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The gulfs in marriage and home: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
I am so grateful to a couple of blogger friends who recently urged me to move Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri up on my reading list. This book had been sitting on my shelves unread for maybe...
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Disillusionment in marriage, home, and life: The Buddha in the Attic, by...
The Buddha in the Attic is Julie Otsuka’s 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novella about Japanese picture brides trying to start new lives in California during the first half of the 20th century. The...
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Lessons learned in 2013
It’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to look back on a year, but I decided to do it this year. Here are some of my reflections from 2013: [Addendum: I apologize for my horrendous numbering...
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Men, Women, and Chivalry
I’m reading a captivating book right now called Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty. I plan to review this next week so for now I’ll just say briefly that it’s a mystery/suspense tale about an...
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No Flowers or Jewelry; Just Love
My husband has rarely bought me flowers, and the few – okay, the two – times that he did, I think he got them from the supermarket. He reminds me that I had once specifically asked for food over...
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Small Moments, Huge Joys
It seems that over the last year or two I’ve become more sensitive to stimuli around me. Or, maybe, I’m finally slowing down enough in life to take in the sights, sounds, smells and touches that I once...
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Marriage and Personal Struggle: Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill
I’m back, or so I hope! I had a hard time motivating myself to write over the last few weeks but I’m hoping to now slowly get back into the swing of things. I have been reading my books, though, so I...
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(Literary Wives) Not Enough Marital Connection and Too Much Facebook: Wife 22
I apologize for my sporadic writing of late, but I’m back to review our (on-line book club) Literary Wives’ October book, Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon. Wife 22 is a book about contemporary issues: growing...
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What Matters Most in Life: We Are Not Ourselves, by Matthew Thomas
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas is frequently touted as a novel about the American Dream but I’d like to think of it as a story about what it means to define meaning and happiness in one’s life,...
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When Your Partner Isn’t a Reader (or Athlete, etc.), and You Are
Call me irrational, but I used to get nervous about the idea of dating athletic or active men. My big fear was being expected to go hiking or camping or rollerblading, and thus having all my...
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