Despite my ill-fated New Year's resolution to avoid the comments section, I'm glad I showed up this time to see this. Sooooo spot on.

I know this is an older post, but I looked it up because I wondered if I should pick up Middlesex. I just finished The Marriage Plot and, while I enjoyed it, I would want a little more from Eugenides to justify trying another of his novels this summer. What do you think? Also, I'd love it if you could tell me there's less sex in Middlesex, but I'm not holding my breath.

Also, I felt compelled to comment after reading this because the minute you started talking talking about "magical moments," I thought of Jonathan Safran Foer. I actually Foerish details, to a certain extent, because it somehow restores my faith in humanity—like we don't have to be so bound up in the restrictions we've created for ourselves, and especially our interactions with other people. Sometimes our hearts exceed us, and it seems to me that the Foerish moments capture that sense.

Keep reading, keep writing!