Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Writing is to Bleeding as Happiness is to Manchego

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Hemingway

that's all. move along. nothing to see here. oh wait, i lied. just finished The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank. Perhaps one of my favorites ever? Or maybe, just a relevant time to read about a wise woman's struggles at love and work. The narration is both quiet and seductive- almost uncomfortable at times but always well-written. One of my favorite lines: "You see yourself through his eyes, as THE GENERIC WOMAN, the skirted symbol on the ladies' room door." In any event, if you're a twenty or thirty-something lady with career aspirations and a penchant for finding the one you actually didn't believe you wanted to find, then this one's for you. I laughed out loud plenty of times.

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