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Category Archives: Book Review
Hoda Kotb: “You can’t scare me.” (Book Review + More)
Hold on tightly to the things you love and get rid of the things you don’t. – Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb, Today Show co-host, Dateline correspondent, and breast cancer survivor, […]
Catherine Lanigan: The Evolving Woman
Catherine Lanigan I would like to believe that for each woman who picks up one of my books, if her life is in turmoil or chaos, something in the book […]
Dancing Lessons from Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke Find your passion. Once you do, nothing can stop you. – Cheryl Burke Dancing with the Stars champion and entrepreneur Cheryl Burke is a survivor of childhood sexual […]
Book Review: Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson
Richard North Patterson I mean to root out this system of legalized bribery where all of us sell pieces of the government like shares of stock. – Richard North Patterson […]
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents (Book Review)
Presidential mothers from FDR to Bill Clinton have one thing in common: they invested heavily in their sons. Some loved more unconditionally than others. Many were wealthy and well-educated. And, several were […]
Book Review: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman I bought Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman because I was entranced by the movie starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. The first section of the book ~ Superstition ~ […]
Book Review: Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his […]
Book Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
All of the major characters in Jodi Picoult’s Picture Perfect survived childhood shizza. Alexander Riveaux from New Orleans becomes blockbuster, heart throb actor Alex Rivers, who won several Oscars for his film about a […]
Review: The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
The Goodbye Quilt by my favorite author Susan Wiggs began as therapy. Ms. Wiggs dropped her beloved daughter Elizabeth off at college and had an empty nest meltdown. On her […]
Anne Caroline Drake 