Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk (the author of Fight Club), is strangely uplifting. The writing style is pure Palahniuk. Disjointed, minimalist, every word packing a punch.
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A couple of months back Jo brought in some peanut butter cookies her mum baked. They were absolutely fantastic. So peanutty and rich in flavour and yet so light and airy. I immediately asked for the recipe.

After nursing a craving for these cookies for over a week, I finally snapped and whipped up a batch at 11:30
pm last night.

Yum.

The recipe is here.
It’s actually quite simple to make them. Highly recommended.

I spotted these at Central Market and knew I had to get them D At about 13:30 on Saturday, there weren’t many mushrooms left as the market was about to close and wouldn’t re-open till the following Tuesday.
Even though they were expensive – $7.50 for 250 g (O_O|||) – I bought one to try (only one!!). I got a larger one and it cost $3.50.

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