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5 Minutes for Books — Everyone is Beautiful

March 23, 2009 by Jennifer Donovan

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Today’s book review comes from Dawn, our newest staff reviewer over at 5 Minutes for Books. She invites you to visit her at my thoughts exactly, if you’re a fan of cute kids or random thoughts, which both appear in abundance on her blog.

Have you ever found yourself gulping down the words from a book at an alarming rate because you no longer have any sense of the actual world around you? Have you ever connected with a fictional character in such a way that you think there’s possibly an eerie force at nature that led you to the book in the first place? Have you ever had trouble actually seeing the print on the page because of the massive amount of tears streaming down your face? I can honestly answer yes to all of the above about Katherine Center’s new novel, Everyone is Beautiful.

This is the story of Lanie, the mom to three young boys and the wife to a composer trying to make his mark on the profession, who is literally beginning a new chapter of her life at the onset of the story, moving her family from Texas to Massachusetts to support the aspiring career of her husband. Notice how that description mentions nothing particularly personal about Lanie?

Yeah, so would she, because that’s what she’s realizing her life has become– who she is can only be defined in relation to the people around her. A mother. A wife. That’s the scope of her life, and she has trouble recalling the self she used to be before these new identities took top billing in her life. An epiphany of sorts results, triggered by being asked the worst possible question ever by a stranger, leading her to add “change your life” to the top of her never ending to-do list (Ever been asked when you were due… when you weren’t pregnant anymore? Oh yes, worst possible question ever.) She soon comes to find that she may have changed more than she bargained for.

You could call this novel a treatise on modern day motherhood, parenting and marriage all wrapped up in an entertaining and wholly believable contemporary story. I’m drawn to fictional works that portray women and mothers in all their glory, often struggling with the messes that come with regular life and trying to find their particular path in it all. (Oh yes, I am what I read.) This book definitely had that overarching theme, but there was something else. I’m not even sure that I can put my finger firmly on it, but I’ve read enough novels in my day to know that this one was different.

Perhaps I come to this novel with certain characteristics that made me predisposed to connecting with it– I also have three young children, I also have a love/hate relationship with my own body, I also find myself often wondering what happened to the ‘me’ I used to be… but I think it was even more than that. The voice of Lanie speaks with such ferocity when she describes the fear that mothers live with about the vulnerability of their children’s lives, or the drudgery that can so easily swallow a marriage when you are surrounded by young children, or the physical imperfections that are an undeniable fact of life. Lanie goes beyond simply being a realistic character- as I turned the last pages, I felt as if I lived this story, instead of just spending the last day consuming it in a few extended sittings.

This book will find a very special place on my bookshelf, and it is definitely shooting to the top of the list of the books I (annoyingly) tell my friends they just have to read. Far be it from me to tell you, people whom I’ve never met, what to read… but I think you’re just going to have to trust me on this one. If I’ve sold you on this book, you can head over to 5 Minutes for Books to see the video trailer to get just a tiny taste of what this wonderful novel has to offer.

Please leave a comment to win one of three SIGNED copies of Everyone is Beautiful. We’ll announce the winners in next week’s column. This contest is void where prohibited and subject to our terms and conditions.

We’re thinking of doing some sort of bookclub with this book, so if you are interested, be sure to follow us at twitter.com/5M4B and keep an eye on our feed for details.

The winner of Sixty-Five Roses: A Sister’s Memoir is #32 Denise.

If you did not receive an email from me, please send your full shipping address to me at 5minutesforbooks(at)GmailDOTcom.

Edited by Susan to Add:
You’ll love these videos featuring the book:

“Everyone Is Beautiful” Trailer
Excerpt from “Everyone Is Beautiful”

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

Reader Interactions


175 Comments

  1. Esther says

    March 29, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    I would love to read this book!

  2. Mandie McBride says

    March 29, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    I would love to read this one! Sounds really good.

  3. amy h says

    March 29, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    This book sounds wonderful!! WOW!! Thanks for the chance to win!!

