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Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame

April 30, 2024

mrs. quinn's

The trend of lighter reading has been working for me so I thought I’d wrap up April with one more charming novel. Mainly because it combined two things I really love: a favorite TV show and sumptuous descriptions of baking. The novel is Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame and is about Jenny, a 77-year-old British woman who applies to and gets on a national TV show called Britain Bakes. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: England, food, humor, vacation reading

Check & Mate

December 8, 2023

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Mallory is only 18 but she already has an unwanted reputation. She’s the only person to have beaten Nolan Sawyer, the 20-year-old World Chess Champion who hasn’t lost in over three years. Some would be thrilled, but Mallory hates chess and hasn’t played since that infamous game. This is the board upon which Ali Hazelwood arranges her players in Check & Mate, a young adult ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, rom-com, young adult

The Sweet Spot

October 18, 2023

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When Phillip gets an amazing job in Berlin he offers his rundown, but much-loved brownstone in Greenwich Village to his son and his family. What he doesn’t know is that the house will become the host for a wide array of characters and outrageous situations, including his daughter-in-law’s mother, who shows up unannounced to help out and the young woman they hire because they do ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, contemporary life, vacation reading

Nora Goes Off Script

May 22, 2023

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When Nora’s husband leaves their family to pursue his dreams, she does what she always does—she writes about it. Nora earns her living writing romance movies for cable TV, but in Nora Goes Off Script she changes things up and writes reality. The result is a screenplay that gets picked up by a major studio, complete with movie stars in the lead roles. All of whom descend on ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, chick lit, vacation reading, women

Women Are the Fiercest Creatures

April 3, 2023

women are the fiercest creatures

Imagine a dating app, like Tinder or OkCupid, but for friends. Specifically designed for women with an algorithm that leads to forming friendships based on like-minded beliefs, similar hobbies (loving books!), any of the elements that go into creating meaningful friendships. That’s the premise behind Andrea Dunlop’s new novel Women Are the Fiercest Creatures. Jake Sarnoff ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: vacation reading, women

With Love From London: A Novel

February 24, 2022

London

It’s a fact that I’m almost always going to read books about books even if they don’t always work out. Thankfully, that wasn’t a problem with the novel With Love From London. Set in London (yes!), a former librarian who loves rare books (yes, again!), inherits a book store (OK, now you’re killing me), and the apartment above it (STOP IT). Seriously, a bookstore and apartment in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, London

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