Kelly Leveque began her career working for Fortune 500 medical field companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Stryker, focusing on tumor gene mapping and molecular sub typing to oncologists. Yeah, the girl doesn’t play. I don’t even know what that job description means. But from reading her book, I get that Kelly knows science…
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It’s 1952 deep in the marsh of Barkley Cove, a small town on the coast of North Carolina. Kya, six years old, watches her mother walk down their sandy path, never looking back. Soon enough, her four older siblings all leave, too– even Jodie, the brother she was closest too. All because of an angry…
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1940. New York City. Theater life. And the tagline: You don’t have to be a good girl to be a good person. I’m in. Give me all the pages, Liz. I fell in love with this author when I was in college & read about her travels in Eat, Pray, Love. And again when I…
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It’s present day, & Monsieur Jean Perdu, fifty years old, runs his book barge on the Champs-Elysées called the Literary Apothecary. He has the unique gift of asking a few specific questions of his individual customers & then prescribing a specific book to cure his or her emotional ailment. Books are his entire life, especially…
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There are a lot of books on my to-read list that I’m itching to get my hands on. This wasn’t one of them. Back in April, their names popped up on two separate podcasts I subscribe to, & the little description in the episode bio intrigued me, so I gave both podcasts a listen (That…
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As with most things, my packing game has dramatically changed since having children. What used to be a strategy of planning outfits a week in advance has become a joke of loading all the things into suitcases two hours before we hit the road. And I mean all the things. The priority isn’t even clothes…
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For at least two years, I’ve been saying I need to read more fiction. Read more fiction. Read more fiction. And it’s not that I’ve ever disliked fiction. There have just been so many memoir & essay-style books I’ve wanted to get my hands on, & reading hasn’t exactly been a speedy top priority over…
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I had the privilege of attending Margaret Feinberg and Jonathan Merritt’s writing conference in Atlanta back in 2015. It was my first time to fly solo, rent a car by myself, & sleep in a hotel room alone. I only had one semi-meltdown when I couldn’t find where to return the rental & thought I…
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I’ve always been a snacker. I mean, who doesn’t feel happier with a snack in hand? But add three tiny humans to the mix who also live for the snacks, & it’s like Why do I even make all the meals? Our world revolves around snacks. I remember after Jude was born, the thought of…
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Before we dive into this review, let me just say—there have been allegations that Rachel Hollis has plagiarized from other influential authors. However, I can’t find where Rachel or the other authors have made a stance on it. All I am finding are other blogs & articles that seem to be using potential plagiarism to…
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