Posts Categorized: Books

Books Page: What I’m reading now

What are you reading this spring? I just stocked up, and these three books are at the top of the fiction pile. Pretty in Ink by Lindsey J. Palmer is a fun and zesty peek into the magazine world (and our next NYWICI book club pick!), while A Wedding in Provence by Ellen Sussman and The… Read more »

Book Page: Cooking Up a Business

Have you read the book “Cooking Up a Business“? If not, you should! Written by Rachel Hofstetter—a former food editor for Oprah magazine—it’s full of advice for food lovers with entrepreneurial aspirations and ideas. Rachel herself explains in an interview with I Want Her Job that her book should come with a warning sticker on… Read more »

Books page: What I’m reading now

What are you reading right now? I just finished Party Girl, a fun and juicy read by my friend Rachel Hollis (check out her fabulous blog, The Chic). Now, I’m rotating between two new books: One More Thing by B.J. Novak (his fiction writing is terrific), and The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (the next pick for… Read more »

The end of a really good book

Last week, I finished reading Paris in Love, one of my January book picks. Then, I stumbled across this clever pin quoting J.D. Salinger. It’s so true, and exactly how I felt reading Eloisa James‘ book. The second to last chapter—describing her reason for packing up her life to move her family to Paris—gave me… Read more »

What I’m reading now

This month, I have a few books in the mix—all equally hard to put down:  1) The Most of Nora Ephron2) Paris in Love by Eloisa James3) Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York I’m realizing that I’m reading a lot of short stories lately. Paris in Love is a novel,… Read more »