As I'm typing this up (at a ridiculously late hour on Saturday night or ridiculously early hour on Sunday morning, whichever way you prefer to think of it), I'm smelling my breakfast cooking in the crockpot. One of the things I've discovered about blogging is that I'm learning about all kinds of things other than books from the bloggers I follow. When Trish, from Love, Laughter and A Touch of Insanity, was enacting Operation Use My Crockpot, she tried and shared a recipe for steel cut oatmeal. I've been wanting to try steel cut oats since first reading about them in Peter Geye's
Safe From The Sea and Trish finally gave me the push I needed. The recipe I'm using has apples, raisins and cinnamon and smells fantastic!
I was looking through my calendar today (or, again, yesterday, depending on your point of view) and see that I'm starting to dig myself a hole with review books again. I had been doing such a great job of saying "no" and making a dent in my commitments. But dang, there have just been so many great books available lately. You may have noticed that this has not stopped me from signing up for another challenge and even upping the number of books I'm going to try to read for the Historical Fiction challenge. For those of you who are musical fans, I feel a bit like Ado Annie..."I'm just a girl who cain't say no" (except not in that easy virtue kind of way!).
I've got a couple of reviews coming up this week, which means I need to go to bed so I can have the energy to finish the books in time. I'll be finishing up for review Jacqueline Winspear's
Elegy For Eddie, the latest Maisie Dobbs book, for later this week and Wednesday I'll be reviewing Louise Doughty's
Whatever You Love. Of course, I'm still working away on
Bleak House so Friday will be an update for that. What are you reading this week?
I love Annie! Thought she was darling. Those early musicals are fantastic. I love to watch them over and over.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I love blogging---it's not all about books, it's about recipes, friendship and life as well. Happy Sunday enjoy your breakfast.
ReplyDeleteLove steel cut oats! Enjoy breakfast, the slow cooker is the best way to make them. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are nuts for signing up for more challenges but if you enjoy it, go for it. I didn't sign up for any. Work has been so busy and warm weather brings less time to read (I need to starting listening more now).
Have a wonderful Sunday!
I'm trying something new for breakfast as well! Rice milk with my cereal! Not too bad if a tad sweet. Oatmeal with raisins, apples, and cinnamon sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI saved that recipe for steel cut oatmeal ... hope you enjoyed your breakfast :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to get into a hole with review copies. I've been trying to keep my manageable, but so many books sound awesome that I want to read them all.
ReplyDeleteThat recipe sounds similar to one that I made a few months back...and it was so good!!! Give yourself a break on those dates and worrying about stuff..the books will happen and get read in time!! :D
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
I am in a hole again with my review books. I was catching up, but I have been a reading fool and now I am behind with the reviews again.
ReplyDeleteHah!! That is such a great comparison. I may have to borrow that one sometime. I feel the exact same way. I just can't seem to say no either.
ReplyDeleteOk - I've heard Trish and now you extolling the virtues of steel-cut oats. Guess I'll have to give them a try.
ReplyDeleteI started singing the "Cain't Say No" song in my head just as soon as I saw the picture. It will probably be stuck there for the rest of the day. :)
I thought that recipe for steel cut oats oatmeal sounded good and I love the things you've added. I need to get myself a new crockpot since mine disappeared somewhere along the way ?!
ReplyDeleteI find myself in a similar boat as you regarding review books. I meant to say yes to very few so I could read many of the books I already own which I want to read. But there are so many good books up for review and I turned down several, too. Oh well!
Are you going to sleep soon or are you up at 1 a.m. to stay up? Oh, but your oatmeal is in a crockpot so it's going to cook for a while?! (I'm so confused...it's a normal state for me!)
Have a great week!