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  • “Let’s Call Her Barbie” by Renee Rosen

    In 1956, there were baby dolls for little girls to play with but the idea of an eleven-and-a-half-inch tall grown women with feet permanently arched to wear high heels was a totally alien concept to the men at Mattel when Ruth Handler presented the idea for Barbie. Because the times were more “Mad Men” than…

  • Bearer of Bad News

    Lucy Rey is having a very bad week. Besides finding out Julian, her fiancé—the one who convinced her to move to Las Vegas and rent, in her name, an expensive apartment and then decamped to Hollywood in order to find work as an actor—is cheating on her, her hairdressing business is in a slump, and…

  • Where to start? This week’s new releases are an all-you-can-read buffet https://flip.it/22f_6h

  • Join me at the Classic Restaurants of Michiana Book Signing Wednesday, June 11th

    The members of the Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church Book/Movie Discussion Group have invited me to speak this Wednesday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m. If you have the time and are interested in the history of restaurants in Michiana, please come. The church is lovely, located in a beautiful country setting at  51841 Leach…

  • The Story of Perfume: A Lavishly Illustrated Guide

    In the beginning, perfume in the form of oils belonged to the divine, and rare scents typically sourced from resins were reserved for dedication to the gods. Used in funeral rituals and in cremation with the burning of resinous woods such as cedar, early references trace the use of scents back at least to the…

  • Esquire Magazine’s 2025 Best Books So Far

    Esquire Names Best Books of 2025 So Far https://flip.it/rNn_xx

  • NPR: 17 new books our critics can’t wait to read this summer

    https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5356141/best-new-books-summer-reading

  • CrimeReads: Murder at the Museum

    https://crimereads.com/murder-at-the-museum/

  • Gothictown

    In 1832, at the height of the Georgia gold rush, gold had been discovered on the banks of the Etowah River on land owned by Alfred Minette. As men flocked to work in the mine and others to supply their needs, a small town arose and Minette named it after his firstborn, a beautiful but…

  • CrimeReads: 5 New Thrillers (and One Classic Noir) to Read When You’re Done with White Lotus

    https://crimereads.com/new-thrillers-to-read-when-youre-done-with-white-lotus/