Stop the presses. Gwyneth Paltrow (40) has written a new book. The actress-fashionista-rock star wife-mother-GOOP owner's, latest cook book is called "It's All Good: Easy Recipes That Will Make You LOOK GOOD and FEEL GREAT" and it's already number one on the Amazon best-selling books list. Let … [Read more...]
Novel Girl Reviews: The List
An intense look at the rules of high school attraction, and the price that's paid for them.It happens every year. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest. Nobody knows who makes the list. It almost doesn't matter. The damage is … [Read more...]
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
I saw this book around for a while before I picked it up. From what I'd heard, it seemed almost too much to bear - a child forced to live in one room for his whole life, unable to go outside or have any contact with the world. Finally, after hearing such rave reviews, I decided to give … [Read more...]
Great Book: The Paris Wife
I had been waiting for so long for a book to sweep me off my feet. Carry me away so that all I could think about was turning the next page and reading, reading, reading...with that wild abandon. You know, the kind where your kids haven't been fed, and the beds haven't been made but you're … [Read more...]
A Book Review: The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us is a novel by Thrity Umrigar. It is the story of two women, Sera and Bhima, and their lives in Mumbai. Sera is a Parsi woman and Bhima is her servant. They have run a household together for many years and Bhima has been like a second mother to Sera's … [Read more...]
Friday Nights
I had never read a Joanna Trollope novel when I first picked up Friday Nights, but something about the cover art and the jacket description captured my imagination. Well, one week later and I'm now on my third Joanna Trollope book - firmly hooked on her, I am!I've always loved books that so strongly … [Read more...]
Haley’s Hints GREEN Edition
Did you know you can...Lift carpet stains without a single chemical?Make your own better-for-baby wipes?Whip up salon-quality moisturizer for pennies?It's true! I must admit, when the urbanmoms.ca Book Review panel received a review copy of Haley's Hints GREEN Edition, some of us were a bit … [Read more...]
If I Stay
From the Publisher:In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... A … [Read more...]
Connected Parenting
I have a challenging child. Pretty much every day she finds new ways to push me to my limits as a mother. Sometimes she succeeds in pushing me over that fine line between composure to despair. I have struggled for years now to discover just what it is that makes her tick, and have heaped massive … [Read more...]
The 39 Clues
What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world, in the form of 39 Clues? What if you were given a choice, take a million dollars and walk away, or get the … [Read more...]