Feb 9 -
If you’ve just gotten married…
Don’t Give: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
As devastatingly amazing as this novel is, it describes pretty much the worst fate we can imagine for a hopeful, newly married American couple. Unless you want all your dreams to be crushed before you even get them out of the gate, steer clear, at least for a couple of years. Trust us.
Instead Give: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
It’ll show your partner that you’re in it for the long haul, especially if she’s a total book nerd. And we mean the really long haul, endnotes filled with descriptions of fictional films and all.
Young. Political. Frequently feminist. Realist. Sarcastic. Anti-child and pro-pets. Dealing with my own personal demons. Trying to see the world as a burgeoning sociologist.
