Definitely the more sensible and economical route, for sure, but provides less "novelty excitement" of a surprise box, there's less likelihood of your trying something you don't expect to like and finding out you do, and (my main reason):

Hadn't heard of that one, thanks!

Interesting! thanks for the feedback, it helps.

"Dudes. I am moist." is my very favorite sentence of the day.

THAT's the one I was trying to remember, thank you! There was an old open thread convo on here where people were discussing it, but all my searches tended to pop up Birchbox.

IMPORTANT TANGENT:

Wait — is that true?

Awkward placement and positioning. I feel like we're about to watch a reverse birth.

GAHHHHHH!!! Your last sentence is going to give me nightmares.

Interesting! Thank you for that.

An aggravated stalking charge actually makes a good deal of sense, and sounds more grounded than the 'cyberbullying' the media usually terms it.

Rapists aren't a monolithic group or representative of one set psychology, obviously, so I'm sure there are different justifications in different cases — but, I can say that when my friend was date raped, her attacker WALKED HER TO HER CAR afterwards "to make sure she got home safe, because there are some sketchy…

Confession: I misread "squints" as SQUIRTS and was suddenly both horribly confused and mildly nauseous over your comment and apparent fig-leaf fetish.

Courtney says phbbbbtttt.

Wait... there's another way to type?

...uncomfortable?

I have no idea why, but my first take was "Anna Karenina meets Sexy Russian Spy".

This article isn't about that, though (and I fully agree with you on your point, btw). YA has been around for a while, but this article is about the newer phenom of adult women being a big part of the success of YA in books and on screen.

Here's a possible downside to supporting YA (says this cranky olds): when we adults vote with our dollars and say the heroes and heroines we most want to see and read are all under 25, that is where the publishing/television/film industries will put their money into selling & showing us.

This is genuinely (pleasingly) shocking for me to hear — even after I saw the inside showcased on an ep of Top Chef, I still picked up an "I bet it's sad and creepy there" vibe, somehow.