just trust me on this one, this book slaps. short story collection by octogenarian debut author who used to be a psychologist and has keen understanding of human nature. completely flips society’s expectations of kindly sexless elderly women and presents a collection of stories of old women who are still very much horny, difficult, complicated, cynical, etc. plus the cover is cool af.
Apr 21, 2024
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Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo is a book of short stories about older women reckoning with aging that I, a gal who does not like short story collections has read twice. It is BITING.
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is about a woman with adult children who had a fling with a starlet and now lives on a cherry farm. It was really sweet—nothing groundbreaking but I‘m glad I read it.
The characters in Biography of X by Catherine Lacey seem ageless but are middle aged—a woman whose secretive but famous wife has just died goes on a journey to discover who she was. It’s set in a reimagined America where the south has cut itself off from the rest of the country. Very hard to put down!!
Mar 29, 2024
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surrealist book about a deaf old woman who moves into a magical old people’s home - so good and so funny and an incredible commentary on older women & senility in society
May 30, 2024
I very pathetically and desperately read just about anything promised to appeal for "fans of Gillian Flynn". This is the 1 in 50 that delivers, and not as a rip off or homage, but its own specific dark jewel. Just a riveting and very awful (positive) novel. So rarely does something capture this part of childhood, the very primal and un-socialized us vs. them, me vs. you, jealousy and confused pre-maturity longing and disgust. Crazy!
Oct 2, 2024
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Apr 5, 2025
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I went to the Korean spa for the first time with my bestie last night and it was a profoundly nourishing experience on every level. we were having deep heart to hearts while schvitzing it out in the sauna and it felt like my soul was being cleansed. there are these tubs of different temperatures and this basin full of mugwort water with empty bowls so you can pour it over yourself, and all these magical heated rooms with different scents and properties. I also saw people carrying giant bottles of spa water with chopped mango and mint and they were like $20 each but they looked sooo good. next time I also want to go to the Korean restaurant inside and the tea room.
Feb 8, 2025
this movie really defined an entire formative era of my life. I was an awkward frizzy-haired tween with glasses when this came out and I saw so much of myself in Mia. my best friend and I had the soundtrack basically memorized (Aaron Carter’s cover of Itty Bitty Little Pretty One lives rent free in my head, as does Miracles Happen by Myra). the love interest Michael (aka Robert Schartzman of Rooney fame) imprinted on my eros and continues to influence my type in masc women to this day. the movie also led me to the (superior if I’m being honest) book series, which played a HUGE role in shaping my taste and sense of humor and interest in pop culture references
Mar 11, 2025