That makes me laugh because my cousin's name is Lara and I adore her to bits but she would definitely be more prim than not prim on the spectrum.

I live in the Bay Area and meet lots of amazingly smart, geeky people, and most everyone likes Neil Gaiman. It's more about which one is your favorite. See, I'm a weirdo because Anansi Boys is my #1 favorite. I liked American Gods for a long time, and then Neverwhere, but no one seems to understand why I love Anansi…

THESE BOOKS. No lies, as soon as I finish my current semester of grad school I will probably reread them again.

Oh my god, someone besides me loved this movie? Even my husband, who took me to see it, doesn't understand why I loved this movie. It definitely falls into the "Perfectly bad/good" slot.

That's...actually amazing.

YUP. <3

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What if I read it, adored it, made a diorama out of salt-dough complete with Paul riding a sandworm, then grew up, realized books with women in them (who aren't the mother of the main character, don't "But Jessica!" me) were ok to prefer,, and now look back fondly but with reservations?

I generally go by "I don't care if you've read this author before or not, but once you've read them, you had better appreciate them, and once you've heard of them, you'd better read them." My "must" books/authors are my litmus test for testing whether people are sexist, racist jerks or not.

I actually found it hilarious that Graham held up mystery novels as examples of adult fiction. I mean, are we talking Dorothy Parker, here? Because modern mystery novels are where literature goes to die. I'm sorry—I tried, but there is some of the most wooden, terrible writing I've ever seen in the mystery section.…

Yeah, but five years ago all of the people voraciously devouring YA were saying, "Oh, I don't read." So I say stop concern-trolling them.

Oh, fine. I actually agree with a lot of your choices. I would just NEVER put John Hamm above Moss. NEVER.

1. Richard Ayoade.

My husband:

Me too! Glad I am not alone. Also, you made me laugh.

Thank you! I came in here to say just that.

No.

Oh but why? Russia russia russia! I mean, unless you want to go to Spain or something instead.

GAWD I don't even remember! I blocked it out, I think.