Category Archives: Book Reviews

Books For Your Summer Reading List

Back in high school, a summer reading list was a chore–something to put off as long as possible and tackle in the last days of August or in the nights before the dreaded Summer Reading Test that always got my … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Dinner By Herman Koch

I started reading The Dinner by Herman Koch this book before I learned that it was the April selection for the Healthy Living Blogs book club, but I am so glad that I will have an opportunity to chat about … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Heavy By Dara-Lynn Weiss

When I first heard about The Heavy by Dara-Lynn Weiss, I had mixed feelings about reading it. Would it bring back bad memories about my experiences as an overweight child? Would it rekindle my own food neurosis? If anything, it … Continue reading

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Book Review: Bend Not Break By Ping Fu

I heard about Bend Not Break by Ping Fu on NPR and started reading it before I realized that it was so controversial! I won’t get into all that, but your eyeballs might catch fire if you read all of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me By Mindy Kaling

My first book of 2013 was a fluffy one: (Click to view on Amazon) The synopsis from Amazon: Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben … Continue reading

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