tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post277014752593944561..comments2024-03-29T00:28:14.227-07:00Comments on The Tipsy Baker: All my eggs in one baskettipsybakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796856700365644779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-70143457793183599702009-11-06T12:36:31.542-08:002009-11-06T12:36:31.542-08:00Hi there, can I get your email address? I'm tr...Hi there, can I get your email address? I'm trying to send you some information about something. Thanks!<br /><br />Rebecca Bauer<br />Food & Wine<br />rebecca.p.bauer@aexp.comFood & Wine magazinehttp://www.foodandwine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27849118.post-35094435477181569162009-11-06T09:53:07.185-08:002009-11-06T09:53:07.185-08:00Oooh, pretty eggs! Thanks for those links - Crispi...Oooh, pretty eggs! Thanks for those links - Crispin expressed it very well, and the Skurnick post was quite interesting. Last year I decided to try reading from lists of "best books" and award winning books. I had of course read all the classics long ago, but for the past 20 years I've been reading mainly history and mysteries, not much recent literature. I knew Atwood and Munro and a few others, of course. But most of the "best" and award-winners just didn't do it for me. I didn't understand why they were thought to be superior, or even good.<br /><br />I did suspect that the high ratio of male authors might be part of the issue for me. I tend to avoid male authors of fiction because I find they focus too much on sex and violence, or on power and politics. I like to read about the smaller, pleasanter aspects of life (interpersonal relations, details of daily life; a few likable characters are welcome), and female authors tend to have more of what I'm looking for.<br /><br />Great post.Sobakanoreply@blogger.com