I (Jennifer) have enjoyed my association with the Hidden Valley Ranch Love Your Veggies program, and am excited to continue that relationship. I love their mission of encouraging parents and kids to eat more vegetables, and admire their work in schools. They’ve given over $950,000 to schools over the last 4 years. I’m excited to…
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Take Me There
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti is the quintessential high school drama. Through alternating points of view the reader meets Rhiannan and her best friends James and Nicole. Typical of any teenager, Rhiannan has just experienced her first heartbreak and is struggling to get back on her feet. With a little support from her friends…
On Reading: Plot vs. Prose
At a recent book club meeting, the president made a rather fascinating (to me) comment. To paraphrase her because I have a poor memory, she basically said that she thinks there are two different types of readers – in general. The ones who read for prose first and foremost – i.e. pretty words, clever ways…
On Reading: A Memoirist Tells All (Jennifer Gardner on Where You Left Me)
I (Jennifer) read a lot of memoirs. When we received the pitch to review the memoir by 9/11 widow Jennifer Gardner Trulson Where You Left Me, several of us were quite interested. Lauren ended up with it, and you can read her review and giveaway of Where You Left Me over at 5 Minutes for…
On Reading: Reading and Writing a Dog’s POV, with Giveaway
When I began to see this cover around, I thought “This is the book that won’t die!” I had not realized that Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog was a different book from The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel that came out a few years ago, and was all…
The Whole Package: Books on Screen (Coming Soon?)
5 Minutes for Books, thank you so much for inviting me to guest blog! I am so excited about the release of The Whole Package (linked to Jennifer’s review), my debut novel. I’m delighted to reveal some Big Secrets about it that your readers probably don’t know. Big Secret #1 I was a closet screenwriter…
Desert Crossing
Jamie couldn’t stop in time. There was no way to miss the coyote running across the road. It was a coyote wasn’t it? It was Lucy’s idea to stop and make sure. What they found on the side of the road put an unexpected kink in their road trip. Traveling to Phoenix to visit her…
The Help: Books on Screen (with giveaway)
Editor’s Note: We usually run our Books on Screen column on Thursdays, but this highly anticipated movie opens Wednesday August 10, and since 5 Minutes for Mom contributor Christie was able to attend an advance screening of the Help when she was on her Winnie-the-Pooh and Cars 2 junket, I wanted to share her review…
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