Nanny ReturnsAuthors: Emma McLaughin and Nicola KrausISBN: 9781416585671 I was super excited to read Nanny Returns because I absolutely loved The Nanny Diaries (see my review here). I was shocked and surprised when I found myself skipping through pages and shaking my head while reading this one…more on that in a bit. Nanny Returns tells [...]
Book Review: Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
January 30, 2010 in Filed Under: 1 Star Book Reviews
A Writing Legend Passes
January 28, 2010 in Filed Under: Book Chat
I just heard on Twitter that author J.D. Salinger passed away. It’s really interesting because he didn’t write the kind of books I usually read, but I absolutely loved The Catcher In The Rye. I remember reading it junior year of high school and just falling in love with the story. His writing will definitely [...]
Creative Writing: 10 Beginnings
January 26, 2010 in Filed Under: Writing The Novel
As I mentioned, I’m taking a creative writing course this semester. I’ll be sharing some tips and assignments throughout the semester. One of the first things my professor mentioned was that first sentences are extremely important. They have to hook your reader and intrigue them to keep reading. Our first assignment was to write 10 [...]
Possible TV Show Written by Jennifer Weiner
January 25, 2010 in Filed Under: Book Chat
This summer, I read ALL of Jennifer Weiner’s books. I read Certain Girls and then became obsessed and picked up every book of hers I could get my hands on. She is a local Philly girl and writes about my beautiful city in all of her novels. She is also completely real and writes about [...]
It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?
January 25, 2010 in Filed Under: Book Memes
It’s Monday, What are you Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog to discuss what we are reading this week, as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed Last Week: Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughin and Nicola Kraus: Seriously disappointing. The first book The Nanny Diaries was much [...]
Lauren Weisberger’s New Book
January 21, 2010 in Filed Under: Book Chat
Some of you may have read on Chick Lit Reviews that Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada, Everyone Worth Knowing and Chasing Harry Winston has a new book coming out on May 25, 2010. Well, now Lauren herself has confirmed the title of the book on her blog. The title of her latest [...]
A New Semester Begins
January 19, 2010 in Filed Under: Goals
Today is the last first day of school I’ll ever have. Wow. I just took a moment and let that sink in. It’s insane to me that my four years of college are quickly coming to an end. I feel like it was yesterday that I was sobbing in my dorm room at Hofstra University [...]
