Tag Archives: New York City
Off to New York
Trains are really, really fun. I can’t remember the first time I ever rode one — maybe in Williams, Ariz., en route to the Grand Canyon — but they sure as heck beat bus travel or, in many ways, trying … Continue reading
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Preparing for the BBC: Practical Challenges of Blogging
Now that I’m not coughing myself into oblivion, friends, I think it’s high time I got back on the blogging wagon and began pondering the Big Projects I have going on this spring. After a somewhat frantic 2010, I was … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Textual Healing’ by Eric Smith
Once-famous author Andrew Connor is having a rough week. In a fit of frustration, his young girlfriend Daniela leaves him — and questions whether he’s even capable of writing anymore. Visiting a bookstore not long after, he finds his former … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘So Much Closer’ by Susane Colasanti
Brooke Greene has always felt the rush of “knowing” — a sensation most akin to realizing the right thing to do . . . and when to do it. The summer before senior year, Brooke’s longtime crush divulges he’s moving … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘J’adore New York’ by Isabelle Laflèche
When Catherine Lambert leaves her law firm’s Paris office for the glitzy allure of New York City, she’s not quite prepared for the whirlwind that soon becomes her life: a maze of racking up billable hours, battling diva bosses and … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘I Heart New York’ by Lindsey Kelk
After catching her fiance in The Act with some hussy at her best friend’s wedding, writer Angela Clarke can’t escape London fast enough. It’s as though a decade’s worth of anger, confusion and suffocation has exploded to the surface as … Continue reading
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