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You know how you can see some books as a movie in your head? That's Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen, out Tuesday, January 9. It's a sweet, totally cinematic contemporary romance with Serendipity and Before Sunrise vibes.
It's set against a NYC (and later LA)…
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Elissa Sussman's adult debut Funny You Should Ask hits shelves today. But what's funny is, I haven't heard more people talking about it in my bookish circles on Instagram and TikTok. I finished the book in 24 hours this past weekend. And my first thought was, "This could…
Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal Inspires a Fall-Flavored Risotto
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In Jasmine Guillory's upcoming rom-com, THE PROPOSAL (Berkley, October 30), Doctor Carlos Ibarra knows his way around a kitchen. He happens to be at the Dodger game when Nik Paterson is on the receiving end of the worst Jumbotron proposal of…
If You’ve Been Missing Rom-coms at the Movies, You’ve Got to Read Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date
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The Wedding Date, Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel is absolutely delightful. Alexa and Drew meet cute and get stuck temporarily in a hotel elevator in San Francisco. Luckily, she’s armed with…
Forget he loves me, he loves me not. In Dating You Hating You, it's, "I'll get the job, I'll get the job not."
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In Dating You Hating You, Evie and Carter are talent agents who hit it off at a party and then find themselves competing for a single job.…
You can tell it's winter by the number of bowls in our dishwasher. Oatmeal in the morning, soup for dinner. Over the last few weeks, it's been a regular soup smorgasbord around here. We've had lentil soup, pho, turkey soup, and chili. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Nicole texted me looking for a…
In the summer, it's supposed to be easy to be extra virtuous. Cherries, berries, peaches. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers...the markets are overflowing with lovely produce to tempt your tastebuds. But I was anything but virtuous this weekend. It was glorious in Seattle. Summer truly arrived, the sundresses and sandals came out of hiding and we had a little barbecue. Nothing fancy, just sausages, potato salad, grilled peppers and zucchini. But something about sitting out in the warm summer sun put Doritos, Fritos and cupcakes on the menu, too. It was a "I'll start that diet on Monday," kind of weekend.