I know the weather is kind of hot, hotter this season, but who would like food served cold? If you want your food served hot, I mean sizzling hawt, Sizzlin’ Pepper Steak is for you.

Going home always does something to you. It assures you of who you are at the same time stripping you to your barest. Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie reminds you of this fact through the life of Waris Dirie.

The “Desert Flower” is Waris Dirie, a supermodel from Somalia. This is her autobiography detailing the travails of her life from desert Nomad to top model to UN Ambassador. I don’t know what it is with rags to riches stories but I ate this up like a hot fudge sundae on the hottest day of the year.

“A Little Piece of Ground” doesn’t offer any promises of a peaceful future that favors both parties. It just wants to be heard, so that in hearing, people can know.

I wish people would write more novels like this. So okay, this is a children’s book. But it’s nowhere juvenile. “The Bronze Bow” by Elizabeht George Speare hits a bullseye.

“Mara, Daughter of the Nile” by Eloise Jarvis McGraw is a romantic love story of my namesake. What pity…

The plot is complicated. The writing style is very easy to follow. Save for the few mathematical equations (which really stretched my intellect), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is one big Happy Meal that I can gleefully chew on for weeks.

A song for guys who’ve made a mistake in a decision they made with their girl. Back for good by take that captures the picture of a lover who fought with his girl and in the end, he realized it wasn’t worth losing her over to winning their argument.

Just a heads up on what McDonald’s has been cooking for the summer. There’s a new product on their menu, the Beef burger with rice!

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman is not just for the birds!