  4. Heather says

    March 29, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Sounds like a great book!

  5. Beverly M says

    March 29, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    This sounds like a book, I would enjoy reading. Thanks for having the contest!

  6. dorothy l says

    March 29, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    sounds like a great book

  7. Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug) says

    March 29, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    I’d love to read this 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!

  8. Meghan says

    March 29, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    This book sounds simply fabulous!!!!!

  9. Marcy Strahan says

    March 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    THIS SOUNDS LIKE SUCH AN INSPIRING BOOK!
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    I COULD TRULY USE A DOSE OF INSPIRATION RIGHT NOW!

  10. Renee We says

    March 29, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    It is an ever changing world that we live in. We change too.

  11. Paula J hephner says

    March 29, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    runnin out of stuff to read, it sounds wonderful!

  12. Timothy Sternberg says

    March 29, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    I would Love to win.

  13. Gina Benway says

    March 29, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    thanks for the contest. I just love getting into new books!

  14. Jack Davis says

    March 29, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    I really want to win this book for my daughter who loves to read! And who know she may share it with me! Thanks

  15. Veronica Garrett says

    March 29, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    This sounds like a great book. I would love to win it.

  16. Cassandra says

    March 29, 2009 at 11:13 am

    I would love to win–thanks!

  17. R Hicks says

    March 29, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Looks like a great read!

  18. Lily Kwan says

    March 29, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

  19. Donna C. says

    March 29, 2009 at 7:51 am

    Looks like a great book.

  20. Chrysa says

    March 29, 2009 at 2:35 am

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    March 29, 2009 at 2:25 am

    This sounds like a good one!

  22. Renee G says

    March 29, 2009 at 12:59 am

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  23. Betty C says

    March 29, 2009 at 12:06 am

    I’d love to win this. I need new reading material.

  24. Rachel Newman says

    March 28, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    I love losing the real world and entering the world in a book. Thanks for this opportunity!

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  25. Ashley says

    March 28, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    i would love to win this! it looks like a great book to read

  26. Stephanie says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    This sounds like a good read!!

  27. Janice Wright says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:17 pm

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  28. Wendy Wallach says

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    March 28, 2009 at 8:14 pm

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  30. Kathy says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    looks like a great book

  31. Candie L says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    I have been disappointed lately with the books I have read. I need something that will absolutely capture me and make me feel lost. Thank you

  32. Brenda S. says

    March 28, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    This book sounds like a good one. Thanks!

  33. nancy waychoff says

    March 28, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    i like he book cover

  34. shawna f says

    March 28, 2009 at 5:46 pm

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  35. Terrisa Swift says

    March 28, 2009 at 4:46 pm

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  36. Belinda Shaw says

    March 28, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Your review really peaked my interest in this book! I’d really enjoy reading it!

  37. Brenda Park says

    March 28, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    This sounds like a great book, and your review was awesome too. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

  38. Ed Nemmers says

    March 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Great book cover!

  39. Karen Gonyea says

    March 28, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Count me in 🙂

  40. nancy waychoff says

    March 28, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    my 12 yr old has too read 10 books a month for her reading class i hope this will be one of them

  41. Ellie W says

    March 28, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me.

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    March 28, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    I’m also a newsletter subscriber. Thanks.

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    March 28, 2009 at 12:21 pm

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    March 28, 2009 at 11:00 am

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    March 28, 2009 at 10:30 am

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    March 28, 2009 at 10:30 am

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  48. Diane Baum says

    March 28, 2009 at 8:20 am

    sounds like an interesting read

  49. J Chaborek says

    March 28, 2009 at 3:51 am

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  50. Kristen Hendricks says

    March 28, 2009 at 2:52 am

    I would love to win this book so I can read it. It sounds like the type of book that I could relate to so much. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.

  51. Molly Capel says

    March 28, 2009 at 12:32 am

    I would love to read this book. It sounds really different than what I normally read.

