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13+ Weeks and Other Thoughts on The Second Time Around

I swore I wouldn't be this person. You know, the second-time-around pregnant lady who skips the Belly Book (yup, totally did it for Josie), the weekly (or even more frequent) blog posts, the constant jotting down of thoughts and memories and hopes for the baby's future. But I am. And I think I'm kind of okay with it. I'm sure YOU all are just fine without a weekly post that lists all the fun things happening in my uterus (Hey, my new kid already has fingerprints!  Read more >

Tana French Has a New Fan

Tana French sets her latest mystery novel, Faithful Place, in some less-than-desirable areas of modern Dublin, and yet, somehow, reading the book made me want to pack up and move there immediately. When I finished the book and contemplated this, I realized that it was one of the many reasons that I thought this book was simply fantastic.  Read more >

The Kid Is Not Alright

How do I put this nicely? If Sapphire's goal in writing The Kid was to write something that was hard to read, she accomplished that, in more ways than one.  Read more >

Getting to Happy Worked for Me

Confession: I never read Waiting to Exhale , but when I was offered a copy of the sequel, Getting to Happy, to review, I didn’t hesitate. In fact, I had never even read anything by Terry McMillan before (despite the fact that she once lived about 30 miles from my hometown, and was a PRETTY big deal in the thumb of Michigan).  Read more >

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Full Name
Veronica Marcetti Dimick
Member Since
December 2009
About Me: 

I'm a wife, mother of a wee little girl, college English instructor, slave to a cat and dog, and lover of coffee, TV, books, and crafts.  I'm more than a little crazy, but I'm way less crazy than I used to be.  Probably. 

Profession: 
College English Instructor
Location: 
Lansing, MI
 

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