Sunday, January 11, 2026

On the Weekend

 Brunch at Alice’s Apartment





Dinner at Home


Pork chops and snow peas with mushrooms.




Recent Reading Failures

I’m finding it hard to follow this book, which varies from one location, from one
set of characters, from one mindset, and then switches to another place, time, person, scene.
When I began reading Tokarcuk’s Flights, it was a relief to read well-formed sentences
and well-thought-out phrases, no stupid analogies (see next book)!
But then I bogged down and only read half.

Free book from amazon.com. It stinks. Bad writing, bad characterization, 
bad in every way. I tried hard but only read around 30%,

And a hoped-for reading success…

An insanely long book (over 700 pages), but maybe I’ll read it all.

Blog post © 2026 mae sander

8 comments:

Gina said...

Len's bread is "incredible"--always beautiful loaves.

Carola Bartz said...

All your food looks delicious. Len's bread looks really nice - what kind of bread is it?

Granny Sue said...

I love the way you pay such attention to staging your meals. Looks so appetizing!
I have had so little success with reading the past 6 months. Trying again and like you, I am hopeful about my current book.

Jeanie said...

Alice has an incredibly large apartment! And a lovely one. It's pretty clear that she has learned (perhaps from her grandparents?) how to beautifully present her food on a lovely table. The bread looks great too. But then, Len is an old hand at that!

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
It is nice to have meals with the family, Len's bread looks delicious.
Take care, have a happy day and great week ahead.

DVArtist said...

I really like the layout of Alice's apartment. Very cozy. Wonderful food at her place and yours. Have a great day today.

My name is Erika. said...

Alice has a gorgeous apartment. And all the food looks delicious. You've been posting a lot of negative books lately. I hope you find something good to read soon. hugs-Erika

thecuecard said...

I like Len's bread -- looks so good. Too bad about the books.