Gayle Forman is one of my favorite YA authors, and so I was thrilled to see her make her Adult debut with Leave Me. She brings “all the feels” we’ve come to expect from her work in this new venture. Leave Me centers around an overworked magazine editor/wife/mom who takes drastic measures to reclaim her […]
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In When We Collided, Jonah and Vivi fall for each other one summer. Their romance provides a distraction for Jonah, who is reeling after his father’s death, and for Vivi, who is grappling with bipolar disorder. Vivi is outgoing and vivacious and favors a bold, vintage style. She’s an instant sensation in charming Verona […]
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Andrea Dunlop’s debut Losing the Light follows two California college students studying abroad in France. They fall in love with the French culture and all their new freedom, but they also fall for the same guy. It’s a story of obsession, mystery and destructive friendships. This atmospheric book had me completely transfixed. If you’re […]
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This humorous book is an LA story about a reclusive writer, her eccentric young son, and the outsider sent in to look after them. Be Frank With Me is Julia Claiborne Johnson’s debut and it’s an entertaining crossover book about love and relationships, with a dash of Hollywood glamour. Mimi wrote a widely acclaimed once-in-a-lifetime […]
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The week before Valentine’s Day I felt like reading some fluffy contemporary YA books and happily remembered I had three audiobooks by Kasie West to listen to, and I proceeded to binge on them instead of Valentine’s Day chocolate. These books are all really cute romantic stories about life, family, and friendship that are breezy […]
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One of my favorite new TV shows this year is Younger, a TV Land dramedy starring Sutton Foster and Hillary Duff. Season two premieres tonight but if you haven’t started watching yet no worries you can stream season one and catch up. (Do it!) Younger centers on Liza (Foster), a newly divorced forty-year-old mother looking […]
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