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Not Written in Lipstick – Sarah Dunn’s Novel ‘Secrets to Happiness’
A search-and-rescue mission for single New Yorkers and their dogs Secrets to Happiness: A Novel. By Sarah Dunn. Little, Brown, 277 pp., $23.99. By Janice Harayda Sarah Dunn is that rarity among comic … more →
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Secrets To Happiness
wrote 1 day ago: Happiness is a kind of enigma. It is difficult to define what is happiness. If we run after it, we m … more →
Not Written in Lipstick – Sarah Dunn’s Novel ‘Secrets to Happiness’
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wrote 1 month ago: A search-and-rescue mission for single New Yorkers and their dogs Secrets to Happiness: A Novel. By … more →
L.N.S.A Short Story Teaser on Twitter
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wrote 2 months ago: The L.N.S.A short story is releasing soon and to kick off this even, I’m planning in creating … more →
Batman: Year Two
wrote 6 months ago: Q&A with Jesse BATMAN: YEAR TWO Release Date: TBD Q: I think the biggest question, will there be … more →
Nancy Mitford's Modern Classic, 'Love in a Cold Climate'
wrote 6 months ago: Say what you will about the decomposing British class system, the follies of aristocrats have inspir … more →
Ann B. Ross’s ‘Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind’ – The First ‘Miss Julia’ Novel
wrote 6 months ago: Kidnapping and cheese straws commingle in the first book in a popular series Miss Julia Speaks Her M … more →
If I Were You by P. G. Wodehouse
wrote 1 year ago: In this short comic novel we find a number of characters centered around Tony, the Fifth Earl of Dro … more →
‘No! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club’ – New in Paperback
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wrote 1 year ago: No! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club (Plume, 240 pp., $14, paperback) isn’t as funny or polished as … more →
Diary: Barbara Pym's 'Good Books for Bad Days'
wrote 1 year ago: [This is the first in an occasional series of brief posts on books or authors whose work I can’t rev … more →
Wilt by Tom Sharpe
wrote 2 years ago: “And all the time his mind filled obsessively with ways of getting rid of Eva. A diet of birth … more →
Justice for Adrian Mole! Long-Suffering Teenager With Acne Finally KOs Mitch Albom and Others
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wrote 2 years ago: After weeks of ignominy, a comic masterpiece cracks the Top Ten My fellow literary bloggers: Have yo … more →
Elizabeth Buchan's 'Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman,' a Novel That Helped to Launch a Trend
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wrote 2 years ago: A spurned wife survives without throwing Key Lime pies Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. By Elizabet … more →
The Liar by Stephen Fry
wrote 2 years ago: “A moral guardian yearns for an immoral ward.” Witty, wicked Adrian Healey is the protag … more →
The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry
wrote 2 years ago: “Once again we become part of the great compost heap.” In the comic novel The Hippopota … more →
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
wrote 2 years ago: “Let the wild rumpus begin.” Life in the small, coastal town of Pine Cove, California st … more →
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
wrote 2 years ago: “I’ll vouch for his lack of character.” Christopher Moore’s comic novel Prac … more →
Nick Hornby Looks at a Marriage in Trouble in His Comic Novel, ‘How to Be Good’
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wrote 2 years ago: Can a marriage survive if a husband and wife disagree on what it means to be a good person? How to B … more →
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold
wrote 2 years ago: “I won’t be quiet.” Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrol … more →
My Labor Day Reading ... Jean Webster's Comic Novel, 'Daddy-Long-Legs'
wrote 2 years ago: A classic novel of life at a women’s college in the early 20th century Over the weekend, I rea … more →
