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Review: Forget About It - by Caprice Cranebook review by Deb Smouse

Did you ever just want a do-over?

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Review: Odd Mom Out - by Jane Porter(book review) by Deb Smouse

Have you ever felt as if you walked to the beat of a different drummer? And not only walked that way, but thrived on it?

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Review: Colbie Caillat - Cocomusic review by A.L. Harper

Recently a friend asked me what I thought of Colbie Caillat, and at the mere mention of her name I was flooded with the feelings of girlish pleasure I used to experience every time I listened to her song “Bubbly” on her MySpace page. Colbie Caillat is one of the new generation of MySpace […]

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Frenemies by Megan Crane book review by Deb Smouse

What’s a girl to do when she walks in on her boyfriend kissing a woman who she thought was a friend? Go to your best friends. Cry. Ask for their support. But every friendship has it’s bumps and bruises along the way. What if you want to divorce your friends?
Gus […]

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Review: Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad


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Review: Korben - Steady Fools


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Reviews: Maroon 5 - It Won’t Be Soon Before Long

Sophomore albums are difficult to do well and many bands have suffered from the sophomore album curse. That curse is one of the reasons that the second album is so hotly anticipated from any band, but when that band is Maroon 5 and the first album was as good, and as successful, as Songs […]

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Reviews: Willie Herath - Cohgie Never Landed

I love the smell of the beach; even here in Scotland it smells the same. The sweet, scent of the crisp air, the salty clean aroma of the water, the sandy whiff on a windy day. Nothing seems as pure or inspiring as that smell. You can feel the draw, the energy […]

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Reviews: Test Your Reflex - The Burning Hour

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Reviews: Andrew Osenga - The Morning

Andrew Osenga

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Reviews: Yusuf Islam - A.K.A. Cat Stevens, A Man of Peace

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Reviews: Nesting: It’s a Chick Thing

Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry offer hints and tips on decorating, entertaining, cooking and gardening in their book, “Nesting: It’s a Chick Thing.”

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Reviews: The Blossoms of the Night-Blooming Cereus

In Ursula T. Gibson

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Reviews: The Terminal by Ani Nazaretyan Vuolo(DVD)

Imagine you land in a new country to go on vacation or for a visit and you are denied entry…

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Reviews: Love It Don’t Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work

Is leaving your job for greener pastures the answer?
Not necessarily, according to Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans, authors of Love It Don’t Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work

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Reviews: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ani Nazaretyan Vuolo(DVD)

In The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants moviegoers find out if one pair of jeans can keep four best friends together after life takes them to four different parts of the world.

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Reviews: The Art of Undressing

undressing.gif Ginger is the opposite of her outspoken, uber confident mother, Coco in Stephanie Lehmann’s third novel, The Art of Undressing.

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Reviews: The Secret Spot

The Secret Spot The Independent Film “The Secret Spot” ranks high on the list for our Editor in Chief….

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Reviews: Fever Pitch by Ani Nazaretyan Vuolo(DVD)

In theaters now, Fever Pitch, the romantic comedy staring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon.

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Reviews: Weezer (Make Believe)

weezer.jpg Weezer’s newest CD is a hit among fans - both old and new…

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Reviews: If Andy Warhol had a Girlfriend

hypocrite.gif Art gallery assistant Jane Laine, recovers from a failed love affair in “If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend” by Alison Pace.

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Reviews: Hypocrite in Pouffy White Dress

hypocrite.gif Susan Jane Gilman, author of 2001’s Kiss My Tiara, tells what it’s like to grow up groovy and clueless in her coming of age memoir Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress.

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Reviews: Ray by Ani Nazaretyan Vuolo(DVD)


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Reviews: Middlesex

middlesex.gif Ten years after his first novel, “The Virgin Suicides,” author Jeffrey Eugenides is back with “Middlesex,” a novel that spans decades and an adolescence like none other.

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