The Roaring 20stag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16989182012-11-08T12:29:18-05:00Quarterlife Lit for the TwentySomething SetTypePadHow the French Invented Lovetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a8834017ee4dfb273970d2012-11-08T12:29:18-05:002012-11-08T12:29:18-05:00L'amour, l'amour, how we suffer for it! For the bibliophile, there is an exquisite torture in reading Marilyn Yalom's How the French Invented Love, a paralyzing sense that there are many French novels, plays, and poems that demand a reader's...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/11/how-the-french-invented-love.htmlThe Enchanted Life of Adam Hopetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a8834017d3c55feee970c2012-09-26T12:25:34-04:002012-09-26T12:33:07-04:00If a book has either time travel or a love story with supernatural elements, there's a good chance I will read it (as the Greeks say, "know thyself"). My teens were cluttered with books like Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Linda Howard's...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/09/the-enchanted-life-of-adam-hope.htmlMore on *Vagina*tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a88340177448d8976970d2012-09-06T12:21:04-04:002012-09-06T17:37:53-04:00This summer I got fairly uppity trying to convince everyone to read Naomi Wolf's latest book, Vagina. The good news? Loads of people are reading it, loving it, and recommending it. Here's un petit roundup, including your chance to catch...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/09/more-on-vagina.htmlHummingbird Knowledge, Hummingbird Chancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a88340177442a9a1b970d2012-08-16T10:55:42-04:002012-08-16T11:04:03-04:00If I were going to send up Charles Bukowski properly on what would've been his 92nd birthday, there would be a whiskey bender, a filthy gutter, and a sweet-faced one-legged hooker. What I can do during work hours is thoroughly...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/hummingbird-knowledge-hummingbird-chance.htmlWhat the Dickens?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a883401774421e7a6970d2012-08-14T18:12:12-04:002012-08-14T18:12:12-04:00"You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, "that I have no heart." I am still busy gnawing my way through Anna Karenina, but in the meantime, the trailer for another 19th century...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/what-the-dickens.htmlReview for Vagina: A New Biographytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a883401774376910d970d2012-07-19T11:04:05-04:002012-07-19T11:04:05-04:00I cannot even tell you how difficult it was coming up with a headline for this post. Seemingly innocuous phrases made me cringe upon reflection. The tamest ones: Booklist Gives Naomi Wolf's Vagina Starred Review Critical Attention for Vagina Vagina...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/07/i-cannot-even-tell-you-how-difficult-it-was-coming-up-with-a-headline-for-this-post-seemingly-innocuous-phrases-made-me-crin.htmlGolden Age Readstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a8834017743421c34970d2012-07-12T11:18:08-04:002012-07-12T11:18:08-04:00The 1790s are the new 1920s. There. I've made the prediction, stuck a stake in the ground, made a line in the sand. Sometimes my predictions are less than accurate*, and sure, I didn't call 50 Shades of Grey, but...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/07/golden-age-reads.htmlOne Day Moretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a8834016306baa44d970d2012-06-19T09:51:17-04:002012-06-19T09:51:17-04:00Apologies for the hiatus from posting! Between Boston and Baltimore, BEA and ALA, it's been a challenge to set aside the time to write. I have, however, been dipping into many fantastic manuscripts (Hello, Indiscretion) and cannot wait to share...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/06/one-day-more.htmlBe Our Guesttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a883401630602b4b3970d2012-05-31T14:26:37-04:002012-05-31T14:26:37-04:00Try the gray stuff, it's delicious. Don't believe me? Watch the video? No, seriously, watch the video. If you haven't RSVP'd to our book buzz by the end of it, well, trust that a beautiful enchantress disguised as an old...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/05/be-our-guest.htmlMadeleine Albright's Prague Wintertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d2198a88340168eb7fc58a970c2012-05-14T16:48:32-04:002012-05-14T16:48:32-04:00It’s safe to say, Madeleine Albright is a woman who needs no introduction. And after swiftly landing on the New York Times bestseller list, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 probably doesn’t need one either. Unfortunately,...Kayleigh Georgehttp://roaring20s.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/05/madeleine-albrights-prague-winter.html