Candice Reed

Candice Reed is co-author of Thank You For Firing Me! How to Catch the Next Wave of Success After You Lose Your Job (Sterling Publishers, 2010). Currently, she is a freelance journalist, copywriter, grant writer, and speechwriter. Ms. Reed was also a ghostwriter for a former president. She has published more than 5,000 features, essays, articles, and book reviews in publications such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. Visit: http://www.thankyouforfiringme.org

Book Reviews by Candice Reed

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“Ms. Davis’s novella . . . gives 50 Shades of Grey a run for its money.”

Love it or hate it, sex sells.

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“It’s the best wedding ever.”

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“[a] fast-paced novella . . . [with] a real story . . .”

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“. . . you’ll be glad you got on for the ride—and made it safely to the end.”

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“. . . a sort of ‘He said, She said,’ page turner. And it works. . . . both funny and cringe worthy.”

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“The subject matter of Call Me When You Land might seem dark and depressing, but it’s not. It’s funny and human and real.

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“. . . you, darling, will positively love reading The House in France: A Memoir by Gully Wells. . . . as F.

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“In this book about one of THE MOST FAMOUS WRITERS ON EARTH (at the moment), you can find out how the late author took his coffee.

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“In her new book, The Art of Saying Goodbye, Ellyn Bache focuses on friendships, family, and life in a close-knit suburb in a very real way. . . .

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There are certain passages in Carla Malden’s memoir, Afterimage, where the reader might have difficulty turning the page because of the tears falling onto the heartbreaking words.

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In the summer of 2007, Natalie Taylor was a happily married young woman about to have a baby and celebrate her two-year wedding anniversary with her college sweetheart, Josh.

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The deliciousness that wafts from the pages of The Kitchen Daughter will make readers wonder how the author managed to concoct a story of magic, food, and Asperger’s syndrome, but as with

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There’s enough pressure on parents to hold the perfect birthday party for a six-year-old these days, but when someone drops dead at said celebration, the goody bags are probably not going to make u

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Caterer and professional snoop Goldy Schulz lives in Aspen Meadows, Colorado, a small, friendly town where everyone knows everyone.

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Radar Hoverlander and his girlfriend, Allie Quinn, scored big on their last con, so they vow to get off the razzle.

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If your main goal in life is to be a supervisor, the boss, or the Big Kahuna, you might want to rethink that career goal by reading You Can’t Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental

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There is so much frenzied activity going on during the three days that Aimée Leduc is trying to solve a murder for which her beloved godfather and police Commissaire Morbier is the prime suspect, t

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Don’t let the diminutive size of Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut: Essays & Observations fool you—it’s filled with big laughs, emotions, angst and enough four-letter words to get Kargman ki

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Peggy Orenstein, noted journalist and bestselling author has spent two decades reporting on the issues of womanhood, girlhood, and female empowerment, and she makes a surprising confession on the f