Diary of a Bibliophagist

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. - Thomas Wolfe I am not alone, I will address that first and foremost. I have an incredible boyfriend whom I live with and he supports me fully in everything I do. However, not being physically alone does not mean I cannot feel the same crippling loneliness as any other person. Lately Adam has been busier with friends at work, golfing and other activities which do not involve me, this does not bother me, if anything I am so pleased that he is able to be sociable and surrounded by people besides me for some of his time. I do not want to be a couple who are so emotionally dependent on each other they aren't able to spend time apart and we are not like that, we have never been that way inclined.  I am lonely because I have been made redundant after six months for the second time since moving to the West County, I have only made one true friend since moving here who has her own friends...

Hi there If you are reading this I am going to assume you have not already read the book therefore this post will not have any spoilers. So here are a few of my thoughts on it in case you are thinking of picking it up... The book is essentially a bibliography which contains 5 sections;  Love & Sex, Body, Friendship, Work and The Big Picture. These sections generally include essays written on the subject area riddled with Lena's real life experiences and examples. Lena has a very particular writing style; at times her written voice can come across as pretentious, which actually was not a turn off in any way because she acknowledges fully in her book that people tend to view her as such in person. It actually leans towards charming, her written voice really is a reflection of her passion and knowledge on the things she writes about. She never claims to know it all, or that she is the expert on the area being discussed in the essay, she simply gives her perspective in a w...