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Two women who spread peace with bread and circuits

Nov

03

May their children e-mail one another and not bomb one another May they download each other’s mother’s bread recipes This line from the poem “Fayetteville as in Fate” comes from E-mails from Scheherazad , a 2003 collection by Professor Mohja … Continue reading →

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John Madden & My Fitness Pal web/mobile app

Oct

23

Are any of you using MyFitnessPal? Please consider friending me there, I could use the accountability help. Here’s the link to my profile: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/bwolsk1 My waist measurement isn’t in the healthy range. Though not, perhaps, to the level of John … Continue reading →

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Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Sugar and Spice

Aug

10

Summer isn’t over, despite the fact that my supermarket just put out sequined Halloween flower vases. If you still have some long car trips planned, and especially if you have a tween daughter, you might want to read or listen … Continue reading →

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Marilynne Robinson, Bethenny Frankel & Crush Advice

Jul

20

There are hundreds of novels and nonfiction books that I respect, but not enough to read. I’m grateful for podcast interviews so that I can learn while exercising and chore zapping. Recently, while jogging on a boardwalk through a rice … Continue reading →

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Short Story Collection Giveaway

May

10

  This month Erika Dreifus (author, blogger, and editor of Fiction Writers Review) is coordinating a short story collection giveaway in honor of Short Story Month. I’m participating by reviewing and giving away a copy of Other People We Married … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Novels from Carrie Ryan and Lauren Oliver

Apr

14

[If you're not sure what dystopian fiction is, or if you are a fan of the genre already, see my P.S. about it at the end of this article.] In honor of Support Teen Lit Day, which is today!!, the … Continue reading →

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THE WOMAN IN THE WALL: A Novel for Ages 13-113

Apr

13

In honor of Support Teen Lit Day this Thursday, the websites Readergirlz and Figment are sponsoring a book drop called Rock the Drop. So today and tomorrow, I’m supporting young adult lit by reviewing books that deserve more attention. The … Continue reading →

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Claire Dederer’s “Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses”

Feb

22

I loved Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses by Claire Dederer. I want say that before I admit I didn’t begin to enjoy it until I reached the twenty-sixth page, when Dederer’s narrative voice grabbed me with one word. … Continue reading →

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Earnest (But Ultimately Cynical) Potboilers from 1983

Feb

08

Joy Fielding’s THE OTHER WOMAN and Trevanian’s THE SUMMER OF KATYA are forgotten jewels. I read these almost back-to-back, but didn’t realize that both books were published in the same year until I began writing this post. 1983 must have … Continue reading →

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A Salacious, Yet Unexpectedly Boring Biography

Jan

24

BOOK REVIEW #3 If celebrity biographies are your guilty reading pleasure, you may be wondering if you should read Kitty Kelley’s Oprah: A Biography in light of today’s biggest tabloid story. A lost half-sister named Patricia turns out to be … Continue reading →

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