Currently Reading: Sex and Sensibility by Genevieve Field

There are times when I need to switch to a more lighter reading material, which could be a combination of funny short stories, novellas of my favorite authors or just a magazine for weekend reading. To alternate from my last heavy reads that are usually too scholarly or academic, I have chosen Sex and Sensibility compiled by Genevieve Field. It is a compilation of 28 stories by women writers about singlehood, love, sex and loss. There are some stories that will make you laugh, there are some that will make you sad and also reflect your emotions.

But let me not spoil it all for you. Back description on paperback:

It's all about you. Your apartment. Your job. Your dates. Your sex life. Your time off. Your exercise. Your food. Your music. Your future. What are you waiting for? Who will you love? What is it, really, that you want? 

The life of a single woman in the twenty-first century is full of new connections, new sex, new love, and new loss. It's about letting the laundry pile up, sipping strong drinks with near strangers, and dishing to girlfriends on those foggy-headed, flushed morning-afters. But it isn't all heightened connections and steamy dates. The single girl is no stranger to the scramble for a Saturday night plan, the oh-so-promising guy who took her number at a party and then -- poof! -- disappeared, the ever narrowing circle of unattached girlfriends.... 

In Sex and Sensibility twenty-nine of today's most acclaimed -- and often bestselling -- female authors write about the push-pull between independence and vulnerability, fearlessness and self-doubt that defines single life. Jennifer Weiner, Pam Houston, Laurie Notaro, Amy Sohn, and Julianna Baggott are just a few of the real-life heroines whose stories about long-distance dating, twenty-something divorce, online crushes, and thrilling one-night stands make up this funny, frank, and unabashedly erotic celebration of singlehood and sisterhood -- a quintessential handbook for today's independent woman.

What are you reading right now? Do share!