“Victoria seeks her Albert.”
Eyes – Hazel
Body – Thin
Style – Makeup
SensibilitywithSense
Seeking a man, 29 to 42
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris“The essay about learning French makes me laugh so hard I cry. My mother lived in France after college and taught it before I was born. I started learning French at school when I was five...” more »
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland“Read it and got totally ensnared. I read all three. Escapist delight.”
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves“I just didn't want this one to end. And the idea that there is a labyrinth of books somewhere is so fantastic and excellent, especially in postwar Barcelona. Loved it.”
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Michele Roberts“Surprisingly current, despite it's age. What a compelling train wreck of events!”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling“And all that came before. These saved me from dead theory brain in grad school. Like candy!”
Sophie Calle
Christine Macel, Ive-Alan Bois, Yve-Alain Bois, Olivier Rolin“This lady has such grace and guts. I wish I had the gumption to do half the things she tried in here. Especially the hotel room in Italy. Amazing.”
White Teeth
Zadie Smith“Loved this and loved an interview with her I heard on KCRW's Bookworm. I could listen to that voice talking about writing all day.”
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain De Botton“I adore this man. This was the first of his books that I read. The sweet weirdness of Proust's life as well as the way a philosophy book was presented as a spoof and yet a deeper version of...” more »
Freddy and Fredericka
Mark Helprin“Farce with heart. It made me laugh so hard that someone crossed the street to get away from the cafe where I was sitting. I actually snotted on myself. And it made me cry, too. A favorite...” more »
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Aimee Bender“So unexpected and hilarious and twisted and sweet and sad. Love her.”
Letters to a Young Poet
Kent Nerburn, Rainer Maria Rilke, Joan M. Burnham“Gets better every time. A great reminder to me to live the questions.”
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino“I read this in one sitting, on a plane back from Boston back to LA after Christmas with my mom and my brother. It felt like I was the only one awake, getting my head blown off by this book...” more »
City of Thieves
David Benioff“Wasn't sure how I would end up feeling about this one at first... it's rough going at parts, but by the end I was completely won over. Totally worth it.”
Winter's Tale
Mark Helprin“The opening portion of this book is breathtaking. I wanted to take the sentences one at a time. He wanders around a good deal in this book, but I really didn't mind so much.”
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
John Wood“So loved this. It reminded me that meaning is essential to what we do with our lives. And that sticking with promises to help others is the best choice I can make, even if I'm not always in...” more »
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Philip Pullman“So wonderful. Have loved him since I was little, but found this series as an adult. Beautiful.”
A Room with a View
Edward Morgan Forster“I've read this more than once and I can recite the film. George's speech to Lucy telling her that Cecil doesn't know what a woman is gets as close to perfection as I've seen. Melting...” more »
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson“The very first book I pulled an all-nighter to finish. I was in third grade. And I still remember the mean kids in the school who saw the girl eating yogurt calling it "clabber." Ew!”
Swann's Way
Lydia Davis, Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast“Hunkered down and read this last winter and loved it. I had always wanted to read Proust and it turns out that's quite a good idea to do.”
Observatory Mansions
Edward Carey“I put this down halfway through, not really connecting with it, and then picked it up again for some reason a month or so later and loved it to bits. Bought it at Book People in Austin...” more »
Pussy, King of the Pirates
Kathy Acker“I read this book in grad school, as recommended by a fellow grad student studying lit. It was the closest thing to a hallucination or a dream I have experienced while reading. I read part...” more »
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Deluxe...
Douglas Adams“Love all of this. The bit where Arthur tries to make tea on the ship the first time is perfection.”
The Defector
Daniel Silva“I've listened to all of Daniel Silva's books up through this one on audio while driving around LA. I love a good spy thriller and, as I majored in Art History in college, I do love the art...” more »
The Enchanted April.
Elizabeth von Arnim, Margaret Tarner“I love how much hope there is in this story. SO many books seem to focus on the negative in life. I am so happy to read this and remember that wishes do make a difference.”
The Big Leap
Gay Hendricks“Asks such excellent questions. I keep recommending it to friends. A great guide to moving up in life, I have found.”
Signs and Relics
Sylvia Plachy“I can't forget to add photo books as well. I love Plachy's work. I love how she presents photographs and how they are paired together and ordered. I look at this one over and over.”
The Monster of Florence
Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi“So fascinating, not just because of the case and the events, but because of the difference between the Italian system of justice and the one here. I was about to return it to the library...” more »
Conscious Dreaming
Robert Moss“Had the craziest dreams of my life while reading this. Later took a class with him and found him quite remarkable.”
Wonderland Avenue
Danny Sugerman“The craziest autobio I have ever read. And a view of an LA I have never seen...”
The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary,...
E. S. C. Weiner, J. A. Simpson“It's the best! I love the glass viewer. It makes me happy.”
