Current Obsessions in One Sentence

Hey folks,

Here’s what I’ve been obsessed with lately in the world of pop culture. As an experiment, I’ve decided to sum up these newly minted favorites in one sentence. Enjoy!

AMERICAN HORROR STORY


This fast-paced haunted house tale had me at “hello” – or, more accurately, “hello” to creepy dolls, fractured families, basement dwelling he-demons, rubber-dressed ghosts, blood, guts, Dylan McDermott’s through-the-roof hotness factor, and my crush (!) on Connie Britton.

ERIN MORGENSTERN’S THE NIGHT CIRCUS


Sometimes a writer comes along who spins delicious sentences together like cotton candy or giant salted pretzels of the soul: Erin Morgenstern does just that in this story of a young man and woman with magical powers who are raised as rivals in a mystical circus yet end up falling in love and changing the course of (supposed) fate.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE’S CEREMONIALS


Witchy, melancholic, empowering, and tribal, Florence + the Machine’s sophomore effort will make you want to: attend a masquerade ball as your spirit animal; climb trees and scratch through clouds for heaven; join a gypsy caravan and flee to shadowed lands; light candles in a Catholic church then confess your s(k)ins through dancing & echoes; and lie on freshly mown grass with your eyes closed as breezes and neighborhood sounds seduce you.

2010 Obsession that Lingers:
PAOLO GIORDANO’S THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS


Each chapter of Mattia and Alice’s “love story” – spanning almost thirty epic-like years – ends with you biting your nails, muttering to yourself, “Please don’t do/say that!”, and then flipping eagerly to the next page to find out what achingly sad (yet beautifully written) event has transpired to fuel the regret, loneliness, hope, and unique connection of these Italian, modern-day Hansel & Gretel-esque protagonists.