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Mary Strand

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Mary Strand practiced law in a large Minneapolis firm until the day she set aside her pointy-toed shoes (or most of them) and escaped the world of mergers and acquisitions to write novels. The first manuscript she wrote, Cooper’s Folly, a romantic comedy, won RWA’s Golden Heart award and was her debut novel. Her love of Jane Austen prompted her four-book YA series, The Bennet Sisters.

Seemingly Perfect is her third novel in The Pendulum Trilogy of women's fiction novels.

Mary lives on a lake in Minneapolis with her family, too many Converse Chucks, and a stuffed monkey named Philip. When not writing books or songs, she lives for sports, travel, rocking out on guitar, dancing (badly), and ill-advised adventures (including dancing) that offer a
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Miss Felicity's Dilemma by Eileen Dreyer
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Twists and turns galore! I was only 30 pages from the end when the latest twist made me wonder how on earth the h/h could possibly wind up together. Love Felicity, by the way: she stands up to EVERYONE. Great couple.
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A classic: and I finally read it! I confess if it hadn't been such a classic, I likely would've put it down early on. Bilbo Baggins reminded me throughout of a cross between Eeyore and Piglet from Winnie-the-Pooh: "Oh, my! How horrible! What bad thin ...more
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These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
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The Duke of Avon: my favorite romance hero after Jo Beverley's Rothgar. (Mr. Darcy doesn't even come close.)

Léonie: an unforgettable, adorable, and hilarious heroine.

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Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer
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Oooh la la! Yes, this has a few flaws - it was one of Georgette Heyer's first novels, written around age 21, and those flaws consist of racist descriptors for a Black page (servant) and a long diatribe by a woman (no less) about how young women want ...more
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Prince Of Hearts by Katy Cooper
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I read this many years ago and thought it was absolutely brilliant. I almost feared picking it up again, in case I thought any differently.

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The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
The Valiant (The Valiant, #1)
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OMG, wow. Gripping, compelling, lost too much sleep because I couldn't put it down. Fallon was born a princess, became a slave, and then became a gladiatrix. SO MUCH STRENGTH in her. Loved this. ...more
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My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
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Loretta Chase is SO GOOD. Wow! I happened to spy this in a store when I was shopping for Valentine's Day, and I knew immediately that my own Valentine's Day was suddenly going to be perfect. Love this story. I've read the two previous books, so the t ...more
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Dear Professor Einstein by Albert Einstein
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Do. Not. Waste. Your. Time.

The title says quite clearly that this is Einstein's letters to and from children. The first HALF of the book had nothing to do with those letters: it was a biography and photos of Einstein. If you're writing a biography, D
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“UGH! UGH! UGH!" - Cooper from Cooper's Folly by Mary Strand”
Mary Strand, Cooper's Folly

“Have you ever taken a really long dump and then you sit on the toilet going “God dang, what did I eat?â€� That’s the feeling that you get after playing this game! This is SUPER RAD VIDEO GAME DUDE!" - Cooper from Cooper's Folly by Mary Strand”
Mary Strand , Cooper's Folly

“Nerds before birds!" - Cooper from Cooper's Folly by Mary Strand”
Mary Strand, Cooper's Folly

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

“Write, even if you have a twinge, a doubt, a fear, a block, a noisy neighbor, a sick cat, thirteen unpublished stories, and a painful boil.”
Eric Maisel, A Writer's Paris

“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
Thomas Mann

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