Insatiable
By Meg Cabot
Published on June 8, 2010 (Hardcover) William Morrow
The only thing I regret about Insatiable - is that I waited two months to read it. It’s been in my hands all this while…
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I See Your Dream Job – Your Crisis May Be Your Key
I See Your Dream Job: A Career Intuitive Shows You How to Discover What You Were Put on Earth to Do
By Sue Frederick
Published September 1, 2009 (Hardcover) St Martin’s Press
If you are out of work, out of luck, out of steam, read I See Your Dream Job. Your life will blossom. Sue Frederick, a career intuitive who fought that calling for years, living in a traditional world, settles that age-old debate between destiny and free will. Seems our course is charted; however, when the inner crab takes over, our chances tank; and when we soar with gratitude, life is sweet.
I’ll be interviewing Sue Thursday morning, and Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Winkler – Turning Trouble into Magic
Hank Zipzer: A Brand New Me
By Henry Winkler
Published April 20, 2010 (Paperback) Grosset & Dunlap
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If Henry Winkler hadn’t had dyslexia, we wouldn’t have had The Fonz or Hank Zipzer. In our interview that aired today on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan, Henry tells how his enormously popular Young Adult book, Hank Zipzer: A Brand New Me, came to be. For a review of Henry’s book, go here. Read the rest of this entry »
7 Dirty Words
7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
By James Sullivan
Published June 8, 2010 (Hardcover) Da Capo Press
Even the cover of 7 Dirty Words makes me laugh. I remember my younger brother rattling off the 7 dirty words, and ducking and running before the inevitable huge hand came swinging down to “smack him into next week.”
Ah, yes, I loved those words. What they represented. Read the rest of this entry »
A Half-Hour with Chuck Palahniuk
Tell-All
By Chuck Palahniuk
Published May 4, 2010 (Hardcover) Doubleday
One thing you need to know about Chuck Palahniuk.
He writes from his heart. Not the way you might think.
Chuck told me today on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan, that Read the rest of this entry »
Tell-All with Chuck Palahniuk
Tell-All
By Chuck Palahniuk
Published May 4, 2010 (Hardcover) Doubleday
Delicious miracle – reading Tell-All, finished-on-the-page – after hearing the words sketched out months ago.
Chuck Palahniuk had invited me into his writing group a few years ago - a complete honor - so I was in Workshop, as we call it, that night Read the rest of this entry »
I Needed a Laugh, So I Read This Book
I’ll Mature When I’m Dead: Dave Barry’s Amazing Tales of Adulthood
By Dave Barry
Published May 4, 2010 (Hardcover) Putnam Adult
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Next time I get into a relationship, I will put Dave Barry’s book, I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, by my bedside as a reminder of what I’ll be getting into. But, based on some of Dave’s essays, that may never happen – judging by them, I may never get into another relationship.
Tell ya why. Read the rest of this entry »
Beautiful Food
Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera
By Delores Custer
May 3, 2010 (Hardcover) Wiley
I am often accused of being too deep, thinking too much, being too sensitive. So today, I am going for the beauty. Which, in this case, is more than skin deep.
Food Styling is a gorgeous 400-page book. Not that I need such a book. It’s rare that I cook – what, just for me, why bother – let alone create a plate glamorous enough to warrant taking photos of it. Fortunately, I do have an insatiable curiosity. Did you know Read the rest of this entry »
Advice from a NYT Bestselling Author Who Thought He’d Failed
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Supreme Justice: A Novel of Suspense
By Phillip Margolin
Published May 18, 2010 (Hardcover) Harper
I’m sitting in Bull Mountain Studios of pdx.am in Portland, Oregon, laughing and talking with Phil Margolin. He waits to see if he has a fifteenth book on the New York Times bestseller list. He should. Supreme Justice is easily one of his best. That’s the thing about Phil. He just keeps getting better.
Which is ironic. Read the rest of this entry »
