A Pop of White
On Monday night I dashed through one of the quickest books I’ve ever read: Betty White’s latest memoir. It took me about 40 minutes, cover to cover. That’s 258 pages. And no, I wasn&...
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A Fairy Tale Quartet
It hurts me a little to admit this, but I am kind of a snob about certain kinds of books. One genre that I almost never read is romance fiction. I mean, sure, when I was a teenager, I might have grabb...
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting
After finding out I was pregnant, one of the first things I did was make sure I got a copy of the so-called pregnancy bible, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Now in its fourth edition, it...
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Lost and Found: A Book Miracle
Sometime during the midst of my pregnancy-related hiatus, I had a small gift conferred on me, via a friend, by the Goddess of Books and Reading. (Is there such a god/goddess? If not, there should be.)...
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Girls in White Dresses
This book was not what I expected. Here’s an excerpt from the book jacket: “Isabella, Mary and Lauren feel like everyone they know is getting married. On Sunday after Sunday, at bridal sho...
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Can Rowling Recapture the Magic?
I recently came across this news item in the Huffington Post that stirred intense excitement, mixed with some trepidation, into the cauldron of my heart: New JK Rowling Book Obviously, I’m excit...
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