1. Cookbooks Cook Through: 90.14%
I only have 7 recipes to go! Some of those are waiting for seasonal produce. One of my favorites I’ve made so far this year is this cinnamon swirl bread:
The taste you can see!
If you’re curious, Steven is at 23% lol
2. 50 States of Reading: 78%
Since my last post, I’ve been through 17 states, and I’m currently working on South Dakota.
The most unexpectedly good one was:
The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin
It’s a modern YA retelling of Henry VIII set in a high school, and it goes HARD. The best book set in Indiana? Probably.
Here’s everything else I read for this since my last update:
3. Read One Book a Month I Already Own: 50%
In March I picked:
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
I got this as a gift when it first came out, and can’t believe I waited so long to read something so obviously awesome!
In April:
The Saga of the Volsungs (13th cent. Icelandic epic)
Steven has kept a lot of his texts from different college courses, and I’ve been taking full advantage with this project. This one was a soap opera, and I wish HBO would adapt it right now.
In May:
What If? by Randall Munroe
Another book that it’s weird I didn’t read when it first came out.
This month:
The Epic of Gilgamesh (2100BCE Akkadian poem)
I’ve read excerpts of this before, but never the whole thing–or as much of the whole thing as we currently have access to. Gilgamesh and Enkidu are Excellent Friends, if you know what I mean.
4. Transcribe my Grandmother’s Diaries: 78.33%
I’m currently in 1988. Here’s a quote from An Historic Day:
September 26, 1981
Cleaned. Put up summer shoes. Washed hair. Frances by say “pot” growing on their land. Red up there with shot gun–foolish.
5. Take a Picture of Everything I Make: 100%
ALTHOUGH not all the pictures are on Instagram, since some of them I made as gifts and don’t want to give them away. Here’s my fave of the things I can share:
I know it looks too big, but my ears will be happy about that next winter.
Total: 78%
Ahead of the game, for once!
Previously: February