Friday Recommends – Food and Flicks

I've been all around and about this week and found some good stuff.

While poking for my post at Fatal Foodies on hummus, I came across this lovely site with recipes for Middle Eastern food.

Found a couple of excellent book review sites for deciding what to read next or, if I'm wearing my author hat, for getting a book reviewed: The Book Boost Blog and Darlene's Book Nook.

If you don't feel like reading, try one of these movies I had never heard of before I found them at the library or had them loaned to me. I LOVED these off-beat wonders:

Inkheart – Brendan Fraser. Andy Serkis without CGI. Need I say more?

Let It Ride – Richard Dreyfuss as a sad sack who has a special day at the races.

North – Elijah Wood as a little kid and Bruce Willis in a pink bunny suit. What could go wrong?

Everything is Illuminated – Elijah Wood again. Hated the novel; didn't finish it; loved this movie. I saw this before I saw Lord of the Rings.

The Burbs – Tom Hanks. Bruce Dern. Carrie Fisher. Corey Feldman. BROTHER THEODORE.

I'll leave you with five. Hope you find them, and hope you enjoy them. They all make-a me happy.

WRITING PROMPT: What movie or public entertainment makes your main character happy? OR have a character unexpectedly charmed by a piece of off-beat entertainment.

MA