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Absorbing books are really a double-edged sword. On one hand, it's good that they're absorbing, because that means it's a good book. On the other hand, they can make it veeeeery hard to work on other things. Ever had that happen? I ended up having to sit down and finish Garden Spells (Sarah Addison Allen) when I got home, because it would not leave me alone all day. It's a neat book, about a kitchen witch and her family and the apple tree in her garden that ends up being very much a character in the story. The idea of kitchen witches really intrigues me, I think because they use a type of magic that's very rooted in reality. It was actually a really sweet story too, but thanks to the revelation of a big secret early on in the story, I ended up having to keep reading, because I knew it would come back to bite everyone in the end, and I had to see what happened. Putting the book down meant being driven to distraction while I tried to work on measuring. So I'm glad I finished it and finally have some closure.

Well, maybe. The book has made me really interested in trying out cooking with edible flowers. And there has been interest expressed in making a flower bed to go with the vegetable and herb beds. Hmmm...