“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver
Sometimes, when I read a good book, I find myself seriously freaking out. It’s like, “How have I lived this long without having read this book…
“The Marriage Plot” by Jeffrey Eugenides
I’ve finally finished reading The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. I would describe it as way-better- than-The Virgin Suicides (thank God!) but still not-quite-as-good as Middlesex.…
“The Engagements” by J. Courtney Sullivan
Sometimes I surprise myself. For example: l heard an interesting author interview on NPR (J. Courtney Sullivan), actually remembered the name of the book (The Engagements)…
Data, A Love Story (and I thought I was crazy…)
Sometimes being a writer sucks. I was less than two glasses into my celebratory box-o-sangria when my agent emailed me regarding a new book called “Data,…
And We’re Back, with Free Love
There aren’t too many things I miss about being single (wondering if he’s going to call, then waiting for him to call, then realizing he’s a…
“31 Dates in 31 Days” by Tamara Duricka Johnson
In case you were wondering, the Starbucks salted caramel mocha tastes neither of salt nor of caramel (until you the get the last inch and a…
“The American Heiress” by Daisy Goodwin
It was so much easier to get married in the nineteenth century. I know this not because I majored in history as an undergraduate or because…
Delicious Dating
Wow. I’ve got to admit the responses to yesterday’s post completed floored me—what a huge range of experiences in the “I love you” department! In reading…
Kissing Frogs in Cyberspace
In my continued efforts to determine just how far this serial dating epidemic has spread (and how I might learn from those who’ve gone before me),…
“The Science of Single” by Rachel Machacek
A block from Meze, where we’re meeting, I see him. Forget that he took it upon himself to disprove my height-calculating formula by rounding up not…
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