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Jess Loves….Drunk Mom

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Lean In: Discussion Questions and Contest

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Don’t Read These Books…

Have you ever started reading a book, and part way through realize that you should not have started that book at that point in your life? For example, I read Shannon Moroney’s memoir Through the Glass right before my wedding. It’s an honest and unvarnished account of her marriage to a man who ended up [...]

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11 More Books that Will Make You Cry

Earlier this year we shared with you 13 Books that Will Make You Cry and apparently we are suckers for punishment because we found 11 more books that are sure to make you shed a tear.   1. On January 24, 1943, 230 women were placed in four cattle trucks on a train in Compiegne, [...]

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Jess Loves…Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

I don’t really know where to begin in explaining Wave. I don’t think I can do it justice, but I can share a little of the copy to give you a sense of it. On December 26, Boxing Day, Sonali Deraniyagala, her English husband, her parents, her two young sons, and a close friend were [...]

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Books We Can’t Wait For You To Read in April!

We’ve already told you what books we can’t wait for you to read in March. Now we’re giving you eleven books we can’t wait to talk about with you in April! So when you’ve finished reading any of these books, follow us on Twitter, friend us on GoodReads and let us know what you thought! [...]

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12 Books You’ll Want to Read in One Sitting

  If you have a free afternoon and you choose to spend it with a book, then this post is for you! Books can take you on an adventure, a journey or pull you into a love story. Whatever the plot, some books have the ability to make you shut off the rest of the [...]

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Ainsley Loves… With or Without You by Domenica Ruta

  I don’t usually read memoirs. I have a long-standing bias for fiction for some reason. So a memoir has to sound pretty appealing for me to pick it up. With or Without You by Domenica Ruta came very highly recommended by colleagues. I can’t really remember what they said to make me interested, but [...]

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Books We Can’t Wait For You To Read in March!

We’ve already told you what books we can’t wait for you to read in February. Now we’re giving you seven books we can’t wait to talk about with you in March! So when you’ve finished reading any of these books, follow us on Twitter, friend us on GoodReads and let us know what you thought!

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Books We Can’t Wait For You to Read in February!

There are so many great books coming in the first half of this new year that we wanted to share some of the ones we’re particularly excited about with you. You might have heard us talking about some of these on Twitter, or Goodreads, but here are our recommendations for 6 great books out this [...]

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