Like most of the books I read these days, I discovered It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History (2015) through a Cannonball Review. It sounded like a fascinating, fun read, and it was immediately available at my library. That’s really all I needed, but knowing that one of the break-up stories was about Edith Wharton was probably what had me picking up this book so quickly. I love Wharton’s writing, and I wondered if I would be able to see any of her […]
A resounding “meh.”
In Liane Moriarty’s fourth book, The Hypnotist’s Love Story, an Australian hypnotherapist named Ellen meets a bland and grumpy man named Patrick, who turns out to have a son, a dead ex wife, and a stalker – his ex, Saskia, who helped him raise his son for years after his wife’s death. Ellen is intrigued to the point of slightly obsessed with the stalker, and wrestles with an assortment of personal dilemmas: people not taking her career seriously, her mother’s unconventional choice to have her […]
Sisters Seem Fun Sometimes, Sometimes Not So Fun
So this is final Liane Moriarty book until she publishes something new! Excuse me while I experience some sadness. Ok, done. Having just finished the Last Anniversary and the Hypnotist’s Love Story and being mildly disappointed with them both (they were good, not great), I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with Three Wishes. I’m happy to report that I wasn’t let down. Three Wishes tells the story of the […]
The Greatest of These is Love
Scary Close is about a lot of things. It is part memoir, part relationship advice, part cognitive-behavioral therapy. All of it speaks to how life is better lived together than alone, and how love is king. The author, Donald Miller, is most famous for Blue Like Jazz, a book that was published more than a decade ago. In Scary Close, Miller talks about the celebrity and pressure that came with the book, and the paradox of isolating himself to write books about community and love. […]
Bleak
Thirty-second book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. This book was suggested to me by my dear friend, Pavitra Vijayaraghavan. But like most novels that sound emotional and perhaps draining, I decided to let this one be for as long as I could. But I was constantly reminded to read it by Pavitra. I still managed somehow to avoid it, but no more. On 29th of August, I received a small note from her wishing me a wonderful year ahead (31st of August is […]
Learning the Language of Love
Words of Affirmation Quality Time Receiving Gifts Acts of Service Physical Touch There you go, the entire book in a nutshell. You’re welcome. But I should probably go into more detail. One day at my gym, a spontaneous conversation erupted about love languages. As each person chimed in to say which “love language” they were, it made me wonder what I was missing. What are these mysterious love languages? Why don’t I know my love languages? I also couldn’t resist the allure of labeling my […]
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