If you read only one book this summer let it be 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go by Marcia DeSanctis. &#x…
What we’re reading this summer: books about books, relationships, memories
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A binge watcher’s guide to the British monarchy
Want to understand all those British monarchs–who they were, what they did, why they matter? Don’t want to s…
Wine, dine, and…crime? Murder mysteries in the French countryside
Delicious. Maybe not be the first word that comes to mind when you think about murder mysteries. But that is preci…
What do women over 60 really want this summer? (A good book, of course)
There’s something about summer that is so conducive to reading a book. Whether you are on the porch or on a towel…
A book of time and wisdom: 40 Women over Fifty
“You’ve had every age. Now you have this age, and it’s exciting.” That is how Olivia de Haviland…
Scandi noir and other tales from dark and snowy lands
Ugly snowman in snow covered park, closeup. Winter outdoors activities fow children Much as we want spring to arrive, it…
Looking for a good book? This is what we’re reading this summer
The books we want to read this summer are not your usual book club fare. Well, some are, like Where the Crawdads Sing, s…
Where are they now? Revisiting the forbidden books of our teens
We live in an age where it seems there are no boundaries of decency or propriety, where anything goes (think of the wild…
4 books by Irish women writers that ignited the nation
It is almost a crime for one country to produce so many accomplished novelists, memoirists, playwrights, and poets. But …
How to create—and remember—strong passwords
Passwords are the key to just about everything we do on our computers, from banking, to watching movies, to email and wo…
These books about pandemics read like thrillers
In the past two months, we’ve learned more about viruses than we ever wanted to know. Thank the coronavirus for t…