You do not get unlimited chances to have the things we want. And this I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could change your life.
— Addison Montogomery-Shepherd, Grey’s Anatomy
We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. They grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up — and this is the worst thing we do to girls — they grow up to be women who have turned pretense into an art form.
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TEDxEuston
Have you seen You’ve Got Mail? Think about that movie, remove the bookshop wars, and reduce the interactions to more passive ones. That would have to be Attachments. Rainbow Rowell’s grown up novel is an amusing kick off to my reading week. Honestly, she can write for any audience and the story would be seamless and flowing.
This has to be the first novel where I don’t know who the lead character is. All I know is the male lead, Lincoln, has the same name of my favorite couple’s first baby. What a life Lincoln led. You’d think it was plain and simple, but that’s the beauty of it all. Oh and the lack of meet cute.
the salt of your skin 