  52. Bryanna P. says

    March 28, 2009 at 12:25 am

    Awesome book… =D

  53. Jean F says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Its sad that women spend so much time judging themselves by unobtainable standards-of beauty, accomplishment…

  54. Sara Amos says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    This would be a great book to share with my sister who is a high school English teacher. I would love to read it also

  55. Christina says

    March 27, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    This sounds like a great book and a cautionary tale (that all women should remember) about giving to others too much and losing one’s sense of self in the process.

  56. Jessica says

    March 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    This sounds like a great book from what I have read on it. Would love to read this one.

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  57. Sarah says

    March 27, 2009 at 11:25 am

    enter me!

  58. Steve Scott says

    March 27, 2009 at 8:56 am

    I need to feed my wife’s reading addiction.

  59. Pamela S says

    March 27, 2009 at 1:06 am

    Thanks so much for the giveaway!! I love all kinds of books and would love to read this.

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    March 26, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    i would like to read this.

  61. Terra Heck says

    March 26, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I’d like to read this book. Thanks.

  62. quiltingreader says

    March 26, 2009 at 1:33 pm

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  63. victoria lynch says

    March 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I just read my last new book and this looks like one that I would enjoy

    thanks for the giveaway!!!!!!!!

  64. Marianna says

    March 26, 2009 at 11:32 am

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  65. mary bailey says

    March 25, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    I’ve often wondered if I was alone in marveling in the beauty of my soft, post-baby, squishy belly. This books sounds like one I will adore. I’d love to win it!

  66. SHARON says

    March 25, 2009 at 3:17 pm

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  67. Evelyn says

    March 25, 2009 at 11:57 am

    looks good

  68. Faythe says

    March 24, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    I love your review.
    I am a new subscriber to the e-newletter.

  69. Gabriel J. says

    March 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    Please, enter me, great prize!!!

  70. Christina G. says

    March 24, 2009 at 8:43 pm

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  71. Djp says

    March 24, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    great, i need a new read

  72. Ellen C. says

    March 24, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    I’d love to give this book a read. Thanks for the chance.

  73. Becky says

    March 24, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    This book sounds wonderful. I would love to read it. Great giveaway – signed copy! Thank you!

  74. Jason Nickolay says

    March 24, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    This looks like a great read. Thanks for the chance

  75. Gina Stratos says

    March 24, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Really does sounds like a great book
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  76. Marla says

    March 24, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    This sounds like a really good book I would love to read. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks!

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  77. Susan Smith says

    March 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    sounds like a good book

  78. Tarah says

    March 24, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    This sounds like it should be my next read!

  79. Angela J says

    March 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    I’m always looking for the next book to read.

  80. Nancy says

    March 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    This sounds wonderful, please enter me!

  81. Linda Chaput says

    March 24, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Thanks for the contest.I hope i win this one.I am a subscriber.

  82. Susan C says

    March 24, 2009 at 11:10 am

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    March 24, 2009 at 10:57 am

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  84. Mary Ward says

    March 24, 2009 at 10:49 am

    I read her first book and just loved it. I’d really love a copy of this one!

  85. Teal says

    March 24, 2009 at 10:04 am

    This book sounds like just the thing I need right now! Great review!

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    March 24, 2009 at 9:13 am

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  89. Nicole says

    March 24, 2009 at 8:23 am

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  90. Alice C says

    March 24, 2009 at 7:46 am

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  91. edj says

    March 24, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Ah yes. I can agree with that title for everyone but myself. I’d love to read this. Please enter me. Thanks.

  92. Meredith Rogen says

    March 24, 2009 at 3:35 am

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  93. Brook says

    March 24, 2009 at 2:52 am

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  94. Adrian Lamont says

    March 24, 2009 at 1:07 am

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  95. Tanna Moddison says

    March 24, 2009 at 12:04 am

    I find myself reading more lately, and this sounds like the perfect book to add to my growing (again) collection! Thank you!

