Something Missing

"Something Missing" by Matthew Dicks is an unusual love story happening to a guy with an unusual profession. Martin is a professional thief, but a good-hearted one. While he may be stealing a soap bar and a sack of flour from you, he will look after your well-being by replacing dirty toothbrushes and suggesting you buy flowers for your wife.

Can a person like Martin find love?

You bet.

The Simpsons - Homer and Marge

Homer and Marge: still a better love story than Twilight?

I'm on a Simpsons binge this month. Why oh why haven't I noticed before what a fantastically loving marriage they have?

R.I.P, David Bowie

David Bowie and Freddie Mercury - Under Pressure a-cappella

Unplugging until 2016

Sun, sand, strawberries and champagne - that is what I have planned for the remainder of 2015. To all my wonderful readers, have an awesome holiday season, and see you on the other side!

What Alice Forgot

It's difficult to write a book about memory loss that's different from all the other books about the topic. And so Liane Moriarty's "What Alice Forgot" starts off on a not-too-different trajectory to Sophie Kinsella's "Remember Me", with a heroine who doesn't remember the last x years of her life, and finds herself older, fitter, and richer.

Nevertheless, the plot diverges from there, and the resulting story is riveting. Beautiful writing. Realistic characters. Spot-on observations about love and marriage.

A lust poem

a brief crush

he was just a boy

really

that's what 26 looks like

from the 34^th mark

no mystery in it

really

our contract was simple

i would make a man of him

and in return

i would make a man of him

i mean

how could i resist

how did i

&

why

The Hypnotist's Love Story

The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty is exactly what it says it is: the heroine is a hypnotherapist and the book is about her journey to love. But wait, it's not as bland as it seems: her love interest has a stalker, an ex girlfriend from hell. Or is she?

This is a book about dating a widower, being a step mom, growing up without a father and a multitude of other small issues that make up modern relationships. The highlight for me was when the hero was revealed to be a hoarder - being married to one, certainly made me empathise with the heroine.