Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter, The Bungalow, and The Violets of March and Camille Noe Pagán, journalist and author of The Art of Forgetting, have teamed up to bring you Books & Bites, a Facebook page where they pair great books and yummy food and cocktails! Today, they've brought you two sweet pairings just in time for Valentine's Day!
Two books I'm really excited about right now (both are on my nightstand and waiting to be devoured) are Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, and Me Before You by Jojo Meyers. Both have romantic elements in their plots, making them great contenders for Valentine's week reading!
Camille read and adored Me Before You by Jojo Meyers recently, and I'm a quarter of the way through and loving it! One of our first posts on Books & Bites, Camille shared a recipe for lemon cornmeal sheet cookies that she made while reading the book, and several readers wrote us to say that they loved them (the book, and the cookies!). (As if we needed a new excuse to have a cookie!)
Link: http://www.marthastewart.com/852287/lemon-cornmeal-sheet-cookie
Link: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mediterranean-orzo-salad-with-feta-vinaigrette-10000001065540/
Thanks, Sarah & Camille!
More about Sarah Jio and Camille Noe Pagán
Sarah Jio is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Blackberry Winter, The Bungalow, and The Violets of March, which was a Library Journal Best Book of 2011. Her fourth novel, The Last Camellia, will be out in May, and her fifth, set on a houseboat in Seattle, will be published in November. Her books have been sold for translation in 19 countries. To learn more about Sarah, visit www.sarahjio.com or find her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahjioauthor.
Camille Noe Pagán is the author of the novel The Art of Forgetting (Penguin) and a journalist whose work has appeared in Allure, Forbes.com, O: The Oprah Magazine, PARADE, SELF and many others. She lives in Ann Arbor.
Photo credits: Martha Stewart and Cooking Light
