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It’s hard to imagine a world without Saturday Night Live. For nearly five decades, it’s been more than just a TV show—it’s been a mirror, reflecting culture back at us with a smirk, often with a bold punchline. But behind the curtain of live sketches, celebrity cameos, and the electric energy of live TV, there […]
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In life, there are moments we can’t really run from—those instances that demand reflection and sometimes unravel the tightly knit personas we present to the world. In Say Everything: A Memoir, Wendy Corsi Staub does what few authors dare she writes with an openness that feels raw, almost unsettling. Known for her pulse-quickening suspense novels,
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It’s been said that secrets have a way of seeping through the cracks, no matter how tightly you think you’ve sealed them. Wendy Corsi Staub’s The Fourth Girl is a book that digs into this unsettling reality, intertwining suspense, guilt, and a delicate thread of redemption. As a New York Times bestselling author, Staub knows
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There’s something uniquely captivating about a story that balances love and heartbreak, healing and humor. That’s exactly what Elsie Silver achieves in Wild Side, the third book in her Rose Hill series. Released on March 4, 2025, this novel is a beautifully layered romance that uses the beloved marriage of convenience trope to explore complex
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What does it mean to live a good life? Right… It’s one of those questions that you don’t just answer. It’s something you feel in your bones, something you’re always chasing—like a half-forgotten melody you can’t quite hum. And maybe that’s why Marcus Tullius Cicero’s works on the good life have stuck around through centuries.
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There’s something haunting about a story set on a remote, storm-lashed island. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy drops you into the lives of the Salt family, who guard a seed bank—an ark for the world’s most critical plants. Then, like a crack of thunder, a stranger named Rowan appears, washed ashore and carrying secrets
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It’s funny how music can grab hold of you—like, really hold you—not in a casual, background-noise sort of way, but in a way that feels almost uncomfortably personal. That’s Holly Brickley for you. If you’ve ever stumbled across Deepcuts, you’ve already felt it. Her voice, her choices, her way of turning something universal into something
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What is it about Lionel Richie that makes his music feel like home? It’s not just the melodies—though they’re unforgettable—or the honeyed tone of his voice, warm and intimate, like he’s singing only to you. It’s something deeper, something unshakably human. From those early days with The Commodores to his meteoric solo career, Lionel’s songs
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They say you can never go back. And yet, here we are—tracing the steps of Eilis Lacey, nearly two decades after her story first swept us off our feet in Brooklyn. Twenty years later, she’s no longer the wide-eyed girl navigating the promises (and heartbreaks) of America. She’s a wife, a mother, tucked into the
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Sometimes, the simplest gestures resonate the deepest. Postcards for Choo Choo Grandma invites readers into a world where humor, love, and care for family intertwine. This heartfelt collection of witty and thoughtful postcards was created by a devoted son to remind his elderly mother to walk carefully and prevent falls—a significant concern for many families.
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