Brief reviews of books by contemporary authors I read this month — along with photos of what I ate while reading. The list is ordered by the level my enjoyment:

The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith (Hudson Street, 2012)

“Even in the moments when you don’t think you are moving forward, you really are.”
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The Rules of Inheritance is about the deaths of both Claire’s parents from cancer — and the painful aftermath of twenty-something Claire’s coming to terms with her loss...