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All the Beauty in the World

March 10, 2023

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Patrick Bringley is in his 20s and working at his dream job at The New Yorker magazine when a tragedy strikes his family that leaves him unable to give the job what it requires. His grief is such that ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: art, memoir, New York City

Deliberate Cruelty

November 25, 2022

deliberate

I’ve always had a fascination with high society and the people who chronicle it. Fiction like The Swans of Fifth Avenue  and memoirs like Dilettante are some of my favorite reading. In keeping with ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: history, New York City, true crime, wealth

The Cloisters: A Novel

November 16, 2022

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The Cloisters by Katy Hays has a catnip premise for readers like me: A studious young woman graduates from college and moves to the big city to get away from her sad, small-town life. In this case the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, new adult, New York City

Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster

March 14, 2022

dilettante

Good morning! Sometimes I read a book and love it so much that I agonize over the words to review it. Then, there is the more unusual experience of a book that is such easy, delicious reading words ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: debut, memoir, New York City, pop culture

The Bestseller: A Novel

August 5, 2021

bestseller

The Bestseller had two things going for it when I saw it in my library online catalog. One, it was Available Now so not hold list to wait through and two, the author’s name, Olivia Goldsmith, sounded ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: chick lit, New York City, publishing, vacation reading

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