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In You Could Do Better by Stephanie Lehmann, Daphne, a curator at the NY Museum of Television, is worried that her reaction to her own wedding proposal -- she wants it delayed/over so she can watch a proposal taking place on her favorite night time drama (begging the question: has she never heard of TiVo?) -- is not the reaction of a woman in love. Thus kicks off the plot of … [Read more...] about You Could Do Better

On Beauty, by Zadie Smith I was really excited to read this – every review I read positively glowed and Ms. Smith is one of those authors that I've been meaning to read since her first novel White Teeth came out, but never got around to. And my god, such a disappointment. Perhaps, if I'd read Howard's End, the book's inspiration, I would feel differently, but taken on its own … [Read more...] about Chick Lit (and More!)

Books are not cheap these days, even with Amazon's discounts. And with all the crappy, how-the-hell-did-that-get-published books out there, it's easy to get burned and fear picking up the latest offering from an unfamiliar author. I've read a bunch of books that came out this year so far, and let my pain and glory help you decide which to take out from the library, which to … [Read more...] about Summer Reading List

I went on vacation. I read. A lot.* *Not all of these books are newly published, but who says you only have to review/read new books? The Parker Grey Show, Kristen Buckley The back of the book: "When she isn't waiting tables, Parker Grey doesn't have much to do except watch reruns of her favorite medical drama and fantasize about its star. In fact, sometimes she feels like her … [Read more...] about The Reading Vacation