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Barb Drummond

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Born

Canada

Website

https://barbdrummondwrites.com/

Twitter

stirmyeggs

Genre

Memoir, Humor and Comedy, Nonfiction

Member Since

October 2024

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Barb Drummond is a multi-award-winning author and Amazon Bestseller who believes books are best served with a mint chocolate bar and a great cup of coffee, preferably Tim Hortons.

Her writing mixes humor, heartbreak, and the kind of stories that make you laugh inappropriately in public places.

She’s a writer, speaker, panelist, and occasional troublemaker who has racked up awards in both business and education (which is basically proof that she can multitask without spilling her coffee… most of the time).

Armed with certificates in brain-boosting programs like SOI, IPP, and TLP (translation: she’s officially allowed to fiddle with your brain in the best way possible), Barb has dedicated her life to strengthening cognitive function, smashing b ...more

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Average rating: 4.81 · 21 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Finally Have the Smoking Hot Body I Have Always Wanted...: Having Been Cremated 4.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PRUEBA: I Finally Have the Smoking Hot Body I Have Always Wanted...: Having Been Cremated it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Barb Drummond is now friends with Miss Dom
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) by Ingrid Schaffner	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A dear friend introduced me to Maira Kalman - it seems I cannot get enough of her work! Her fonts, her creativity, her way of making the ordinary feel EXTRAordinary. As with all of her books, I seem to linger on every page and often have to get a fres ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book really liked it Wallflower at the Orgy by Nora Ephron	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
One of my favourite writers... Nora Ephron slips into late-’60s media rooms like a quiet observer with a very loud brain. These essays are sharp, funny, clever, and filled with the kind of detail you come to expect from the ever observant Nora Ephron. ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ok, book friends — confession: I started Sea of Tranquility thinking “hmm, not sure” and finished with my jaw on the floor. The way the timeline folds into itself in the last part? Genius move. I didn’t spot the integration until the reveal and then ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Dictionary of Lost Words is a reminder that words are never just ink on a page—they decide whose stories are remembered. I had no idea how painstaking the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary was until reading this, and Pip Williams brings i ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book really liked it The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Just finished The Christmas Guest and gave it a 4.5 ⭐️ review. It had such a moody, suspenseful holiday vibe that pulled me right in. I did find the constant page-turning sound in the audiobook a bit annoying—apparently meant to make the listener fee ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a delightful reminder that sometimes disappearing is the only way to truly be found. Maria Semple gives us a heroine who is messy, brilliant, and so remarkably human. Bernadette’s exterior brilliance hides an interior wo ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is glamorous, heartbreaking, and impossible to put down. A dazzling mix of old Hollywood scandal and raw human emotion, it keeps you hooked until the very last page. I do, however, have a few questions for the author ...more
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Barb Drummond rated a book it was amazing The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read and listened to The Name of the Rose—and honestly, that combo was the best decision. The Audible narration was fantastic; the voice brought the Italian phrases and rhythms to life in a way that made me feel fully immersed in the world Eco crea ...more
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“In this journey, it wasn’t her forgetting that broke me. It was the glimpses of her remembering.”
― Barb Drummond, I Finally Have the Smoking Hot Body I Have Always Wanted...: Having Been Cremated

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“BUT It’s not about having a single favorite book—it’s about finding the one that fits the me I want to be on any given day.”
― Me

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“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

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