Monthly Archives: October 2010
Oh, how the latte has fallen from grace
You guys aren’t going to believe me, but I’m going to tell you a sad truth. In the past month, I’ve had four — four — pumpkin spice lattes since my most favorite of all drinks was re-introduced at Starbucks, … Continue reading
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Wordless Weds.: St. Mary’s Oyster Festival, Maryland
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Book review: ‘A Desirable Residence’ by Madeleine Wickham
One house in Silchester, England, brings together three unlikely groups of people in this novel of deceit, debt and escalating — but unrealized — hopes. Liz and Jonathan Chambers are homeowners up to their eyeballs in money troubles, scrambling to pay … Continue reading
Filed under 2-star reads, book reviews
Everybody’s free (to write a gushy fangirl letter)
I’ve always been a fangirl. I’m pretty sure it started during my rampant and incredibly serious obsession with Hanson, that flaxen-haired trio of Oklahoma brothers who took the music scene by storm (storm, I tell you!) in 1997 with “MMMBop,” … Continue reading
Book review: ‘Extraordinary’ by Nancy Werlin
Friendship, family and heritage are put to the test in this young adult fantasy that had me bumbling through portions, bored and listless, but frantically turning the pages other times as we surged toward the Big Mystery. Phoebe Rothschild and … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
‘With her nose stuck in a book,’ Belle is a kindred spirit
Every little girl has a penchant for a certain Disney princess. Maybe it’s Ariel, the redheaded and adventurous heroine of “The Little Mermaid” who is sick of living “under the sea” with singing crabs and fat blue-and-yellow fish. Or perhaps … Continue reading
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