  96. Faythe says

    March 24, 2009 at 12:00 am

    This sounds like a great read. something I need at this time to bring me back into basic sanity! Is that possible anymore??? I figure laughter & sounds like I will relate to the character will fill the spot!

    Everyone is Beautiful sounds just right for me!

    thank you !

  97. MommyAmy says

    March 23, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    I’d love to win! Sounds like a great book! I’m gonna recommend it to my book club. 🙂

  98. angie says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    sounds like lots of fun from a great book
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  99. Jen says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    Sounds like a book I could relate to!! 🙂

  100. Shannon H says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I’d love to read this, so please count me in. Thanks!

  101. Holly says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    This sounds like such a great book. I would love to win a copy.

  102. Lucia says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Another great review, Dawn. Would love to win this book…keeping my fingers crossed.

  103. Danielle says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    This looks like a great read. I’d love to win it!

  104. Denise says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    I’d love to read it, thanks!

  105. shannon Baas says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    neat book.

  106. Jennifer Elliott says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    This looks awesome, thanks for the chance!

  107. Jen S. says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    would love to win!

  108. Donna R says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    I’d love to win this. Thanks for the contest.

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    March 23, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    love to win this

  110. Martha C says

    March 23, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    I am also the mother of three but my kids are getting older and I have found my way back into my line of work so I have a bit of myself back. I’d love to read this and share it with my book club. Thanks for that opportunity.

  111. Krista says

    March 23, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    I would love to read this book!

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    March 23, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    wow

  113. kendra says

    March 23, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    thanks for this opp!

  114. tracey says

    March 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Count me in!

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    March 23, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    would love to win

  116. Sherry says

    March 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Sounds like a great read, thanks for the chance to win!

  117. IE Mommy says

    March 23, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    The more I have to read, the happier I am! Wish me luck.

  118. Rhonda says

    March 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Sounds like an excellent read!

  119. Brandi says

    March 23, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    I need a great book to read! I have been struggling finding great books at the library…it is hard for me to pick out a good book from all the masses 🙂

  120. Debbie says

    March 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Debbie
    [email protected]

  121. Susan says

    March 23, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    This looks like a good book. Thanks!

  122. Karen says

    March 23, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    I can’t tell you the last book I read that wasn’t about parenting! I am very interested in this book and would love to win. If I don’t win, I may just visit Amazon and get it for myself. Thanks for offering this contest and for the chance to learn about a good read.

  123. Karen B says

    March 23, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    I have grand/greatgrandkids now and their moms are going through what I did back in the 60s-70s-80s. Would love to win and pass it on after I’ve read it!

  124. Megret says

    March 23, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    I’m also a subscriber 🙂

  125. Megret says

    March 23, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    I’d so love to read this book! Thanks!
    Megret
    musesofmegret(at)gmail(dot)com

  126. Alicia Webster says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    I have three kids also (a three-year-old, a two-year-old, and a one-year-old), and I am shocked at the differnce between the pre-marriage/kids “me” and the post-marriage/kids “me”. When I was single, I used to think poorly about moms who had clearly let themselves go. Now I am the embodiment of that particular sterotype, and I never would have predicted it. I give my family everything that I have, and there is nothing left for me. Do I think that is healthy? No. But the guilt that consumes me when I try to have a little “mommy time” makes it all pointless.
    Alicia Webster
    [email protected]

  127. Jenn says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Looks like a GREAT read!

  128. courtney says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    this looks like a great book and great idea about a book club! would love to win!

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    March 23, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    I’d love to win this book! It sounds great!

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    March 23, 2009 at 11:50 am

    I need a new book and it sounds great!

  131. Mozi Esmes Mommy says

    March 23, 2009 at 11:41 am

    This looks interesting – I’d love to read it!

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    March 23, 2009 at 11:32 am

    I need a new book and this looks great.

  133. Deb M says

    March 23, 2009 at 11:14 am

    This books sound perfect for getting us out of the “cabin fever after long winter at home with kids” mode. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  134. Occupation: Mommy says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:56 am

    This sounds like a great book!

