Holiday Reading

The Last Queen

by C.W Gortner

Historical fiction about the life of Queen Juana, (sister of Catherine of Aragon, who was the first wife of Henry VIII). Amazing tale but rather sad.

Read this while on holiday in Spain. Here I am with Chris and MaryJo on our way to the Picos de Europa Mountains in the north of the country.

Summer in the kitchen

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell and My life in France by Julia Child.

I was really grossed out by reading about Julie Powell's kitchen but became quite fascinated by reading about Julia Child's recipes. Loved Julia's book about France. Saw the film which was charming, Julie seemed much nicer in the movie than she came over from her book.