Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

Cutlery. I'm afraid this is one of those ideas that sounds really simple, but turns out to be very difficult. I'm hoping all of Chien's Noodle House mysteries have some sort of cutlery on the cover.

Chopsticks count as cutlery, right?

Sadly, the dictionary disagrees with me. "Cutlery" is specifically: knives, forks, or spoons.

Happily, the fourth Noodle House book features a SPOON:
Wonton Terror


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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

The Impossible Knife of Memory

I've wanted to read ever since I enjoyed The Magpie Murders.

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body would definitely apply for the cover.

The Knife of Never Letting Go works for both title and cover.

I'll be reading The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School because I already have it.

This is a weird book - might be good for those going through a bad break up... Season to Taste or How to Eat Your Husband - has fork and knife on the cover.

I might assume that's a spoon in the sundae and use Homicide and Halo-Halo.

I picked up Heartburn by Nora Ephron today because it had a fork on the cover.

Elaine wrote: "I've wanted to read ever since I enjoyed The Magpie Murders."

I love this series - waiting for the 3rd via Libby! Enjoy!

I read In My Dreams I Hold a Knife earlier this year and would highly recommend it for dark academia fans! Oddly, it has a pair of scissors on the cover, but it definitely works and I feel like it's been underhyped.

So no sporks allowed? Not that I have a book suggestion for that. ;)

Just found one: Don't know if it's any good, but it definitely fits the prompt!

Erica wrote: "So no sporks allowed? Not that I have a book suggestion for that. ;)"

I just had to do a quick search, after reading your comment: there is a children's book called , about a little spork trying to find out where he fits into the world!

Thanks @Rachel I feel the need to read that now. :)

I am going with Little Cruelties

A Wolf at the Table

In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an awesome read- now I wish I had saved it for 2022!

Here is a fun cover The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades

The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery

Sugar by Kimberly Stuart is what I'm reading

In the middle grade / YA category, Save Me a Seat has a fork and a spoon on the cover.

A friend just suggested Death by Cannibal: Minds with an Appetite for Murder.

Meredith! wrote: "In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an awesome read- now I wish I had saved it for 2022!"

Totally agree!

I think I dreamed I found a book for this prompt. Crazy, wot?!

Meredith! wrote: "In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an awesome read- now I wish I had saved it for 2022!"

The cover I see has a pair of scissors, not a knife, strangely enough, so it wouldn't count anyway.

Doni wrote: "Meredith! wrote: "In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an awesome read- now I wish I had saved it for 2022!"

The cover I see has a pair of scissors, not a knife, strangely enough, so it wouldn't count a..."

But, it says "or in the title" so it would totally count.

I'm going with The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood I think or Egg & Spoon sounds good too?

It might be harder to find outside of Upstate NY, but I think I'm going to go with
Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table

I found this website with a whole lot of options

https://fictionophile.com/2019/11/23/...

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Jordan wrote: "I found this website with a whole lot of options

https://fictionophile.com/2019/11/23/..."

It is great. Thanks a lot, Jordan.

I have The Dinner by Herman Koch and Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer.

Arsenic and Adobo feature a fork and spoon on the cover!

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe would work.

I was going to use Arsenic and Adobo for a different prompt, so I'll probably read Can't Escape Love for this. although I could use that one for the mobility aid prompt instead...

also, from what I could find when googling, it seems like cutlery refers to western food impliments, like knife, fork, spoon, spork, and other hybrid utensils. some articles suggested it could be extended to serving utensils as well (like Ladle? I guess?). but non-Western impliments, like chopsticks, don't seem to count. bummer. this is a weird prompt.

I'm going to be reading The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue (It's also becoming a movie in 2022!)

Some books in the Dexter series have knives on the cover. I think you could also say they fall under the double lives category.

I’m hoping this has recipes in it like the first book did!

Ellie wrote: "I might assume that's a spoon in the sundae and use Homicide and Halo-Halo.

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Agree with both!

Rachel wrote: "Some books in the Dexter series have knives on the cover. I think you could also say they fall under the double lives category."

Crystal wrote: "also, from what I could find when googling, it seems like cutlery refers to western food impliments, like knife, fork, spoon, spork, and other hybrid utensils. some articles suggested it could be e..."

I found one list that counted chopsticks, which led me to use Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young when I came across this prompt in a completely different challenge, which is such a wild stretch, but I was determined to only use books from my TBR! (I'm not always successful with this, often some very vigorous stretching is required!)

This time, I am also cheating, because it said "on the cover" and an author's name is often on the cover, so I'm going for Hunted by Meagan Spooner because it is on my TBR and I am stubborn!

More suggestions (as ever, not all have been read!):

Proper fits:

Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman (second in the series, I think, definitely a sequel)
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (second in a series)
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon by Christopher Paolini (companion book to the Inheritance Cycle)

Not so proper:

Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon
Geology For Dummies by Alecia M. Spooner

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Canongate just sent me a review copy of The Old Woman with the Knife so if Homicide and Halo-Halo has recipes in I can move books around.

I just found The Other Husband today. I think I have my choice for this prompt.

ETA:

Could also work for the prompt about a party, or for book set in London for 1 of your sister cities.

Carly wrote: "The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements"

I read this year before last and it was really interesting!

Because I have to do this for the Read Harder challenge, I'm going to read The Best American Food Writing 2020

Katy wrote: "I'm going with The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood I think or Egg & Spoon sounds good too?"

The Edible Woman is FANTASTIC. I loved it. Great choice. I wish more people knew about this gem from Margaret Atwood.