Thanks - I’ll grab one from the library, maybe. I really like Gillian Flynn in interviews and there’s no denying Gone Girl was well written. A worse writer probably couldn’t have so effectively driven me away!

I couldn’t read Gone Girl. I must have stopped reading at least six books in the last few years because I just don’t need more stories from whiny, narcissistic man-children. A book entirely about/from Amy I’d likely have relished, but I couldn’t stand Nick’s voice in my head.

Calling something the next Gone Girl is the fastest way to ensure I never read it.

I’m from New Zealand so my reaction is mostly “Wait, you ONLY put politicians on your money? Weird.” Ditto Canadians who make an exception for the queen... Woo! Diversity!

I don’t actually think it would be that bad - lots of people have indoor heated pools so all you really need is a very good fan/ventilation system.

Man... I feel like my family is too newly middle-class and I don’t even know what actual fancy is. My understanding of fancy is, like, Sears. “Oh, it’s not from Ikea? Wow! Fancy!”

Apparently Keisha Castle-Hughes was keeping up with the books so knew there would be roles coming up for “ethnically ambiguous” women and asked her agent to look into it. #howhollywoodworks

The Miseducation of Lauren Hill was the first CD I ever bought.

Huh... I would not have guessed that. My SO is from Brampton and it’s not a place I associate much with up and coming talent but that’s maybe my Toronto snobbery shining through.

Ditto. I hardly ever wear pants, but I also hardly ever wear 20 pounds of lace so this is definitely the wedding look for me.

Despite years of practice I have yet to master being Parisian.

I actually think 15-year-old me would be pretty happy. I have a job and an apartment and a boyfriend and a dog and lots of friends and I have enough disposable income to basically buy any book I want... Livin’ the dream, man.

Broken condoms club! Let’s sit together in the cafeteria and judge all these xylophones and hot dogs...

It’s more recent than that - she says mother of two, and then later refers to two daughters (one step) so I think you’re conflating the two statements. If her daughter was four when this was filmed then it was in the last year.

Yeah, in Matamata (central North Island), but it's stupid pricey to visit! Like $90 or something?

Pfff - kea are WAY more interesting than that! They'll pull the rubber off your windows for fun. They'll steal your shoe laces or unzip your tent if you're camping... They're like a bird version of a raccoon or a monkey. They are a PRO of New Zealand, not a con!

I’m sorry, maybe I missed something, are we being paid to pretend the first movie was good? I am 200% team Banks/Kendrick/Wilson and will probably watch this movie, but Pitch Perfect was not a quality movie. I literally watched it in 45 minutes fast-forwarding from music scene to music scene. I know these things are…

I read Air Babylon - an expose of the airline industry - while flying from Dubai to Athens. Highly recommended. It will really make you wonder whether there are any dead bodies on your plane.

Ooh! I remember someone sending me this when it had first launched but I forgot it existed! Now I work in communications/marketing and while it’s depressing to be part of the stats of women who leave journalism, it really is a better environment for me. People in leadership positions of the same gender as me?!?…

Yeah, I think because the USA is so loud, and recently the racist actions that have made the news have been so blatant that it’s easy to say “Look how fucked up the US is! We’re not that bad!” but if we dug into the attitudes and behaviour I bet we’d find everyone is more fucked up than we expect. I’m amazed…