Quick Pick: First Comes Love, by Emily Giffin

Opening lines: It is the first day of school, a symbolic and hopeful fresh start, at least that's what I tell myself as I stand before my captive, well-scrubbed audience of ten boys and eleven girls in my J.Crew finest - gold ballet flats, gray pants, and a pink,...

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Book Review: Meternity, by Meghann Foye

"One more. How many weeks are you right now?" "I don't know?" I freeze. I look down at the app. Since "weeks" start on Mondays, I'm at the tail end of sixteen weeks. Just a little over five months until October 20. My "due date," I realize with strange solemnity. ... Everywhere,...

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Upcoming: Bookstock at Laurel Park Place (Livonia, MI), May 15-22

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon about Bookstock, the book and media sale event in Livonia, MI. As a book blogger and avid reader, I had actually never heard of Bookstock prior to this, but it's a fun event where you can pick up some books, DVDs,...

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Quick Pick: When I'm Gone

Opening lines: It was a beautiful funeral. How could it not be? Natalie planned the whole thing, and she always had a knack for entertaining. Luke and Natalie had visited the funeral home together, but Nat did all the work. From the donation basket for the National...

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Book Review: Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari

You didn't marry each other because you were madly in love; you married because you could make a family together. While some people said they were getting married for love, the pressure to get married and start a family was such that not every match could be a love match, so...

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GIVEAWAY: After the Fire, by Jane Casey {ends 5/10}

After the Fire by Jane Casey makes its debut today, and I have a copy for one of my lucky readers to win! This is the sixth book in the Maeve Kerrigan series, as well. Book Synopsis: London police detective Maeve Kerrigan has spent plenty of time at Murchison House. From...

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