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Joan is Okay

February 2, 2022

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Joan is happy with her life. She loves her job as an ICU doctor at a NYC hospital. Her boss thinks she’s amazing. She has a nice apartment in a doorman building. Why then do so many of the people ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, literary, women

Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography

November 10, 2021

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Suicide is always shocking to those left behind, but when it’s someone famous, someone with what looks to be a “dream” life, it feels even more inexplicable. This was the case June 2018 when Anthony ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: biography, contemporary life, food

All Together Now

October 29, 2021

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After State of Terror I was in desperate need of reading that would unclench my jaw. I was grateful to find it with Matthew Norman’s All Together Now, an entertaining novel about a group of high ... Read More...

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

We Are Not Like Them: A Novel

October 11, 2021

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I’m a fan of diverse reading. There are so many places I’ve never gone and experiences I haven’t had in real life. Visiting them in the pages of a book helps expand my horizons and opens my mind in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, friendship, racism

In Every Mirror She’s Black

October 7, 2021

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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 ... Read More...

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

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