Hello to my bookish friends! I am inside for a very rainy day and getting some good reading in. Taking a break to post about books and have more coffee.
Currently I am reading YesterYear by Caro Claire Burke with Susan at The Cue Card. The start of this leads me to believe we are getting a snapshot of events from our main character's future, us being dropped in the middle of a crazy situation. I read on to see what happened beforehand. She isn't a very likeable person yet I am interested to see how events unfold, before and after. It's a page turner.
Recently I finished a nonfiction by Felicity Cloake titled Red Sauce, Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey.
This was a fun book about traveling through England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man, in search of regional breakfast preferences. Felicity Cloake rides her bike, meeting up with other cycling enthusiasts and samples a traditional breakfast from the area. The end of the chapters, after eating, they state their preferences for using a red or brown sauce, or nothing added at all.
I grew up using ketchup on eggs, still do. That is apparently a regional thing as I witness anything from raised eyebrows to revulsion here in the south. Completely unsolicited opinion on MY breakfast. I grew up in the Philadelphia area and that's what I was used to.
They stop at pubs, tour farms and are educated about honey and bread making, disappointed by being turned away at the Marmite factory as it was during lockdown/covid times. They ride in beautiful weather as well as rainy gloomy conditons. Felicty suffered a hamstring injury early on but managed to adapt, making her way across the British Isles. This is a story about cycling. friendship with a detailed foodie element. Oh, there are also some recipes included.
The English-speaking peoples are differentiated from the other nations of the earth by the peculiar and substantial character of their breakfast … to the nation as a whole the British breakfast remains as sacrosanct as the British constitution. – F. Marian McNeill, 1932
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I hope you are well, have a stack of great books and enjoying life.
Linking with:
Shelleyrae at Book'd Out for the 2026 Nonfiction Reading Challenge for the Food category
Joy for British Isles Friday for British author Felicity Cloake
Yesteryear sounds like an intriguing story. I'll be eager to hear what you and Susan think about it once you've finished. I don't care for ketchup on my eggs, but my mom puts red hot sauce (not Sriracha) on hers. Hope you got a nice rain storm. We sure need some here! We haven't had any this month and only a little less than 4" in April.
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