Tag Archives: new books
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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Book review: ‘Along For The Ride’ by Sarah Dessen
The summer before she starts college, overachiever Auden West makes the unexpected decision to spend her vacation with her father, stepmother Heidi and newborn baby sister Thisbe in their beachside town of Colby. Since her parents’ divorce two years ago, … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Embers’ by Hyatt Bass
The Embers is a sad, sad story. I say this immediately so any hope you may hold that things are going to improve for the doomed Ascher family will evaporate before you even crack the spine of Hyatt Bass’s debut … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Penny Pinchers Club’ by Sarah Strohmeyer
Lost in the lush, comfortable world of shopping-as-sport, suburban mom, wife and interior designer Kat Griffiths is about to get one serious reality check on the world of consumerism, wants and needs. When Kat digs into her family’s finances for … Continue reading
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Along For The Ride — just six days to go!
What am I waiting quite impatiently for this Wednesday? Sarah Dessen’s newest release, Along For the Ride, which publishes Tuesday, June 16! I’m a longtime fan of Dessen, a young adult writer from North Carolina who captivates with each and every … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Best Intentions’ by Emily Listfield
First came the facts: A 39-year-old woman is discovered dead in her apartment in Manhattan. And then, especially for Lisa Barkley, come the questions: Why? How? And where did this all begin? Emily Listfield’s Best Intentions is the story of … Continue reading
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