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Girl Gone Reading: Island 731, Audible version
Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson, this book opens with a wounded WW2 naval man washed ashore on an island awakened from being eaten by...

Patrick DeShane
Dec 27, 20191 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: 8 Days to Go AKA Freaking Out about Last Name Change
I started writing this on December 25, 2019, which started the single digit countdown for the wedding. But I’m not getting it finished...

Middle Aged Mama
Dec 26, 20194 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: 25 Days to Go
Today – December 9, 2019 – marks the 25-day point before the wedding. I’m getting married in a mere 25 days! I’m close to being finished...

Middle Aged Mama
Dec 9, 20194 min read


Girl Gone Reading: Local author Nick Pignatelli has what you need
Are you tired of politics yet? Or perhaps you’re tired of the multitude of social media posts by friends who just learned the word...

Heather C Fazio
Dec 4, 20193 min read


Girl Gone Eating: Super easy Thanksgiving appetizer recipes
In the early 2000s, my Aunt Fran wanted to do something special to honor my cousin Karen. Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer, and...

Heather C Fazio
Nov 26, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: Illness Can Tear You Apart or Bring You Together
WARNING: This post contains explicit language and sexual content. Another test for the strength of a relationship is the possibility of...

Middle Aged Mama
Nov 23, 20196 min read


Girl Gone Reading: The Ivy, a series
I want to tell you about a book series I really enjoyed, set at Harvard University. The book series I’m recommending this week is by...

Heather C Fazio
Nov 22, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: Relationships and IKEA Furniture
If you ever want to test the strength of your relationship, try remodeling or renovating a room together. Better yet, make sure that...

Middle Aged Mama
Nov 12, 20196 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: It's the Little Things
There are “big” things I love about my fiance’ David. He is pretty calm and soothing, he’s hilarious, and he strives to be a good man...

Middle Aged Mama
Nov 4, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Reading: A ghost story for us north-easterners
I saved this one for the closest to Halloween, but it was tough. This book is considered one of the best 'scary' novels for 2019, and I...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 28, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: Sex and Anti-Depressants Do Not Mix
In a previous blog, I wrote about being on anti-depressants. What I didn’t say is that anti-depressants can be a gigantic buzz kill on...

Middle Aged Mama
Oct 25, 20193 min read


Girl Gone Reading: What was I thinking?
This is something I murmur to myself often. I must have asked myself this question at least ten times in the last two weeks, and it had...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 19, 20193 min read


Girl Gone Reading: October reads for kids
From the time I was very young (probably too young) I was reading The Exorcist, anything by Stephen King, and collections of short horror...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 15, 20194 min read


Girl Gone Local: Lobby Hero at Capital Repertory Theater
I wouldn't consider myself a theater enthusiast, but I do enjoy seeing plays that pique my interest, so take my thoughts and experience...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 10, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Reading: The Lightning Thief
Girl Gone Smart would like to welcome Patrick to our blog roll! Patrick is an avid reader, musician, and all round cool dude. He doesn't...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Authentic: Three Months to Go!
I woke up this morning in a hotel room, on a work trip, and realized something. Today is October 3, 2019. This means something to me – I...

Middle Aged Mama
Oct 4, 20195 min read


Girl Gone Smart: A guest review of Joker
Girl Gone Smart is happy to welcome a guest post today from Mike, who wants to tell you about the new movie, Joker. It's truly a...

Heather C Fazio
Oct 4, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Reading: We Were Liars
So, in purposely steering away from my cathartic, oversharing blog posts, I decided to try my hand at a book review. I've been trying to...
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Oct 3, 20193 min read


Girl Gone Reading: Little shop of... birds?
I hit a snafu in my reading schedule. I was supposed to review House of Leaves by Mark D. Danielweski this week but I left my Kindle at a...

Heather C Fazio
Sep 25, 20192 min read


Girl Gone Smart: Impeachment Tuesday
Yes. Yes we can. That is all. #girlgonesmart

Heather C Fazio
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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