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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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Cooper's Folly

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Pride, Prejudice, and Push-...

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Being Mary Bennet Blows

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Sunsets on Catfish Bar: A P...

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Cat Bennet, Queen of Nothin...

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Driving with the Top Down

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Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
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Despite his raging misogyny, I've always loved James Bond, and I've been reading Ian Fleming's books lately. This was the first James Bond novel he wrote ... and it's laughably bad. The misogyny is worse than ever (if that's possible), and he makes s ...more
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Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long
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The hero and heroine were both truly likeable characters. Their romance (and the consummation of it) was more realistic than is frankly often seen in historicals, and I loved that. For some reason it took me a while to read this, and I confess I don' ...more
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In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster by Stephanie Laurens
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I love Eliza and I love Jeremy: the two main characters. I enjoyed the ACTION of the kidnapping, the chase, the rescue, the escape, the chase, etc. But this was sooooooooo long: any decent editor could've made it 2/3 of the length, and it would've be ...more
In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster by Stephanie Laurens
"My good woman, what could you possibly have to say after 16 books in a series? Not much, and this book proved it.

Despite the fact that I actually liked both of the main characters, this book was unbelievably boring. Why are two women in the family, " Read more of this review »
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
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I was unexpectedly drawn in by Haymitch's story. Powerful, compelling, but then ultimately as dark (when he returns home to district 12) as the bleak darkness of Mockingjay. Thankfully, that wasn't a relatively short part of the book. (And all the so ...more
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
"2.5 stars. surprised and disappointed by the fact that i didn’t find this very compelling. it was pretty ambitious and had potential, but i didn’t feel connected to any of the side characters, so most of the more tragic moments of the book were lost " Read more of this review »
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Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves by L.M. Elliott
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This is technically a middle-grade novel, but I HIGHLY recommend it for all ages. The protagonist is 12-13 (thus, MG), but this is all about the very real dangers facing the east coast of the U.S. as German subs were roving along our coast during WWI ...more
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Sonnets From the Portuguese and Other Love Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Found this in a Little Free Library and felt like I'd struck gold. I did. Her ability to capture emotion so eloquently is enthralling. Particularly loved "Once Loved." Highly recommend this ... and Little Free Libraries. ...more
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Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas
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I had one major quibble with this, so I'll mention it first, because otherwise this was WONDERFUL. Keir is viciously attacked by a thug with a knife, cut so badly that he needed stitches ... and within minutes after getting stitches, the h/h decide t ...more
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The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
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Malú is 12 years old and forced to move to Chicago with her mom, who has a 2-year job offer there. Tough times. She's a great characters, and she's surrounded by great characters. A fun book that captures the young side of the punk scene, forming you ...more
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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?” 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”
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“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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