Good in Bed
Jennifer Weiner, 2001
Romance Contemporary fictionGraphic novels & humour
A funny, furious debut about a woman rebuilding her life after her ex turns their breakup into a magazine column.
Feels like hope, wonder and serenity. About love and identity.
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The moment love stops being a fairy tale and becomes a rigged cartoon.
Love“, I said, ”is the rug they pull out from under you. Love is Lucy always lifting the football at the last second so that Charlie Brown falls on his ass. Love is something that every time you believe in it, it goes away. Love is for suckers, and I’m not going to be a sucker ever again. Jennifer Weiner.Weiner was a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter when her debut became a bestseller; she later became an outspoken critic of how publishing treats women's fiction.
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- Feels like hope, wonder and serenity. About love and identity.
- What should I read after Good in Bed?
- If you liked Good in Bed, try Defy Me (Tahereh Mafi), The One (Kiera Cass) and Part of Your World (Abby Jimenez).
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The ordinary moment that makes all the fighting worth it.
I want to remember to celebrate more. I want to remember to experience more joy. I want to allow myself to be happy more frequently. I want to remember, forever, this look on Aaron’s face, as he’s bullied into blowing out his birthday candles for the very first time. This is, after all, what we’re fighting for, isn’t it? A second chance at joy.
Defy Me · Tahereh Mafi
What it sounds like when someone wants the ordinary days too.
I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.
The One · Kiera Cass
What a penguin offers instead of a diamond, and why it's enough.
Have you ever heard of penguin love stones?” “What?” “A penguin love stone. When a male likes a female, he finds a perfect stone and he brings it to her. If she likes it, she puts it in her nest and that’s it. They’re paired for life.” Brian watched Liz taking an order at another table but talked to us. “And your point?” “My point is, the penguin’s not picking her mate because he’s the one who has the best rock. It might look that way, but she’s not. She’s taking the rock because the male she wants the most is offering it. Sometimes what you have to give is enough. Even if it’s a rock instead of a diamond.
Part of Your World · Abby Jimenez
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