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...
Last Bit of Summer: Mini-Reviews
And by last I really mean LAST. Two more days left in August and then it’s September. But doesn’t everyone count Labor Day weekend as summer? I’m going to, even as ready as I am for this summer to be over. Thankfully, my end-of-August reading has been outstanding. More about that later, but today I’ve got two easy reading selections, both revolving around subjects near and dear ... Read More...
Fun Summer Reading
Hello, lovely readers! Remember me? Remember fun? Let's pretend I'm sitting on a chaise relaxing by the lake in this photo. Ha. I survived the 2,200 mile drive from Ann Arbor, but am now ensconced in a utilitarian, extended stay hotel that is to put it kindly, dreary. My poor husband tries to manage Zoom calls at 5am with me sleeping in bed 3’ away. The fire alarm went ... Read More...
Bloomsbury Girls: A Novel
Hello! Before I get into my thoughts on the book I need to preface them. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while (thank you!) you know at least two things about me. One, my disdain for books I deem too sweet or cozy. Two, I’m not quiet when it comes to my thoughts about women’s rights. These are not worlds that usually collide, but today I have a 5-star fabulous novel, ... Read More...
With Love From London: A Novel
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...
In Every Mirror She’s Black
I was pulled into In Every Mirror She’s Black by the premise of three Black women who end up living in Sweden. Kemi is a marketing executive who’s been recruited by a phenomenal compensation project and a leadership role to a Swedish agency. Brittany is a flight attendant who is swept away by the owner of the agency when he becomes obsessed with her. Muna is a Somali refugee ... Read More...
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