It’s official: I want to move to Black Dog Bay. No, I’m not nursing a broken heart and in need of the Better Off Bed and Breakfast or the Eat Your Heart Out bakery (scratch that—I’ll never turn down a bakery). This tiny seaside village is simply the most charming place imaginable, and after reading Put … More Put “Put a Ring on It” on Your Must-read List
Tonight’s the night! Ever since our precious Outlander was adapted for the screen in the brilliant Starz series, we Sassenachs have been waiting for it to receive some major award recognition. And while the Hollywood Foreign Press may have made a huge omission in the nominees (seriously, how does Sam Heughan not get a nomination?), … More Why Outlander Deserves Some Golden Globes (and all of the awards ever)
Droughtlanders, I know you’re feeling me on this. Pretty much ever since the second we found out that there would be a second season of Outlander (Halleluiah!), we’ve all been dying to know the same thing: WHO WILL PLAY OUR FOREVER AND ALWAYS BOYFRIEND ROGER MAC?!?! Earlier this month, our Christmas miracle arrived. The powers … More Literary Hunk of December: Roger Wakefield
As readers, we can be so lucky to encounter that “right book at the right time” experience. That happened to me last year when I read Claire Cook’s Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention and I couldn’t stop singing its praises. (I still can’t. Seriously. Read this book!) Now, on the cusp of the … More Shine On: How to Grow Awesome Instead of Old
I’d like to give a huge thanks to Adriana Trigiani for making a life-long dream come true for me. Thanks to her latest, All the Stars in the Heavens, I was able to use the excuse, “Sorry, I can’t right now. I’m hanging out with Clark Gable.” And let me tell you: it felt … More All the Stars in the Heavens: Hanging Out with Silver Screen Icons
Ok. Don’t panic. Sophie Kinsella’s new Shopaholic book is out, and whatever you’re doing with your life, you need to stop, drop, and roll into your nearest bookstore and buy it like Becky Bloomwood-Brandon would. (She might buy a few copies–one for her best friend Suze, one for her mum, one for her mum’s … More Viva Las Becky!: Shopaholic to the Rescue
I love Elizabeth Gilbert. Whether she’s eating, praying and loving, writing beautiful historical fiction about botany, or just being super inspiring on Oprah, I gobble her words right up. When she announced earlier this year that she was working on a book all about creativity, I basically danced with joy like Balki Bartokomous and Cousin … More Big Magic: A Magically Creative Read
Some might say I’m a bit of a royal enthusiast. Like any sane person, I woke up at 3 a.m. on April 29, 2011, made my tray of tea and shortbread and watched the hours of pre-ceremony activity leading up to the wedding of the century. I have the Kate and William paper dolls (don’t … More The Royal We: Everything I Love in One Pretty Package
If you’ve ever read this blog, you’ll know that I’m a bit of a Little Women fanatic. I love the March sisters, and as a book nerd growing up in New England, Louisa May Alcott has always been one of my heroes. When I was in grad school, what started out as archival research on … More Little Woman in Blue: A Novel of May Alcott — And a Giveaway!
There are few things in life that get me more excited than a fabulous debut novel. When I can’t put it down, almost miss my train stops, and can’t stop telling everyone I come in contact with that they have to read it, I know I’ve encountered a special new voice in fiction. Kristen Harnisch’s … More The Vintner’s Daughter: One to Savor—Plus a Giveaway!
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