whodunit?

I don’t remember how I first came across it, but Murder on the Orient Express was my first Agatha Christie novel and at the ripe old age of 11, I was hooked. The books fit a formula — murder in a rich, mannered English setting with suspects from the upper …

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mutter reads: l’amour

Happy Valentine’s Day! In the spirit of today’s festivities, we’re going to recommend two romance books for your weekend reading pleasure. (Stop rolling your eyes – did you know that romance accounts for half the books sold each year, beating all other genres in sales?) The Hating Game by Sally …

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mutter reads: Demi Moore

For Oscar weekend, a mutterhood reader recommends Demi Moore’s memoir Inside Out. Moore, who rose to superstar status with movies like Indecent Proposal, A Few Good Men and Ghost, was one of the first women in Hollywood to demand pay equity with her male co-stars. Here she recounts her rocky …

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make a list

Is there anything better than a new book for Christmas? (Trick question – there’s nothing better!) We could always list a bunch of recommendations from the Best Of 2019 lists, but we thought, why not ask the women we featured in mutterhood this year to tell us what’s topping their …

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d.w. read was right

Today is international Book Lovers Day, and because we fall into that category — and we know a lot of you do too — we couldn’t let it pass without a nod to the wonder of books. Today also brings to mind a funny yet heartwarming thing that happened on …

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Beach Reads

Whether you’re headed to the ocean, lake or your own backyard, summer is a great time to catch up on those books you’ve been meaning to make time for. We’re happy to help! Here’s two of our picks from recent reads that we highly recommend. For what to watch, come …

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back from the road

and coffee from the fabulous Blue Star in Portland during mutterhood's recent visit.

We’ve made it back from AWP ’19 in Portland and thought we’d share some tidbits from our road trip: Writers rock! Doesn’t matter if they’re unpublished newbies or big deal bestsellers, they’re ready to talk, share, listen, support and otherwise revel in the art of the word. It was invigorating. …

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