If you like Lifetime movies that include precocious children, rambunctious dogs, and judgmental, shrewish heroines, you will like Marina Adair’s Situationship. Sadly, I like neither Lifetime movies nor this book. Teagan Bianchi has ditched her gambling-addicted leach of a soon-to-be ex-husband Frank and taken her twin daughters and their motley dog Garbage Disposal (I cannot…
If you’re at all familiar with Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, you’re probably going to be told that When Franny Stands Up, featuring a young Jewish woman in her twenties making her way in the world of stand-up comedy is a lot like it. But you should put those assumptions to one side. Fans…
Other Birds is an artisan marshmallow of a book, a delightfully sweet, fluffy story about a world we wish existed. Eighteen year old Zoey Hennesey has never really had a home. Her father provided a roof over her head but he and her stepmother made it clear it was done with the greatest reluctance and…
If only life were as easy as lemon drop pie. At least that’s how Lolly Blanchard feels in Rachel Linden’s Wonderbread-bland The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie. Lolly’s whole life revolves around baking lemon meringue pies for The Eatery, the family business ever since the 1950s. The diner has seen better days and Lolly has…
The Fortunes of Jaded Women is a funny, fast-paced book that’s only slightly marred by the fact that it has nine PoV characters, sometimes making the incredibly winding tale overly complex. Thousands of years ago, a jealous ex-mother-in-law cursed her former daughter-in-law to forever bear daughters and never know love or happiness in life, and…
Killers of a Certain Age is a hilarious romp through the adventures of menopausal hitwomen, but while I loved the action the book fell a bit short on depth. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie are an all-female hit squad for the Museum, and have worked together for the past forty years. The Museum is…
Nora Goes Off Script is Annabel Monaghan’s first adult book and one of my favorite rom-coms this year. The story is fresh with humor and heart. Nora is a screenwriter for a romance channel. Her self-centered husband leaves her and their two children so of course she writes a screenplay about it. This script is…
Jean Meltzer offers up another funny, sweet, poignant story with wonderful protagonists in her new novel Mr. Perfect on Paper. Dara Robinowitz comes from a long line of shadchaniyot (Jewish matchmakers) and has built an extremely successful company by combining her love of coding with the family business. J-Mate is the most popular Jewish dating…
Mad About You is a typical Mhairi McFarlane novel – funny, sweet, filled with fanciful characters handling their fairly heavy problems with a light heart, lots of wit, and more than a little bit of humor. When we first meet Harriet Hatley, the most in-demand wedding photographer in Leeds, the groom has just done a…
Shortly after taking the bar exam, Cassidy – Cass – Walker is involved in a car accident that leaves her with two lingering challenges: she has trouble remembering details – “tasks, appointments, reminders, names”– but she can’t forget one big one – that her boyfriend was Devin Bloom. It’s not that she needs to forget…
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