Julie & Julia, Julie Powell

Excerpt:
"If you could see Julie stuffing pepper and lard up the asshole of a dead pigeon," he wrote, "you'd realize how profoundly affected she's been already."

Feeling like her life is caving in, a woman suddenly decides to cook every recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking (possibly only volume one, not sure) within a year. This leads to money problems and strain on her marriage, but also makes for one hell of a book.

The account is funny and really hard to put down. I really enjoyed reading it.

Death Times Three, Rex Stout

Three more Nero Wolfe stories. I thought I had read one, then had to go back to it after I read the introduction and found out it was a new version.

Entertaining read.

City of Names, Kevin Brockmeier

Howie Quackenbush orders 101 Pickle Jokes from the school book club, but what he gets is a guide to the town that lets him transport himself all over the place. He and his friends have a great time with it, and it helps distract him from his parents' mania about the coming baby.

Fun, fast read.