This has utterly changed the way I buy flowers. I now feel pity for the poor ethylene-choked carnations at the grocery store, and my husband knows he must only buy flowers for me from organicbouquet.com.

Gotta love a mystery solved by a flock of sheep. I mean, seriously.

lots of geeky literary criticism action
unreliable narrator
whodunit
a thinker’s summer read

I get these songs in my head all the time, despite the fact that I know no Spanish whatsoever. So I find myself singing this random collection of vowels that approximates the lyrics, instead.

Reading this book totally made me think about my wedding, and I had this surprising feeling of vindication about not having been taken in by the “wedding industrial complex.” My husband and I had a small, thoughtful ceremony, officiated by my dad and attended by our immediate families. I wore a nice blue silk/cotton dress I got on clearance at Ann Taylor for $20; he found this excellent mid-50s sharkskin jacket. We spent about $900 on a kick-ass catered dinner for the fourteen of us (with desserts that were worth every penny). I loved every moment of it. A wedding professional would have gasped in horror.

It’s candy you can rationalize: there’s a ton of it in a 1.5 ounce bag, so it takes a while to eat, but it’s mostly air so it won’t kill your diet. I love the way a wispy pinch of it melts on my tongue.