Of all the sensational snippets in Laurence Leamer’s new bestseller, Mar-A-Lago, the one about Donald Jr. and the toast to his mother on her wedding day to husband #4 is among the ickiest. Continue reading “The Pig Doesn’t Fall Far From The Trough at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago”
Author: joanna
When Prince Philip Suggested She Wear Just 3 Maple Leaves
It’s always a treat to meet a fellow Brit expatriate — especially when you’re both really far from the old country, say, at a writers’ lunch in Palm Beach, Florida.
That’s where this week I met Liona Boyd (pictured) who, not only is almost exactly my age, but was born in my birthplace, London, and like me has written two books. Continue reading “When Prince Philip Suggested She Wear Just 3 Maple Leaves”
When You Can’t Enjoy The Most Awaited Thriller of 2019
You know that feeling. You’ve read the reviews in the mainstream press and Publishers Weekly calls it the “hottest title” of the season. You love the sound of the storyline. You wait patiently for publication day, maybe hoping for a snow day so you can stay home and savor each page. But, then, by the time you have the thriller in your hot little hands, you’re like a starving man with a slice of day-old bread. You devour the whole thing in just minutes. Continue reading “When You Can’t Enjoy The Most Awaited Thriller of 2019”
Are You Into YOU? Here’s Why You Should Be
I’m talking about YOU, the must-see TV series, now on Netflix, and YOU the novel by Caroline Kepnes on which it’s based. Pick one. Better still, pick both.
The writing in the novel, published in 2014, is witty, smart and provides the sort of biting social commentary that we saw in the fabulous Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Coincidentally –or maybe not — Flynn and Kepnes both used to write for Entertainment Weekly. Continue reading “Are You Into YOU? Here’s Why You Should Be”
Could You Read 600 Mysteries In A Year? And Pick The Best?
Assuming you love reading and that you love reading mysteries in particular, could you read 600 of them in one year? Could you then select the top five? The top one? Continue reading “Could You Read 600 Mysteries In A Year? And Pick The Best?”