I don't think he's famous enough. If I were Kirk Douglas, I would be very nervous right now.

Yes, read today, the homophobia in particular is extremely jarring.

Are you sure? Those kids were in high school — she seems a little bit older than that.

I definitely like Polly more than I like Larry. Although that's a pretty low bar.

Favorite episode: A Whole Other Hole (Morello flashback + Sophia's anatomy lesson).
Least favorite: Low Self Esteem City — not that interesting to me.

I loved Rosa's backstory. It was one of my favorites, along with Morello's.

In all fairness, I've always felt that asking Larry to postpone Mad Men for a year was an unreasonable expectation. I mean, I devoured this season in 72 hours.

Do we know that? I know Piper said it, but I don't think we ever saw Soso say exactly what happened. We know she protested, but I'm not sure we know that is what her crime is.

Molly Parker made the whole season, in my opinion. I thought she was so much fun to watch in this.

I am reading Eleanor & Park right now, and enjoying more than I thought I would.

Yes, it started this morning. And yes, they appear to be still building the hotels.

I wouldn't say that at all! Maybe Oliver Twist, I suppose, or Little Dorrit, but I don't think that's true of either of the books I mentioned.

If you're going to read Dickens, can I recommend David Copperfield or Great Expectations instead? A Tale of Two Cities is shorter, which is one of the reasons it's assigned so often in high school, but it is one of Dickens's worst novels.

Oscar Wao is much better than This Is How You Lose Her, in my opinion.

I loved The Fortress of Solitude. It was one of those books that didn't seem to make a big enough splash when it was published.

Who would need a whole weekend to read a mere 3000 pages?

I liked On Beauty quite a bit more than NW. I read On Beauty immediately after Howards End, which probably improved it, because I could easily see all the connections and callbacks.

It's really good, although disturbing.

I am reading the new Johnny Cash biography, which is really compelling. A fascinating window into the world of country music in the 1960s and 1970s if you are interested in that sort of thing.

You might like Bring Up the Bodies more — I think it's shorter and the plot is a little bit tighter. But I loved every last word of Wolf Hall, so YMMV.