To be honest, The Booby Trap is not the kind of novel I would normally gravitate to, especially after learning that the title is the name of the Hooters-like club in which the main character – the unfortunately-named Bambi Benson – waits tables. But, when I was invited to be part of the blog tour…
I got a little nervous when, at the beginning of Hope Springs, it was revealed that Kay and Arnold, the couple portrayed beautifully by Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, were celebrating their 31st anniversary – just like Michael and me. I mean, that’s not a common number – or, as Kay herself says lightly,…
Being selected as one of Oprah’s Ultimate Viewers made me realize the importance of always putting your wishes out there. So, when I recently learned that Anita Hughes, the author of Monarch Beach, actually lives at the St. Regis, Monarch Beach, just like her main character does, I casually mentioned in my Summer Reading (Part…
Does anyone really get love letters any more? Not quick texts saying I <3 U, but actual handwritten, passionate declarations of ardor? Thinking the answer to that is “no,” I was drawn to Jojo Moyes’ The Last Letter From Your Lover when it first came out, intrigued by the idea of two women, decades apart, trying…
The Voice I Just Heard by Susan Dormady Eisenberg, centers around Nora, who, at the opening of the novel, is dealing with the terrible loss of her brother, Liam, in the Vietnam War. His untimely death threatens to derail the whole family as they sink into grief, but Liam’s belief in his sister’s singing voice and…
