People always say that, but she was the cynical one in Elf, and she definitely wasn't MPDGing in Manic.

They also had a long bit about the Twilight Series, and multiple references to Harry Potter.

You've probably seen it, but Maureen Johnson brought up the gendered marketing: http://www.slj.com/2013/07/…

It is true. S.E. Hinton did the same thing (minus the fantasy series bit).

And, for me, as a teen, I didn't just read for literary enrichment. Books helped me navigate adolescence. I read and enjoyed classics, but sometimes I just wanted to read something about the things I was actually going through—and, talented though he is, Cormac McCarthy just never had much to say about getting your…

I found the YA section immensely helpful as a tween/teen. There WAS a distinct gap between what I wanted to read as a child and what I want to read now as an adult. Children's literature—though often great—was too easy and quick to challenge me as a reader in my teens. Adult literature—although more challenging and…

I think maybe a better comparison would be between John Green and someone like Sarah Dessen, Ann Brashares, Gayle Foreman, or Laurie Halse Anderson—all of whom are very good writers writing very good YA fiction. I think there are legitimate issues with the treatment of Green's books and those of YA female authors…

I wonder if the accent is a function of her current one-note story lines. In the earlier seasons, she often had that dryly sarcastic, snobbish society lady tone when she was delivering barbs and being haughty and calculating, but it was tempered with her more natural, softer, more emotive voice/accent that came out…

…isn't this like the fifth time she's ended up invited to an upstairs event? And every time ends with her pissing someone (Robert) off and embarrassing everyone else. Part of me likes seeing Robert all pissy because I don't like him, but uhhhh why does everyone keep inviting her and why does she keep saying yes?

I think they kind of just put that Shosh scene in there so that they showed Shosh doing something, but I don't really have any idea where they're going with her storyline. It doesn't bother me too much—I like Shosh enough that I'll watch just about any random scene with her—but I do hope they give her some real…

I was pretty surprised by it too. It's something I would more expect Hannah to do (although more in a just-being-honest Hannah way rather than a chipper Shosh way).

Even in Beach House, Jessa was the only one who largely escaped any sort of significant honesty or criticism. It always seems to me like she gets a pass every time—even when people do give her the Responsibility Lecture—because she's the quirky free spirit with cool addictions who says ridiculous things and is never…

Landry makes his tutoring pitch to Tyra while waving around a copy of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." I know some people don't like the Nice Guy implications of his relationship with Tyra, but I can't help but adore that fool.