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    March 23, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Sounds like a great book. I would love to win and read it!

  136. Andrea says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:42 am

    This one is on my ‘To be read list’! I’d love to win!

  137. Beth says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Sounds like a book every mom should read! An autographed copy would be awesome.

  138. Michael Capp says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:34 am

    I’d love to win!

  139. Angela C. says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:33 am

    I would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  140. Betsey says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:33 am

    getting this book one way or another!

  141. Mama Zen says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:29 am

    I subscribe to the newsletter.

  142. Mama Zen says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:28 am

    This sounds fabulous!

  143. Heather J. says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:12 am

    and I’m subscribed through Google Reader

  144. Heather J. says

    March 23, 2009 at 10:12 am

    I recently recommended this to a friend (without having read it myself) and she LOVED it. I’d love to be able to give her a signed copy, since hers was a library book.

    Please enter me. 🙂

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    March 23, 2009 at 9:39 am

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    March 23, 2009 at 9:39 am

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  147. Donna Slice says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:39 am

    I would be thrilled to win this book. We moms rule.

  148. SANDY says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:39 am

    would love to read this

  149. corinne says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Sounds great–and I LOVE that cupcake on the cover! I’d love to read it.

  150. kris says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Sounds like a great book!!!

  151. Isabel says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Sign me up. Thank you!

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    March 23, 2009 at 9:27 am

    This sounds great!

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    March 23, 2009 at 9:23 am

    I’d love to win!

  154. Mandee says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:18 am

    wow i’ve been looking for a new book and this one sounds great! i would love love love to win it!!

  155. Jackie says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:13 am

    This book sounds like a good one. Following on twitter in case you do a club.

  156. Corinne says

    March 23, 2009 at 9:03 am

    I love winning books!!!

  157. she says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:55 am

    i’m a book addict and this sounds like a great one! please count me in for the giveaway!

    i’m actually giving away 15 books for ubp09 on my site! enter to win!

  158. Sharon says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:30 am

    This sounds like a good one! I’d love to read it.

  159. katie says

    March 23, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Loved the trailer, would love to win this book.

  160. rachael s says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:52 am

    i have heard so many wonderful things about this book, i would love to win!

  161. Jamie says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:45 am

    I’m a subscriber.

  162. Jamie says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:44 am

    Sounds like a great book!

  163. susan varney says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:21 am

    love to read -hope to win

  164. Heather says

    March 23, 2009 at 7:05 am

    I would love this book too! I hope I win!

  165. Shirley Rogers says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:52 am

    Sounds like a great book. I’d love to win it.

  166. Angie says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:44 am

    I love to read – this one sounds great!!!

  167. Breezy's Mom says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:37 am

    Sounds like a good book. Would love to win a copy.

  168. debbie c says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:28 am

    I’m always looking for a good book to read and a new author I haven’t read before. Hope I win, but, if not I at least I know a book to go get.
    Thanks.

  169. Amber G says

    March 23, 2009 at 6:15 am

    I would really love to win this book!

  170. Susan says

    March 23, 2009 at 2:08 am

    Isn’t this book AMAZING!!!!

    You’ve gotta watch these videos on YouTube

    Trailer:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPwTrTaZRm0&feature=related

    Excerpt from the Book:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVg8kupPO8Y

  171. Robyn says

    March 23, 2009 at 1:08 am

    I am reading her first book right now and have heard so many wonderful things about “Everyone is Beautiful” I would love to win a copy.

  172. phyllis says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:21 am

    i really enjoyed her first book (which i won on a blog…lol) so i’m sure i’ll enjoy this one too! hope i win:-) great review.

  173. Kelli says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:20 am

    I need a book that I can get into! This one sounds great!

  174. Beloved Mama says

    March 23, 2009 at 12:13 am

    I would LOVE to win- I’ll head over to the review ;O)

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