Sunday, February 8, 2009

Bon Apetit: A Good Book I Found

I just finished reading this really cute book, and I loved it. I happened upon it in the new book section of the library. I checked it out because the first two sentences of the on the back made me think I would enjoy the story. But I expected that it would get sleazy and that I would not finish it. On the contrary, it is perfectly clean and some what religious. It is about a girl who goes to Paris to work in a bakery and to attend school to become a pastry chef. It had a small amount of enjoyable romance and I loved the descriptiveness of Paris and of France in general. Apparently it is a middle book in a 3 part series. The third book comes out in the fall of the this year. So I ordered the first book from the library. At the beginning of each chapter there is a quote and I wanted to put in one that just made me laugh and laugh.

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior
There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can food be omitted.

I think I will see if the library has a copy of Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior. If it has more along those lines, I look forward to a good laugh.

Anyway, I just feel really thankful to find a good new book every now and then because I love to read. And I wanted to recommend it to anyone who is like me and would like to go to Europe but cute, and enjoys a cute, girly story.
Bon Appetit by Sandra Byrd








5 comments:

Amy Eds said...

Sounds cute. I love the quote!

Bethany said...

That quote made me laugh. I am totally going to read that book.

Em said...

I will have to read it, I have been wanting to find another good book to read. I love reading, but haven't gotten a new book yet, so I will have to see if the library here has it.

Becca said...

i love that quote! That's hilarious! I enjoy a good new book as well. As long as it isn't too deep, because, well, I never finished Crime and Punishment, I loved Scarlet Letter, but I think I even skipped a chapter or two in that one. You get the point.

Anne said...

Thanks!! I am always looking for good books, especially clean ones. Did you ever get into Twilight? By the fourth one, it really all began to make sense and I really liked it. A LDS author named Shannon Hale writes good books I think you might enjoy- like The Goose Girl. I've like several by her.