When Meg Cabot has a new book coming out, two tasks immediately move to the top of my to-do list: Go to the bookstore and buy said book Clear anything else off of my to-do list because all I’m going to do is read for 48 straight hours Needless to say, when her latest, The … More Cancel Your Plans and Pick Up “The Boy is Back”
To say that I’m a Gone with the Wind fan would be an understatement. I could recite the movie frontwards and back. I have a curio cabinet filled with music boxes and figurines of Scarlett and Rhett. I visited three Gone with the Wind museums in one day in Georgia, and no matter how many … More Stars in My Eyes Over “Stars Over Sunset Boulevard”
My white sundresses have officially been put away and my Facebook newsfeed is filled with kids in their way too adorable back-to-school outfits, so that can only mean one thing: It’s fall!!! Yes, I’m very excited about the prospect of boots and cute jackets in my near future, but more than that, I’m excited because … More The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living: One Delicious Read (and one delicious pie)
They grow up so fast, don’t they? Two years ago today, with the help of my trusty, furry assistant, Riggins, I launched Book Perfume and released it out into the world. And by that I mean tentatively sent it to a few friends and family members and said something like, “You don’t have to read … More How the Time Flew – Book Perfume is Two!
1998 was a great year. The Goo Goo Dolls were dizzying up the girl, Shakespeare was in love, and, in a fateful move, Ben Covington signed Felicity Porter’s yearbook with a message so profound that it changed the direction of her life (and our hearts) forever. On a personal note, I also had a baby … More In Twenty Years: A Reunion You Won’t Want to Miss
Two words: Bumblebee tights. That’s really all I need to say. I could end this blog post right there because if you’ve read Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You, you’ll know how much those two words truly capture everything wonderful about our Literary Hunk of the Month, Will Traynor. I’d prefer to end this blog post right … More Literary Hunk of August: Will Traynor
There are certain authors whose books I just fawn over. I ignore my emails, forget my everyday responsibilities, and have to remind myself when it’s time to eat because while it may feel like the book is feeding my soul, actual food is still in order. (If there are cupcakes, of course, I don’t need … More Be Certain to Read “A Certain Age”
Over the years, whenever I’ve found myself sitting down to a meeting with other women in my age group and everyone is snacking on something and one of us is recording things in a notebook, I’ve been known to say the same thing: “This meeting of The Baby-sitters Club is now in session!” Realistically, it’s … More 10 Things Every Baby-sitters Club Fan Knows for Sure
In her brief life, Emily Bronte created a novel with characters so unforgettable that we still talk about them—and some of us obsess over them—nearly two hundred years later. From the passionate-to-a-fault Cathy and Heathcliff, to the uppity Edgar and Isabella Linton, to the viciously cray-cray Hindley, the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and the neighboring … More Literary Hunk of July: Hareton Earnshaw
I can still remember the first time I held an Ernest Hemingway book in my hands. It was the summer before my senior year of high school, and The Sun Also Rises was among the many titles we could choose from to read and report back on in the fall. As I wandered my way … More A Girly Girl’s Literary Love Affair with Ernest Hemingway
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