Short Takes 05/31/20

Phoebe Judge

Have you heard of Phoebe Reads a Mystery? Phoebe Judge is best known for hosting the true-crime podcast Criminal. During quarantine she came up with the idea of reading a chapter a day from a mystery starting with Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles. There's much more to explore if you check it out.

Transylvania

If you are looking for a good book with a specific location, check out TripFiction. And if you have a suggestion for a book that is missing, you can become a member and add it for others to enjoy.

Coast of Maine

Mary Kubica has put together this list  of Ten Great Mysteries Set in Maine for The Strand Magazine. Mary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of six psychological suspense novels, including her latest release, THE OTHER MRS.

Cookbooks

When looking for a recipe are you overcome by the number of wonderful cookbooks you own? THE WEEK MAGAZINE May 8, 2020 just suggested checking out EatYourBooks.com, a website that indexes the recipes in the books you may already own. For $3/month, the service will let you input your titles. Additionally there are many newspaper and magazine recipes you can access.

Unfortunately for me, when we downsized to a retirement community a year and a half ago, I donated most of my cookbooks to the local library. The ones I kept were unusual ones which I am pretty sure are not indexed by this company. Think local museum cookbooks and small targeted topics. I figured I'd never be able to find them again. Maybe it's time I carefully curated a new collection. I know, I know, there is the Internet but I haven't been thrilled with some of the recipes that people have supposedly been delighted by.