The Ninja Writer's Library Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

Happy Friday my friends,
Since I've renewed my library card, finally, I think I'll include write ups about them in these library segments, I mean in a sense they do become a part of your library briefly. For today's literary offering I give you: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment by Julie Powell. *I also feel it's my duty to warn you if you decide to read this book or go to any of her blog links there will be foul language, you have been warned*

I've watched and enjoyed the movie Julie & Julia for many years, I even went and read the original blog, but I had yet to read the book. For the uninitiated Julie Powell, with inspiration from her husband Eric (did they ever get back together actually), decided to cook through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year. A feat I find impressive since the best I can do is cookies half the time, let alone some impossible sounding, to me, dishes. Also impossible to say, I remember when I read the blog my head would hurt reading those words, though it could have been reading small print late at night too. I think I just kinda breezed passed the French this time, adopting the bread and butter approach a preacher my family knew used.*

I find that I resonate with the author on a few levels we have some of the same physical and emotional issues (EX: She felt like a "drone", I find myself feeling like a "zombie").  We enjoy food, have had bad experience with maggots, and love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which gets mentioned a lot in this book, it's actually interesting to read what she was doing the night I was watching the final episode of Buffy.

I wasn't crazy with some language and subject matter, but it's nothing I haven't heard before, so eh not a fan but not gonna get worked up over it. I will say I actually did learn something useful pertaining to cooking mainly what exactly and how to identify the gizzard. *Thanks Eric's Dad*
One of my favorite parts in the book was also my favorite part in the movie, why I don't know, but it's when she's dealing with cooking lobsters. In the book it's like prolonged cause she has to cook multiple lobster dishes. I don't know why I find it humorous, maybe cause I would probably be dealing with the same pangs of guilt and episodes of freaking out she did if I were cooking up a live lobster.

 Another part I enjoyed is the dinner that turns into a large get together during a black out. I don't know it's the idea that amidst chaos you and your peeps can find joy in good food and each other's company, I assume the meal was good I don't remember the particular consensus of how good it was.

Am I going to seek this book out to add as a permanent part of the library? I don't know yet, Still weighing the good against the bad. We'll see.

So my friends what did you all think of this book, and,or the movie? Are you guys reading anything good? Let me know in me comments. Have a good weekend guys and may God Bless You!
Ninja <[0000]---------------[0000]> Writer
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*P.S. My family has a history of being friends to various degrees with the pastors of our church, I mean my Papaw and one of the preacher, God rest both their souls, use to pull pranks on each other. I think it was my Papaw, or my Dad, who asked the preacher, same one I just mention if I'm not mistaken, how he managed to pronounce some of those hard names and words in the Bible. The preacher said he just called it bread and butter and moved on.