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I recently grabbed a my well-read copy of Bill Bryson’s A Walk In the Woods because I was in serious need of a laugh. Bryson’s writing never fails to make me laugh; his turn of a phrase and sharp wit crack me up. My husband glanced over to see what I was laughing about and [...]
Open Letter to the creator of PVC Book Covers/Dust Jackets: Dear Inventor: I’m writing on behalf of my injured fingers, three of which sustained grave wounds this weekend as I attempted to read a book with one of those new-fangled plastic-paper covers. Don’t feign ignorance, you know what I’m talking about! PVC plastic has no [...]
Yesterday, my local library hosted a ribbon cutting to dedicate the new NATALIE Wing of the building*. Now before you go congratulating me for my largesse, understand that I didn’t intend to independently fund the new addition…my OVERDUE fines paved the way for this architectural marvel. Friends, it’s true: I volunteer at my library once a [...]
Hello, my name is Natalie and I read celebrity biographies. (Hello, Natalie!) A genre that often reads like fiction is the celebrity bio/autobiography. Some readers eschew this genre because they aren’t interested in celebrities. Others avoid it because the writing can be appallingly bad. Still others know that buying these books hurts real writers because the publishers pay obscene [...]
Title: Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase Author: Jen Lancaster Genre: Nonfiction Memoir/Essay; 384 pages Publication Date: May 5, 2009 Publisher: National American Library (NAL) Rating: 4 Bookmarks If you’re anything like me, you have a Santa Claus-sized ledger in which you [...]
Welcome aboard, I'm Natalie! I'm 37, married to a dream boat, and live in New Jersey. It's all about books here! I read, recommend, review, and revel in them. Have a book you'd like me to review? Visit my Review Policy for details. Want to drop me a line? February 9, 2012
The Girl with the Crooked Nose
by Ted Botha
courtesy of Penguin Publishers
February 25, 2012
The Book Club Cookbook
by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
courtesy of Tarcher Publishers (Penguin USA)
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