It can be so very easy to lose yourself when you’re not looking. Life gets busy, you put everyone else’s needs before your own, and the next thing you know, you can’t even remember the last time you’ve seen the person you used to be—and you can’t remember the last time anyone else has seen … More Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties by Camille Pagan
Confession time: I’ve had a hard time letting go of Christmas this year. I still have a few lingering holiday decorations hanging up that I’m now calling “winter flair” and I’m deeply mourning the end of my Candy Cane Milanos. (How will I ever wait another ELEVEN MONTHS for them to come back?!) I love … More Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb: A Gorgeous Read Any Time of Year
I have a lot to thank Brandon Flowers for. He fronts my favorite band, writes anthems that cut right to the heart, and puts on just about the greatest show imaginable. I adore Brandon Flowers, and now I adore him even more because his gorgeous song “Between Me and You” inspired Allison Winn Scotch to … More Allison Winn Scotch’s Between Me and You: A Great Story From Beginning To End (And End to Beginning)
The halls are decked, the carolers are about, and Christmas is only three days away! As a Jane Austen fan, this time of year always has me thinking about Emma and the Westons’ Christmas Eve dinner. It especially has me thinking about that dashing Mr. Knightley and how, the moment it starts to snow, he … More Literary Hunk of December: Mr. Knightley
The stockings are hung, the tree is up, we’ve seen our first snowfall, and I’ve gone A LITTLE OVERBOARD with doggie Christmas outfits. That can only mean one thing: The howlidays are here!! Wait, did I just say howlidays? That must be because I just finished the puptastic 6th installment of Claire Cook’s Must Love … More Claire Cook Unleashes More Fun with Must Love Dogs: A Howliday Tail
Growing up as a book lover in New England, there was no one I revered more than Louisa May Alcott. With Little Women, she gave me a favorite book, a set of characters I’d love for life, and the belief that one day I too could become a writer. As I got older and dipped … More The Other Alcott: An Extraordinary Read About an Extraordinary Woman
Sometimes you pick up a book and fall in love with everything about it. You want to move to the town where it takes place, live alongside its characters, and eat whatever they’re eating. That happened to me when I read Louise Miller’s The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, a true gem of a … More Bookish Chat: Dishing on Writing and Baking with Louise Miller
It’s Thanksgiving week, friends, and you know what I’m grateful for? I mean aside from my family, my friends, MY DOG, and stuffing. I’m grateful for genuinely good people—real and fictional. And even though I’ve always had a soft spot for the bad boy with a heart of gold, sometimes a girl needs a literary … More Literary Hunk of November: John Brooke
Acupuncture and typhoid and seasickness—oh, my! Outlander has finally arrived at the voyage portion of Voyager, and Episode 309, “The Doldrums,” is setting a course for adventure! I can’t be the only one who has been singing the theme to The Love Boat all week now, can I? Let’s climb aboard and discuss all of … More Outlander Superlatives: Episode 309 – The Doldrums
Over a year ago, I named Wuthering Heights’ Hareton Earnshaw as our Literary Hunk of July, sending my sincere apologies to my main man Heathcliff with this note: Sorry, Heathcliff. Sure, you’re kind of hot and one of my favorite literary characters of all time, and my heart goes out to the torment you had … More Literary Hunk of October: Heathcliff
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