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Book Recommendation — The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
What would life be like if I married someone else? This is the premise of the funny and thought-provoking novel, The Husbands , by Holly Gramazio After an evening out celebrating her friend’s upcoming wedding, Lauren returns home to a husband, and a life she doesn’t recognize. How drunk is she? Her new husband, Michael has mysteriously appeared. Soon, she discovers that she can rid herself of this unknown man by sending him up the ladder to the attic. The only problem is tha
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Interview with children’s book author Denyse Waissbluth
I met up with Denyse Waissbluth , author of Teatime Around the World appropriately, at a tea shop. Her first children’s book has...
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Book Recommendation — Never, Never, Hardly Ever by Kelly McKenzie
Never, Never, Hardly Ever by Kelly McKenzie Some books find their way into your life just when you need them. For me, this was Never,...
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Book Recommendation — How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
How to Age Disgracefully By Clare Pooley I knew I couldn’t pass up a title like this. It seems books about rule-breaking seniors are...
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The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club #4)
A book recommendation for Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die, the fourth and final installment of the Thursday Murder Club series.
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The List of Last Chances by Christina Myers
Book recommendation Road Trip! The List of Last Chances By Christina Myers If you have ever contemplated packing everything up and just...
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Book recommendation — The Door-to-Door Bookstore
The Door-to-Door Bookstore is a quiet novel about a quiet man’s life — until a precocious 9-year-old girl enters his life. For book lovers.
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Book recommendation — The Guncle and The Guncle Abroad
The Guncle and The Guncle Abroad follow the antics of the charming, funny and perfectly flawed Patrick O'Hara and family. Not to be missed.
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Book recommendation — The Perfect Family
The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding We all know them — those people who make life appear effortless. That’s the Adler family. It seems...
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Book recommendation — The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Another book about books. I sense a theme. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill By Abbi Waxman In The Bookish Life of Nina Hill , the title...
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Book recommendation — Helene Hanff
84, Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street [an inseparable pair] By Helene Hanff The power of books lies not just in...
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What book should I read next?
As the author of Entitled : Life Isn’t Easy When You’re A Book, there’s a question I’m often asked: What book should I read next? When I...
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Sleeping with the editor
I typed THE END and checked the word count: a little more than 90,000. I’m done, I smiled. Finally, I had finished my novel, the one that...
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Ode to a cable car
After living in New York, it felt like the obvious choice. You could live here without a car. It’s relatively walkable -— once you learn...
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Books I have read and why — Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch
A bookshelf doesn’t just hold books. It holds memories. Back in the 90s, when I was single and actively looking for love, I was...
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Let the story tell itself.
Here I sit, at start of a new year, starting a new novel. Staring at the blank page, or in this case a blank word document, I’m filled...
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