Author: Paula Shaffer

FICTION 

Book Series for the Housebound Citizen

March 30, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Brandon Sanderson, Chief Inspector Gamache, Crazy Rich Asians, Elizabeth Chadwick, Jim Butcher, Kevin Kwan, Louise Penny, Mistborn, The Dresden Files, The Greatest Knight

Lose yourself in a vast fictional world for a while

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‘Virgin River’: a Relaxing, Warm TV Bath

March 4, 2020April 8, 2020 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Alexandra Breckinridge, Annette O'Toole, Martin Henderson, Netflix, Robyn Carr, Tim Matheson, Virgin River

Good old traditional down-home programming

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Alexa & Katie, BFFs

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alexa & Katie, Dan Schneider, Isabel May, John Green, Paris Barely

Despite Laugh Track, Teen Cancer Sitcom Continues to Rise Above the Genre

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NON-FICTION 

‘Why We Can’t Sleep’ Can’t Convince

January 15, 2020January 17, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Ada Calhoun, Enjoli, Enjoli commercial, Gen-X, Generation X, Meg Ryan, perimenopause, Sesame Street, Space Shuttle Challenger, Why We Can't Sleep

Ada Calhoun’s Mostly Disappointing Treatise About the Problems Of Gen-X Women

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The Dolly Zone

December 19, 2019December 18, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments

Corny Down-Home Goodwill Abounds in ‘Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings’

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TELEVISION 

All That Glitters is Not Goldblum

December 9, 2019December 10, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Jeff Goldblum, The World According To Jeff Goldblum

‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ is Pretty Awkward

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The Jenny Slate

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments

A Standup Special, a Memoir, and a Career Spiraling Upwards

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TELEVISION 

Amherst 90210

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alena Smith, Anna Baryshnikov, Apple TV, CW, Dickinson, Ella Hunt, Emily Dickinson, Hailee Steinfeld, ilee Steinfeld, Jane Krakowski, Jenna Maroney, Jennifer Aniston, John Mulaney, mama's boy Henry David Thoreau, Reese Witherspoon, Reign, Steve Carell, The Morning Show, Toby Huss, Wiz Khalifa

The Surreally Comic Teen World of ‘Dickinson,’ Apple TV’s Surprise Hit

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TELEVISION 

‘Atypical’ is Actually Pretty Typical

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Paula Shaffer 1 Comment Atypical, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Rappaport

In Season 3, Our Autistic Protagonist Heads Off to College

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