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Trailer: Angela Bassett and Paula Patton in "Jumpin' The Broom"

I didn't wince once while watching this trailer. That is a good sign.  I won't even bother to go on about how happy I am to see Angela Bassett back in action - and with Loretta Devine to boot! #win

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This Thing Called Love

Darling You Send Me, Honest You Do

* Friends: A Love Story by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance. I just love these two - and their cute little babies!  Feb 16th Update: Bassett and Vance Tell Their 'Love Story' via NPR's News and Notes.  The couple is interviewed and read excerpts from their book.

* With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.  This audio book tied for a Grammy award (with former President Jimmy Carter's audio book) for Best Spoken Word album last Sunday.

* The Beekeeper's Love via Daryn Kagan.com. You are three minutes away from tears coming to your eyes.

 

Sometimes It's Kinder To Tell The Truth In Fiction

* In Love and Out Again by Elinor Lipman.

* Lost Hearts in Italy by Andrea Lee.

* Waiting by Ha Jin.

* Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin.

* The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank.

* Quiz: Literary Love.

 

Where Is the Love?

* Valentine, Schmalentine: Songs for the Dumped via NPR's Day to Day.

* A lost art: Romance in the age of irony via The Chicago Tribune.

* Valentine's at White Castle via New York magazine.

 

You Must Not Know 'Bout Me, You Must Not Know 'Bout Me!

* 91% of Single Women Are Now Emailing 'Spinster Article Was Wrong' Article to their Smug Married Friends.  And their mothers, grandmothers and aunts.

* My One Good Nerve by Ruby Dee. One of the best book titles ever.

* Males, Nails, Sample Sales: Everything a Woman Must Know to be Smarter, Savvier, Saner, Sooner by Stephanie Pierson.  Stylish, smart and funny.

 

 

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* Make It Last Forever.

* Spoylt Rotten.