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New Year’s Book Crush: My Best Loved Reads of 2020

January 2, 2021 By Lorilee - 63 Comments

There is no diminishing the pain, anxiety and loss of 2020. But I will say I read alot, and so did you, I am guessing. After all, this was the year that baking, picnicking, and reading all experienced a resurgence. And not only reading itself, but reading classics surged due to the pandemic. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Book Crush Lists Tagged With: Amy Meyerson, Anne of Green Gables, Beach Read, Best Books of 2020, Best of 2020, Brenda Janowirz, Caroline by Sarah Miller, Dear Edward, Diverse reads, Emma, Jane Austen, Little House on the Prairie, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Marisa de los Santos, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Read With Jenna, The Grace Kelly Dress, the Imperfects, Unread shelf

New Year’s Book Crush: My Best Loved Reads of 2019

January 2, 2020 By Lorilee - 133 Comments

It was another incredible year of reading in 2019, as I once again made reading a priority and it paid off. How does reading pay off? If you are a reader, you already know, but just to say it, reading makes you grow like a spider plant on a sunny windowsill. Books are chlorophyll for the spirit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Book Crush Lists, Contests, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Woman is No Man, Best Books of 2019, Best of List 2019, Esperanza Rising, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Inheritance

New Year’s Book Crush: My Top 12 Reads of 2018

January 1, 2019 By Lorilee - 149 Comments

I'd have to say, this has been the best year of reading in my entire life. I paid closer attention to what I was reading, and tried to make my reading count, not just for growth, but for delight. Each month, I intentionally read one of each of the following four categories: A classic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne of Green Gables, Book Club, Book Crush Lists, Contests Tagged With: Best Books of 2018, Book Club picks, Book Lists, Bookstores, Eleanor Oliphant, Jane Austen, Top 10 Books of 2018, what Alice Forgot, Where'd You Go Bernadette, Where's You go Bernadette?

Who played Little Women’s Teddy and Professor Bhaer Best?

June 27, 2018 By Lorilee - 3 Comments

Part 2: A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog comparing the performances of the actresses in the two most recent Little Women screen adaptations. Much to my delight, the comments were evenly divided, even though my review definitely skewed toward the new, 3 hour PBS treatment. And I find it hilarious how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Book Crush Lists Tagged With: Christian Bale, Gabriel Byrne, Jonah Hauer-King, Little Women, Little Women PBS, Mark Stanley, New Little Women, Professor Bhaer, Teddy Laurence

Book Crush: Go Weak in the Knees with 10 Swoony Reads

February 12, 2018 By Lorilee - 101 Comments

Presenting 10 swoony, melty, make-you-fizz-like-Prosecco stories, to have and to hold, on this day forward, until you read the last page (but still cherish them forever, til death do you part.) Valentine's Day may not be your cup of heart-feathered cappuccino, but it's a darn good excuse to read. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Book Crush Lists, Uncategorized Tagged With: Adriana Trigiani, Anna Todd, Book Club picks, By the Book, Dodie Smith, February Reads, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, I Capture the Castle, Jamie Ford, Julia Sonneborn, Kiss Carlo, Leslie Cohen, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rachel Joyce, The Awakening of Miss Prim, The Blue Castle, The Music Shop, The Spring Girls, This Love Story Will Self Destruct, Valentine's Day, Win a book

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