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Title: You Better Not Cry Author: Augusten Burroughs Genre/Pages: Memoir/224 Publication: St. Martin’s Press; October 27, 2009 Rating: 1.5 Bookmarks Source: Library A collection of bleak, holiday-themed essays, most that left me feeling like jabbing an icicle into my eye and skipping every Christmas until eternity. With a mere 183 days until Christmas, what better [...]
Title: My Fair Lazy Author: Jen Lancaster Genre/Pages: Humor Memoir/384 Publication: NAL Hardcover; May 4, 2010 Rating: 3 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of NAL In her latest installment, Jen Lancaster is on a journey of self-improvement–a JENaissance–but her sharp wit is a bit dull on this particular trip. Jen Lancaster’s crusade to become more [...]
The planets must be in a strange alignment this week because for the first (or maybe second) time since starting my book blog, I’m partaking in the Mailbox Mondays meme, hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. I was positively frothing on Friday when I ripped into the padded envelope that contained Jen Lancaster’s newest [...]
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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