"Gamer regret" is a phenomenon in which gamers question the time and effort they have invested in a virtual world instead of living fuller lives. Is "reader regret" a legit phenomenon among us booknerds. How much time do you spend reading? Do you think you read too much?

The book, in quintessential Tyler style is a string of vignettes; little stories of domestic squabbles and secrets, polished and passed on like family heirlooms; conveyed through simple prose, no narrative pyrotechnics or dramatic denouements.