Earlier in the week I reviewed The Heiresses as the opening to the beach reading season. For today I thought I’d continue the trend with another female friendly novel that just came out in paperback. Author Lauren Weisberger brings back the so-wicked-you-have-to-laugh Miranda Priestly in Revenge Wears Prada. In case you missed it the first time, here is my review. It’s been ... Read More...
The Heiresses
Sara Shepard is well-known for her YA series Pretty Little Liars which went on to become a wildly successful television show. Now she steps out of the YA world and into the world of wealthy young women in her new novel, The Heiresses: A Novel. The Saybrook family is known for two things: insane wealth and a curse that seems to be knocking them off at an alarming rate. The ... Read More...
The Snow Queen
People are more than you think they are. And they’re less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way between the two. Michael Cunningham’s new novel, The Snow Queen: A Novel, has an opalescent blue-green cover that shimmers with the same light Barrett Meeks sees above his head one stormy winter night in Central Park. Is it real or a product of his imagination? That ... Read More...
Wonderland
In fact, I was in wonderland then, but only in some hazy amber of memory. At the time, I wasn’t anywhere. I was reaching for the train as it disappeared, flash of silver, around a curve. Now I’m trying to go back to a place I’ve never been. Anna is a rock star. Not the classic variety but the indie variety. On her way to the top, with a record deal in hand and three albums ... Read More...
Happy Mother’s Day
Here's to all the beautiful mothers who read to their children, ensuring another generation of book lovers. My special thanks to my mother whom I credit in the About Me section of this blog. Thank you for the best gift you ever gave me. ... Read More...
Mother’s Day: Glitter and Glue
Glitter and Glue is a memoir that begins with Kelly Corrigan deciding to take a year off and travel around the world with her friend Tracy in order to break her post-college real world slump. The plans she’d so carefully laid out were not working as she’d hoped, leaving her in a low paying non-profit job and living with her grandmother. The pragmatic advice from her mother ... Read More...
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