In Which I Attempt to Discuss the Importance of Girl Before a Mirror by Liza Palmer...

In Which I Attempt to Discuss the Importance of Girl Before a Mirror by Liza Palmer...

Sarah Moon
Books
We are women. And we can be the person we want to be, not the version you wish we were.

You know how some things--whether they're books, movies, television show or whatever--that just work their way into your heart and don't let go? The things that become a part of you? That's the way I feel about Liza Palmer's books--every single one of them, each in a special way.

I loved Nowhere But Home because it filled that omnipresent FNL-shaped hole in my heart; More Like Her for its perfect final scene; A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents for its clear-eyed depiction of family; Seeing Me Naked is just a damn good book; and Conversations with a Fat Girlis laugh out loud hilarious.  

Her latest, Girl Before a Mirror, just might edge out the rest as my favorite. 

Listorama: 10 Favorite Fictional Couples

Listorama: 10 Favorite Fictional Couples

Sarah Moon
Books, Listorama

It’s been ages since I’ve posted one of my beloved “List-o-Rama” posts, and I can’t for the life of me recall why I quite creating them. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d revitalize Listorama and bring a few of my favorite fictional couples.

Some of these are from straight up romances, while others are from novels with significant or memorable romantic elements. No worries, though, all of these picks have either a happy ever after or a happy for now ends--no one gets hit by a bus at the end in an attempt to make the novel appear to have more literary significance.