We all remember out first, right? Mine was Just As Long As We’re Together when I was 12 or 13. I remember being excited because we sang that song, Side by Side, in middle school chorus. Then was Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, not too long after. Summer Sisters was my first “grown up” Judy Blume book, read on a beach vacation while I was in college. There is no one else that writes like Blume. There’s such realism and relate-ability in her novels. Her work is […]
Short Stories for Short Attention Spans
Things I know about B.J. Novak He was on The Office He and Mindy Kaling have a strange and wonderful relationship The book he wrote for kids is apparently amazing And that’s about it. So when I saw a copy of his book at one of my favorite local bookshops, I started flipping through it. The first thing I read was “Okay,” she laughed, after three complicated cocktails. “Now, you, sir…” and that’s really all it took to hook me in. I purchased it and was […]
How To Fake Adulthood
Grace Helbig is the self-proclaimed older sister of the Internet. The whole thing, everyone. I’m a few years older than she is, and even I would consider her my older sister. I would also very much like to drink with her. Helbig made her name with her DailyGrace YouTube channel, and can now be found three days a week at It’s Grace. She and her two co-conspirators, Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart, make up the holy trinity of YouTube fans everywhere. I’ve never been one […]
Who Run the World (Girls)
I love super cheap, kind of run down bookstores. The ones that don’t have the latest best seller, fancy events, or sometimes even any real order. I was in Philly a few months ago and my husband, a friend, and I decided to check out the Barnes Foundation (which I highly recommend to anyone who happens to be in the area and loves art), not knowing you needed to buy tickets in advance for a specific admit time. Well, we ended up with an hour […]