Hemingway’s Girl was a really good read. Let that be said, first of all. I haven’t read any Hemingway since I was in junior high, sneaking into my sisters’ bedroom to read the books from their Great Books literature class. I did this in hopes of either becoming super smart, or at least perhaps I might …
Cynthia Sass, a registered dietician and coauthor of “Flat Belly Diet!”, has written a New York Times Bestseller, entitled “S*A*S*S! yourself slim”. The first edition of this book, in hardback, was published as “Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches”. This second edition, in paperback, contains new material, including “sensational swaps”(tips on how to …
Come to the Edge: a love story by Christina Haag recounting her relationship with John F. Kennedy, Jr. Come to the Edge is a memoir, written by actress/author Christina Haag. This book arrived on my doorstep because from time to time I participate in a book club/Twitter party with Andrea Katz, of Great Thoughts. Andrea must have …
It’s a good read! Yes, I’m going to do it. I’m going to offer you my review of “Saving CeeCee Honeycutt”, the New York Times bestseller, by Beth Hoffman. A BRIEF WORD TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN’T READ THIS BOOK: Normally, I shy away from reading book reviews of books I haven’t read, because …
I just finished reading a novel entitled Exposure, whose premise I found to be extremely thought provoking, as a parent of teenaged children. Without giving away any important plot elements that are not mentioned on the cover of the book, the story revolves around a young teenaged couple who have fallen in love, and who …
I just finished reading Garlic and Sapphires, a memoir by Ruth Reichl. (In case that title looks a bit familiar to you, Ms. Reichl borrowed the phrase from a poem by T. S. Eliot called Burnt Norton. The phrase goes: “Garlic and sapphires in the mud/Clot the bedded axle-tree./The trilling wire in the blood/Sings below …