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Book review: ‘Fly Away Home’ by Jennifer Weiner

Sylvie Serfer Woodruff — respected politician’s wife; mother of two; watcher of weight — knows she’s become a walking prop when news of her husband’s infidelity reaches the national news. Senator Richard Woodruff had a liason with a woman who could … Continue reading

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Getting cupcakes with Jennifer Weiner

Y’all might remember that little ol’ Pioneer Woman signing we attended in May — the one where we stood in line for four hours (four. hours.) to meet Ree Drummond. That was fun, sure, but the whole waiting in line … Continue reading

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Book review: ‘Best Friends Forever’ by Jennifer Weiner

Life for Addie Downs — overweight, from a weird family — changed dramatically the day Valerie Adler showed up on her small street in Illinois. The two young girls, misfits in their own ways, became fast friends — and stayed … Continue reading

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Cover art: The pinker, the better

Standing in a bookstore with shelves of paperbacks lined up neatly before me, I can tell you something with absolute certainty: my eye is professionally (er, habitually?) trained to seek out pink. During yesterday’s LitChat, a Twitter-based chat for book … Continue reading

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Waiting for Best Friends Forever

This Wednesday finds me impatiently waiting for the latest novel by Jennifer Weiner, one of my all-time favorite women’s fiction writers! No one can combine humor, heartbreak and solid writing so effortlessly, as Weiner did in her outstanding novels Little … Continue reading

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Booking Through Thursday: Authors talking

Let’s go Booking Through Thursday! This week’s question: Do you read any author’s blogs? If so, are you looking for information on their next project? On the author personally? Something else? I do read author’s blogs; I find them very interesting! … Continue reading

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