“Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.” – Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast This quote from Hemingway has always been one of my favorites, and it feels especially fitting today as I return … More A Moveable Feast: Moving and Memorable in Every Way
Quick—someone get me a tissue, a hug, and a big ol’ glass of sweet tea. The Murphy women of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s Peachtree Bluff series are back, and they are bringing along all of the feelings. Following last summer’s stunning Slightly South of Simple, The Secret to Southern Charm transports us back to the quaint … More Kristy Woodson Harvey’s The Secret to Southern Charm: Too Good to be Kept a Secret
Readers, you have spoken. Or should I say you have clicked your little paws off? After five rounds of competition with a bevy of literary dreamboats duking it out, a new champion has been named. And Great Scot, he is hot. In round one, he triumphed over poetic icon Dr. Yuri Zhivago. Round two saw … More March Hunkness: Our 2018 Champion of Hunks
Friends, Romans, bibliophiles….. THE FINAL FOUR ARE HERE! After two weeks and three rounds of March Hunkness competition, your votes have separated the hunky from the SUPER HUNKY, and now it’s time for our four remaining literary dreamboats to duke it out–dazzling head to dazzling head. (Full disclosure: I find all of our competitors super … More March Hunkness 2018: The Final Four
Readers, you really know how to keep a girl on her toes! Our second annual March Hunkness Tournament of Literary Hunks kicked off on Sunday, and so far you guys have made it so fun, so surprising, and SO NAIL-BITING. When voting in round one closed last night, there were some tight races. There were also … More March Hunkness: Round 2 – The Elite Eighteen
Get your voting fingers ready, friends… The 2nd annual March Hunkness competition is here! Last year, after six rounds of competition, your votes crowned Outlander‘s Jamie Fraser as our very first Book Perfume Champion of Hunks. Like the true warrior that he is, Jamie has carried out his duties beautifully over the past twelve months, being … More 2nd Annual March Hunkness: The Thrilling Thirty-four
You are scored on my heart, Clark. When Will Traynor wrote those famous words to Louisa Clark at the end of Me Before You, I pretty much cried, “Mine too, Will! MINE TOO!” Well, let’s be honest. I pretty much cried—and cried and cried and cried—into oblivion, but then I cried, “Mine too!” because Louisa … More Still Me by Jojo Moyes – And Why Louisa Clark is Still (and Always) With Me
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
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