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April Reading Recap

May 1, 2025

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April has come and gone and we’re once again in the middle of spring in Seattle—a welcome mix of rain, sunshine, and everything in bloom. Every window in our house looks out onto a gorgeous explosion ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: memoir, mini-reviews, rom-com

Mistress of the Ritz

June 7, 2019

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I began this week with a novel that took place partly during World War II so will keep it clean and end that way. Except, Mistress of the Ritz takes place in the thick of it—Nazi headquarters in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical fiction, Paris, WWII

Hollywood Women: The Girls in the Picture

February 7, 2018

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  Mary Pickford was one of the first Hollywood stars, having acted from the time she was a child to not only maintaining her film career when silent moves became ‘talkies’, but going on to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Hollywood, pop culture, women

The Swans of Fifth Avenue

January 25, 2016

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  Once upon a time there was a group of very special women who lived in New York City. They were icons of fashion and social arbiters of everything that was right about high society. It was the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, book clubs, historical fiction, New York City, Random House, wealth

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