Christina Lauren’s first foray into women’s fiction is as swoonworthy as any of their romances
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When I sat down to write this review of Christina Lauren’s Love and Other Words, all I could think of was the scene in The Notebook when Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams get…
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Al Riske’s Then We’d Be Happy sneaks up on you. Going in, I knew the writing style would be spare, but it turns out, Then We’d Be Happy is a two-for-one deal. It’s billed as a novel, but it’s also series of vignettes. Some are funny, some poignant,…
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5 stars
In The Marriage Pact, a therapist and his musician-turned-lawyer wife find themselves invited to join a secretive, exclusive community dedicated to ensuring a successful marriage that lasts forever. By any means necessary.
Set against a backdrop of San Francisco Bay Area affluence,…
Two days after being back from SF, I’m finally hungry again. When you’re trying to pack food experiences into a compressed amount of time, you’re never hungry for 3 meals, let alone afternoon snacks. But I persevered. California delivered a gorgeous week of sunshine, practically a heatwave for early October. Ahhh, vitamin D. And not only that, this past weekend happened to coincide with Fleet Week, the America’s Cup, a post-season Giants game, and a Niners game. But let's start with an appetizer, shall we? The Ferry Building ended up being a home away from home of sorts, since it was so close to the hotel.