It’s kind of hard to miss The Happiness Advantage. An orange book with a giant smiley face on the cover tends to
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Friday Reads: The Secret History
I knew I wanted to read everything Donna Tartt had ever written as soon as I started The Goldfinch. By the
Continue readingFriday Reads: Tolstoy And The Purple Chair
It is a gift we humans have, to hold on to beauty felt in a moment for a lifetime. –
Continue readingFriday Reads: Everybody Behaves Badly
“There was a real danger that “The Sun Also Rises” could have just been seen as a naughty roman a
Continue readingFriday Reads: Paris Without End
I made a reading list of books written by or about the women in Hemingway’s life, and I’ve finally started reading
Continue readingFriday Reads: Beaches
Can you even think of Beaches without hearing Bette Midler belt out “Wind Beneath My Wings”? I certainly can’t. I’ve
Continue readingFriday Reads: Writing the Intimate Character
“The best characters are so vivid that readers refuse to accept they don’t exist outside the pages of a book.”
Continue readingFriday Reads: Yes Please
Let me start off by saying that if you didn’t listen to the audiobook of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, you
Continue readingBook review: Drowning Ruth
“Ruth remembered drowning.” – Line one, page one of Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz I’ve had a copy of Drowning
Continue readingFriday Reads: The Girls
I was walking through the park the other day when I noticed the woman in front of me doing something
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