Archive for April, 2009

Coming Soon: Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster

I’ve been a follower of Jen Lancaster’s blog since before her first book was published, though I’m not a very good blog visitor these days, so when I got an email with the link to the trailer for her new book – coming in May – I HAD to share it. Watch! Then go buy [...]

Teaser Tuesdays: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas

On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between 7 and 12 lines. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way [...]

Review: Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons

Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons Get it from Amazon >> I’m not sure if I introduced Anne Rivers Siddons’ work to my mother, or if she introduced it to me, but when you want something a little bit beachy and a little bit romantic, with vibrant women characters, no one beats her. This is [...]

Review: Riding Lessons, by Sara Gruen

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen Get it from Amazon >> Water for Elephants was one of the best books I’d ever read, so when I was in the Mexico City airport last week with 500 pesos and an extra ninety minutes before my flight – and nothing to read – I took a chance and [...]

Review: Such a Pretty Fat, by Jen Lancaster

Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist’s Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big by Jen Lancaster Get it from Amazon >> Jen Lancaster is never not funny, but part of the reason I always enjoy her books is that even though I suspect our politics are wildly divergent, her exaggerated version [...]

Reviewed Elsewhere: The Mighty Queens of Freeville, by Amy Dickinson

The Mighty Queens of Freeville: a Mother, A Daughter, and the Town that Raised Them by Amy Dickinson Get it from Amazon >> * * * * * From time to time, I review books for other blogs, ezines and podcasts, but I still want to track what I’ve read. I recently reviewed True Colors [...]

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