Monthly Archives: February 2013

Posted on February 20, 2013 by kara

I love Judith Krantz’s house in Bel Air, on the 17th hole of the Bel-Air Country Club off Sunset Boulevard. The 8,000-square-foot house was built in 1938 and has a two story library.

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Bookshelf Porn.

Posted on February 19, 2013 by kara

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Prolific Romance Novelist is Actually a Lovable Old Coot

Posted on February 11, 2013 by kara

Authors choose to write under pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. Some simply don’t want to associated with the junk they’re writing. Some want to to gauge the level of their popularity. After the successes Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, and The Shining, Stephen … Continue reading →

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Suicide Chick-Lit

Posted on February 2, 2013 by kara

  From gallerycat: To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” a dark, semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman’s struggle with mental illness, UK publisher Faber decided to issue a new cover. This sounds appropriate — exciting, … Continue reading →

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