Book 48: Dirty Sexy Politics Meghan McCain I don’t know precisely what I was expecting from Dirty Sexy Politics but what I got was a hot mess of rambling and meandering writing with a few insights about the Republican party and the inner workings of a presidential campaign thrown in. Meghan McCain’s memoir about her […]
Book 47: Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare Cassie Clare is back, with a fantastic new heroine and a deeper look into the world of the Shadowhunters. Set in 1878, this first book in the Infernal Devices series brings Tessa Gray into London, searching for her brother. Just sixteen, Tessa finds herself kidnapped by members of the […]
Book 46: I Am Not Superwoman Further Essays on Happier Living Michele Woodward Back in June, I read Michele’s first book. I didn’t intend to review an author more than once in the blog this year, at least not in close succession, but sometimes life intervenes and here I am, finding myself doing exactly that. […]
Book 45: Mr. Peanut Adam Ross Marriage has been a theme the last couple of weeks. No, I’m not planning my own. However, my friend Michelle is planning a wedding, and conversation at our recent girls night out dinner with another friend focused largely on how hard couples must work to be happily married. I […]
Book 44: Bad Marie Marcy Dermansky Bad Marie could have been a cliche. The hot nanny; the bored, weak husband; the seemingly cold, ambitious wife. But Dermansky avoids death by predictability. I read Bad Marie in one day. I can’t precisely define what it is that made the story so compelling, but I was completely sucked […]