I read this book called Man Of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld. In no way was this like any other chick lit I’ve read. Yes, I read chick lit, and I thoroughly enjoy it. But this book was truly different.
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While re reading what I wrote in the first paragraph, I find that I meant to say one thing, but it got misunderstood. I meant to say I was expecting the book to be like any other chick lit that I’ve read solely based on the title. But come to find out, it wasn’t chick lit, it was nothing like chick lit. Although I do read chick lit & i don’t see a problem with that. However, “Man of my Dreams” does not belong in the chick lit. section.
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It’s written in the third person–we get to see inside the main character’s head and see how she thinks. She has this illusion of how life should be and it conflicts with the realities of her adult life.

I found this book to be fascinating in every which way because it reflects how much I thought like this when I was a kid. I’m certain quite a few other people thought like that while growing up, and probably still do.

I spent a lot of time observing and not doing anything when I was a kid. I almost could blame it on being deaf, but now that I think about it, I really think I can’t do that, simply because that could be my personality. Even if I were hearing, I’d probably still be like that, although life might have been a lot different (because we’d never have lived in MD).

The point is–the main character of the book felt disillusioned about her life and the world around her. She’d spend a lot of time analyzing everyone else’s relationships, and then criticizing ‘em because she had this idea of how things should be. But when she reached a point in her adult life where she realized it’s only her and not a significant other that makes her happy, she finally started living life Her Way.

I find this true in so many ways. Because it does take a turning point in your life when you realize, okay, if I want things done a certain way, I’m going to have to step it up and make things happen.

I can’t recall when I started doing that, but I’m almost certain I slowly started doing that in college. And I’ll tell you it’s definitely a lot of trial-and-error, which is what life is all about. But I know I stopped observing and started living life the way I want to. And also to stop thinking that everyone’s analyzing me, when in reality, everyone’s just trying to figure out things themselves as well.

The one thing I learned from this book was the fact that it’s okay if someone figures it out before you do, because you’ll figure it out eventually.

It’s a definite must read.