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Latest Posts in October 2006

MOVIE NEWS: The Undomestic Goddess
31 October 2006
We mentioned a while ago that Aline Brosh McKenna, who wrote the script of The Devil Wears Prada movie, was working on Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It. Now it seems that she's also working on a...  
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SPOTLIGHT: Adriana Trigiani
31 October 2006
Diane's controversial review of Adriana Trigiani's Queen of the Big Time inspired me to spotlight her this week (Adriana, not Diane). Born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia (yes, really!) to a large Italian family, Adriana graduated from college...  
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BOOK REVIEW: Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
31 October 2006
Unlike The Secret Life of Bees, Myla Goldberg's Bee Season actually is a book about bees, although not the buzzing black and yellow kind but the culturally-entrenched American tradition of spelling bees. Eliza Naumann is a mediocre pupil and...  
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GUEST BLOG: Francesca Segre
31 October 2006
I know that it isn't yet November and NaNoWriMo doesn't start until tomorrow (or rather, a minute past midnight tonight) but in case anyone was still on the fence about whether or not to take part, our first NaNovember guest...  
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Pop! author causes controversy
31 October 2006
I love the TV show Veronica Mars (even if I don't always know what's happening due to the labyrinthine story lines and the fact that I didn't see the first two series), so i was excited to hear that one...  
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Laurell K. Hamilton essay
31 October 2006
Happy Halloween! As today is October 31st, I thought it was a good time to bring you this essay from Laurell K. Hamilton, which she wrote for the wonderful books site/shop Powells. It's about dealing with rejection- and how a...  
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BOOK NEWS: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
31 October 2006
Anyone who's read any David Sedaris will know that his family's a little...kooky, to say the least. So when I tell you that his little sister, actress/comedian and now author Amy Sedaris, has brought out a new book about entertaining,...  
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