Monthly Archives: July 2010
Book review: ‘Hot Mess: Summer In The City’ by Julie Kraut and Shallon Lester
Emma Freeman and Rachel Wolfe are busting out of the suburbs and heading to the city — the big city. Securing (unpaid) summer internships through Mommy and Daddy’s connections, the girls arrive in New York City with inflated egos and … Continue reading
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‘Eclipse’ featured less mouth breathing and abs, but more disturbing relationship insights
Despite my one-time obsession with Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, something was preventing me from getting incredibly excited about seeing “Eclipse,” the third installment in “The Twilight Saga,” the film adaptations of the bestselling books. I mean, like “New Moon,” I … Continue reading
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Cover art: Let’s chow down
I’m not going to dance around the issue here, friends: your girl Meg likes to eat. I come from a long line of very fine folks who enjoy a good meal, I’ll add, and no — that’s not a reference … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Season of Second Chances’ by Diane Meier
Joy Harkness has had it with New York City. Leaving her post as a professor at Columbia University and selling her cluttered apartment, Joy accepts a new position in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she busies herself as a member of a new … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
‘The Passage’ scares the tar out of me, and I haven’t even read it
Signs I spend too much time reading book reviews: I’m now dreaming about book plots. From books I haven’t even read. And frankly? Well, it’s starting to get a little creepy. While I don’t always remember my nightmares, some of … Continue reading
How ‘let’s play it by ear’ stopped striking fear in my little heart
Weeks after returning from the beach, it’s hard to conjure up those warm, the-sun-is-on-my-face and I-have-a-book-in-my-lap feelings. Work is busy. Birthdays are coming. Each weekend in the summer seems scheduled, arranged and preordained, each moment maximized for our enjoyment. Supposedly. … Continue reading
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