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ON ANIMALS, by Susan Orlean

This book will make you smile and hug your dog (or cat, or chicken, or pigeon, or goat, or tiger….whatever).

EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OF WAR AND PEACE

The lessons learned from Vietnam and Iraq/Afghanistan are too valuable to be lost…or should be.

THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE, by Lisa See

Learning about this tribe is the key virtue of this book; Ms. See’s research is impressive.

THE DEMISE OF ONLINE DATING

To resuscitate face-to-face encounters, more men need to show up. If they don’t like line dancing or pickleball or book groups or Sunday services, then I implore them to devise ways to fulfill their fondest dreams in person. The women will be there.

SOMETIMES A BOOK IS LIFE, NOT ART

T. K. touches the searing, life-or-death buttons of life. Would you, dear writer, dare to do the same?

OK Cupid Is Entertaining and Saves You Time

OK Cupid wastes less of your precious time learning attributes and preferences that you might not get to for a long time on a connection you make on Match.com.

Internet Dating Then (2004) and Now (2024)

The fundamental question remains—do you want to know the truth, or do you want to pretend that life is as you would like it to be?

More 81 on Match.com

I imagine this man is only one-tenth as callous in person as he is online.