I see your “stone cold brick of logic” from your husband and I raise you “you’ll never be capable of love” from my father after I had broken up with my fiancé at the time. This is why you and I are friends 🌈
Thank you for putting The Rachel Incident in your newsletter again because I was just reminded of how I never got to finish it! My library loan expired, and due to sharing a Libby account with three people (so we can all use each other’s different catalogues 😅), my hold must have been removed and forgotten!
Also Normal People needs to move up my list, and this confirms that. It has been on there for awhile because I want to read it before I watch it and I want to watch it because Paul, obviously.
As someone who purportedly does not enjoy angst, I’m surprised to have read two of three on this list. I also really enjoy The Rachel Incident - it was funny enough to not be totally weighed down by angst (Normal People, not so much).
I loved the footnote about Hungarian hypochondria. One of my favorite parts of living abroad is learning different cultural attitudes toward health. When I was in Argentina and starting to get sick, an Argentinian I was working with told me to eat some sugar (not like a candy bar, but plain spoonful of sugar) because it helps “energize the body” and fight the illness. In China, the solution to everything was drinking warm/hot water, which I’ve honestly taken with me as a practice.
I see your “stone cold brick of logic” from your husband and I raise you “you’ll never be capable of love” from my father after I had broken up with my fiancé at the time. This is why you and I are friends 🌈
Thank you for putting The Rachel Incident in your newsletter again because I was just reminded of how I never got to finish it! My library loan expired, and due to sharing a Libby account with three people (so we can all use each other’s different catalogues 😅), my hold must have been removed and forgotten!
Also Normal People needs to move up my list, and this confirms that. It has been on there for awhile because I want to read it before I watch it and I want to watch it because Paul, obviously.
ohhh goodness wow. interesting choice dad!
i hope you love Rachel, let me know when you finish! love that you share the libby app hahaa
As someone who purportedly does not enjoy angst, I’m surprised to have read two of three on this list. I also really enjoy The Rachel Incident - it was funny enough to not be totally weighed down by angst (Normal People, not so much).
I loved the footnote about Hungarian hypochondria. One of my favorite parts of living abroad is learning different cultural attitudes toward health. When I was in Argentina and starting to get sick, an Argentinian I was working with told me to eat some sugar (not like a candy bar, but plain spoonful of sugar) because it helps “energize the body” and fight the illness. In China, the solution to everything was drinking warm/hot water, which I’ve honestly taken with me as a practice.
Oooh I love that! Xoxo