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Have you ever rationalized that shopping on vacation doesn’t really count? That if you are spending on an ‘investment piece’ it’s really worth the money? Or have you ever opened your bank statement and swore someone must have stolen your card because you can’t believe you really spent so much?

For every smart girl who’s maxed out her credit card on an irresistible pair of shoes, a few (ok, a lot) of expensive coffees and a new duvet - just because, there’s a little bit of Becky Bloomwood inside of her. Continue reading →

Are you looking for an engaging summer novel to captivate you while lying on the beach? Or are you ready to curl up by the fire for a cozy winter’s evening read? Even if you are just immersed in day-to-day life and seek the refuge of transporting yourself into another world you must pick up one of Mave Binchy’s series of Irish novels. Continue reading →

Since the first Harry Potter book came out, millions of people have developed “Potter Madness” and it’s not just the kids. On July 21, 2007, at every bookstore in the nation, at 12:01 AM, adults and children alike dressed up as Weasleys, Harry and Hermione, stood in line to buy the seventh - and last - book in the series. News stories telling even a little of the ending contained warning that “People who do not want to know the end of the book should not read any further.” Continue reading →

I. M. Heart is a rather curious little ’self help’ book, it is cut from a different cloth. It advocates a strategy for dealing with life’s trials and tribulations that at first sight is 180 degrees away from what most authors say. Sue McDaniel tells us to think from and with your heart, let your heart make the decisions. Most books take the opposite approach, ‘decide with your head, do not let your heart rule you.’ Continue reading →