Generation Xers may be perceived in certain circles as tech-savvy slackers who know more about Centipedes than bookworms, but don’t get fooled again: this whip-smart group of now-fortysomethings—who are wedged between the hippies and the hipsters—knows a thing or two about books. Remember: most of their teenage weekends were spent in a library, doing time […]
For any reader worth her salt, the road to courtship is paved with books. Books you loan, books you borrow, shelves of books you scan for red flags and common ground the first time you’re invited in. Romantic histories can be told as a series of literary stepping stones, from the cute boy in preschool […]