The lowdown from Goodreads Published July 21, 2015 In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff—with an intern. Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is…
Books
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore Book Review
The lowdown from Goodreads Publishing Date May 2, 2017 The incredible true story of the young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium and their brave struggle for justice… As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a…
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Book Review & HBO Movie
Movie premieres April 22, 2017 on HBO 8PM Well, HBO is back at it again and taking a well-loved book and putting it on film. Fresh off Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies mini series success, comes Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. For some reason, like right up until writing this, I thought this was…
#Girlboss The Book & Netflix
Published May 6th 2014 The lowdown from Goodreads At seventeen, Sophia Amoruso decided to forgo continuing education to pursue a life of hitchhiking, dumpster diving, and petty thievery. Now, at twenty-nine, she is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Nasty Gal, a $100+ million e-tailer that draws A-list publicity and rabid fans for its…
13 Reasons Why on Netflix
A rumor based on a kiss ruined just about everything. Guys, I just finished this series on Netflix & I need to talk about it. Obviously, SPOILERS AHEAD! If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s based on a Young Adult novel by Jay Asher of the same name. It centers around a Hannah, who committed…
The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes
The lowdown from Goodreads Release date: Apr 11, 2017 & originally published in 2009 When Sarah’s grandfather gives her a beautiful horse named Boo–hoping that one day she’ll follow in his footsteps to join an elite French riding school, away from their gritty London neighborhood–she quietly trains in city’s parks and alleys. But then her…
Storiarts
I am Really Into reading, cotton fabrics, comfy clothing & feeling cozy, so when my friend, Michelle, told me about Storiarts I was hooked. Storiarts is a husband & wife team based out of Portland, OR who make literary inspired goods. They’ve been around since 2011 & I’m in love with their products. It’s…
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
The lowdown from Goodreads Published March 14,2017 February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Resistance spy. Now the two women are joining hundreds…
The Music of Big Little Lies
If you’re not watching Big Little Lies, you still have time to get caught up. There are 2 episodes left & we are still Really Into It. One of the best things about the show is the music. JESSICA: The music in the show is like its own character and is telling an unspoken part of the…
The Hope Chest by Viola Shipman
The lowdown from Goodreads Published March 21, 2017 The Hope Chest is a deeply emotional novel about three people who have seemingly lost all hope until one woman’s heirloom hope chest is rediscovered in the attic, along with its contents and secrets. Mattie is a fiercely independent woman battling ALS; Don, her deeply devoted husband is facing…