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HOOKING UP BY HELENA HUNTING | 4 Star Review
ARC provided by the publisher for review. Can we talk about Helena Hunting’s newest, Hooking Up?  Sometimes you just need a book that’ll let you get away from it all. Hooking Up was the escape I needed from more serious reads. It's hot, hilarious fun, that leaves you happy with where things end up.…
All the Crooked Saints
ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by MAGGIE STIEFVATER | Review
Review copy provided by the publisher for review. Maggie Stiefvater is a masterful storyteller. Her latest, All the Crooked Saints, is a wonderful, strangely beautiful story with rich imagery, and a compelling message about the role we play in our own miracles. I think of Maggie's previous works as having an urgency about them, but this…
smitten kitchen every day
SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERYDAY | Cookbook First Look
ARC provided by the publisher for review. Smitten Kitchen Every Day by Deb Perelman is a gorgeous book that runs the gamut from breakfast to salads and vegetarian and meat mains, then finishes off with sweets. It delivers some novel twists: fattoush salad turns into an autumn-inspired fall-toush with Brussels sprouts and delicata squash; a breakfasty…
bonfire
BONFIRE BY KRYSTEN RITTER | 4 Star Review
Bonfire, Krysten Ritter's debut novel, is out November 7. Bonfire is a smart, surprisingly complex novel about the tangled relationships we have with our pasts. The writing is gorgeous, and Krysten Ritter’s characters are razor-edged and ruthless. A must-read for fans of Megan Abbott.   If you were drawn to Bonfire because you've seen Ritter…
5 delicious ways to eat kale
5 DELICIOUS WAYS TO EAT KALE
There's a lot of eyerolling and sighing when someone mentions kale. But the fact is,  we eat a lot of it in the fall and winter. Already, we had a kale salad last night with a tahini yogurt dressing. I made crostini last week with red Russian kale and delicata squash. If you stop worrying about…