richard Gazala - Blood of the Moon
Dana Griffin - Coerced
Connie Johnson Hambley - The Charity
Karen Ann Hopkins - Embers
Brooklyn James - Jolie Blonde
Nancy Lynn Jarvis - The Two-Faced Triplex
Beverley Jones - Where She Went
Beth Kander - Original Syn
David J. Kirk - Stone Signs
Gwen Mayo - Strangely Funny
Alan McDermott - Run and Hide
Christopher Minori - Little Idiots
Rose Montague - Jade
Bobby Nash - 85 North
Mark Noce - Between Two Fires
David Pedersen - Clod Makes a Friend
Katherine Roberts - Bone Music
Deanna Lynn Sletten - Miss Etta
Clayton Smith - Apocalypticon
Karen Rose Smith - Murder with Cinnamon Scones
Barbara Stark-Nemon - Hard Cider
Sheryl Steines - Black Market
Lori Ann Stephens - Some Act of Vision
Gabi Stevens - The Wish List
Jolene Stockman - The Jelly Bean Crisis
Mary Strand - Livin' La Vida Bennet
Mary Elizabeth Summer - Trust Me, I'm Lying
Ann Swann - Stutter Creek
Ashley Sweeney - Eliza Waite
John FD Taff - Little Black Spots
Cyndi Tefft - Between
Derek Thompson - Stand Point
Gayle Trent - Killer Wedding Cake
Gabriel Valjan - The Company Files
Francesca Varela - The Seas of Distant Stars
Ottilie Weber - Family Ties
S.K. Whiteside - Inheritance
Pam Workman - Tattooed Teardrops
Grace Wynne-Jones - The Truth Club
Vincent Zandri - The Sins of the Sons


And I chewed up:

Tilt-A-Whirl - Chris Grabenstein
Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
Discovering Vintage New Orleans - Bonnye Stuart




Since I am so fortunate to have many delightful guests, I don’t get to blog about every book I read. And, to be fair, not every read lends itself to a good FoodFic discussion, either because the food in the story doesn't jump out at me, or my schedule’s already full for the year, or a book’s subject matter is too dark or serious for me to lightly chat about here.

Anyway, below are some (I’m sure I’ve forgotten several) of the books I read over the past year that weren’t reviewed here at BWATE?

And, as always, please feel free to suggest some great reads for me in the coming year. :)


Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games
Patricia Cornwell – At Risk
Clive Cussler – Medusa
Patrick deWitt – Ablutions
Caite Dolan-Leach – Dead Letters
Abby Drake – Good Little Wives
Jim Florentine – Everybody is Awful, Except You
Stephen King - Elevation
Kevin Kwan – China Rich Girlfriend, Rich People Problems
Elizabeth Noble – The Friendship Test
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter 4, 5, 6, 7


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