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Semi-Charmed Life

August 3, 2012

Beatrice Bernstein, of the art world Bernsteins, is faced with a difficult decision: spend her senior year living in a roach and mold infested basement apartment or ghost-write a blog for the chic and mysterious socialite, Veruca Pfeffernoose. Balancing her ethics against sleepless nights fully clothed to avoid any contact with anything in her closet-apartment and Beatrice’s ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, debut, New York City, St. Martin's Press

The After Wife: A Novel

July 30, 2012

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One of the reasons reading is such a marvelous thing is because it can be tailored to suit every mood. When I’m reading a book to be reviewed I need to pay attention, a bit like studying in college but if you only ever had to study your favorite subject. Sometimes, I want to read the way I watch bad TV- blindly with no greater goal than to be amused. No thought involved. Gigi ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit

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