Welcome to the One-Year Anniversary Edition of The Maladjusted Book Club! So glad you could join. (And don’t worry if you haven’t read the book. I tried to include a little something for any wanderer who arrives here dazed and confused.) The Marriage Plot Do you think Jeffrey Eugenides watches old reruns of Felicity, that [...]
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In college, I had a radio show. It was called The Janarama Show, and I was assigned a spot no other DJ wanted: Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 a.m. Yet as a freshman, I jumped out of bed those mornings, eager to play the songs I loved, to bring friends, to accept calls from listeners (a total of [...]
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*Even if you haven’t read this month’s Maladjusted Book Club pick, read on. You can still participate in our discussion about marriage and relationships! First, let me congratulate you Maladjusted Bookclubbers on this episode of Reading Survivor. If you’re here, I’m assuming you survived, or at a minimum, you haven’t gone blind. Jude the Obscure was [...]
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Dear Maladjusted Readers, I am at it again. Apologizing. If you, in your extreme kindness, are actually reading the latest Maladjusted Book Club pick, you may be muttering to yourself, “What the hell was she thinking?” And now I must confess to you, I wasn’t, fully. I picked it in a moment of irrationality, of [...]
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My husband and I recently took a kid-free vacation to Delray Beach, Florida. If you, too, are dreaming of a romantic getaway with your significant other sans sippy cups and baby wipes, here is a guided tour of what to expect. (Warning: There will be no nudity in this post.) 1. Expect your flight to [...]
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I’m beginning to wonder if romance only exists in a Bronte novel: Shadows, capes, a flailing woman in the attic and a virginal one, hands clasped, pacing downstairs. It’s so much more exciting and beautiful, after all, to fall in love on a big estate with a secret past, to traverse the moors, lamenting your [...]
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“Emma, Meet iPad.” How does one read Madame Bovary in the 21st century? She picks up an old translation from her local library or the used bookstore, the newest translation by Lydia Davis, or she reads it digitally. On the iPad, for instance. I never expected to like digital reading. I’m a book girl. I [...]
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Before children: After children: Happy Halloween from the metamorphosing couple. Tweet This Post
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Today Becca from Live Out Loud with Me has written a great Spill It! post we can all relate to: marriage. (It’s hard, you know?) Becca found me a few weeks ago and quickly became part of the Maladjusted Book Club, adding thoughtful comments on the readings. Her blog is no less thoughtful and enjoyable, [...]
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Woman-Talk: Why are those clothes crumpled in a pile on the rug? Man-Talk: Because I folded them. __ Woman-Talk: Didn’t you wear that shirt yesterday? Man-Talk: I don’t know. Maybe. __ Woman-Talk: Thanks for doing the dishes. But…. Didn’t you just use that sponge to wipe the floor? Man-Talk: Yup! (Goes about business.) __ Woman-Talk: [...]
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