Library Read // A Year of Pies by Ashley English
It seems to be that all I am doing is playing catch-up in life. Last year, at a point in time when I was suddenly all about pies, I’ve decided to borrow this book from the library. And I remember as I started reading it I didn’t entirely sit right with the author’s tone. Some might say it was a bit of a know-it-all tone. But I appreciate knowledge, so I decided I was gonna power through. I had sectioned the book off, ready to breeze on through, in parts, the book. But, as with life, things happen. Between shifting moods and major life events, I didn’t finish it all when I started it. And so here I find myself, having finished it in July of the next year. It’s hard to read cookbooks. How was the writing? How many recipes am I going to/am I interested in making? Do I feel inspired by this book, the recipes therein? Now, I am not a fruit person. Maybe my mistake was in getting a book on pies where, innately, one might argue, I was never going to be inspired by a majority of the recipes. I
