Oh, for sure. I'm not trying to argue that Good in Bed deserved a Booker or anything; I mean, apart from being written in English, I'm sure the two novels don't have a lot in common. I don't object to the idea that Jennifer Weiner's books lack complexity, because while I think she is a good writer, I also think she's…

...I mean, cool? Like, I obviously super disagree and have passionately said so, but diversity in opinions is beautiful or something, I guess?

Exactly. I feel like a dork for heading the "woohoo Jennifer Weiner" train here, because tbh she really isn't my favourite (although I stand by my defense of her, such as it was), but women are told explicitly and implicitly all the time that their 'world' is small and personal (that is, not relatable to men) and…

Obviously, we are not serious people who can appreciate REAL literature. We have to be content with our populist pap from Trash Inc.

I don't think that's true about Weiner, actually, at all. I would put her in an entirely different category of writing than, say, Sophie Kinsella, whose novels rely on tropes and stereotypes to push through retreads of old plots and stories. While I wouldn't say she's my favourite author, I do think she's a…

Honestly, I'm probably just showing my lack of literary credentials (beyond, you know, literacy), but he just doesn't sound like my jam. I mean, Jennifer Weiner doesn't sound like his jam, either, but at least he could just say, "I'm not interested in her books," rather than trying to make it sound like she writes…

Having never read Jonathan Franzen - but having read most of Jennifer Weiner's highly-readable novels, usually on an airplane - I can only say that this interview made me feel strongly that he is a total dickhead.

Cinderella, meh. Call me when the live action version of Lilo & Stitch is on its way.

I bought a copy. In my defense, it was for me AND I LOVE EVERY SONG

Yeah, I didn't get "fresh glow" so much as "we used a shit ton of foundation, son" from that skin (and she has GREAT skin, so I don't know why they didn't use a lighter hand), but I think the bronzer and contouring just killed the entire look for me. Her eyes actually are beautiful and interesting without makeup (and…

Frankly, whatever makeup artist thought this was 'bold and editorial' versus 'over-fake-tanned and poorly chosen' should go back to MAC makeup school. I was just not into the red lip in that colour paired with the badly-blended bronzer that matched her hair.

Keep the chocolate, just send me all the cinnamon heart candy.

YA romance as its own genre is fair, now that I think about it; not a lot of overlap with the classic women's romance genre (and quite a shock when you go from Lurlene McDaniels as a teenager to some random Harlequin featuring boobs). But seriously, let's just all agree on the one uniting truth of literature, which is…

I agree with you on Sparks, but Twilight is by almost any definition genre romance - the genre being YA paranormal (I mean, it even quotes Romeo & Juliet as an epigraph; doesn't get more YA paranormal romance than that). It's just also really terrible.

I HATED A Civil Contract! The only Heyer novel I've ever put down because I felt so depressed at the end. But I didn't mind the Alastair ones, although they're not my faves (I preferred the second one but found Leonie tedious in both; Mary, however, was my kind of girl). I would love to see Friday's Child (which is…

My top pick would be Sylvester. I have probably read that book at least 20 times.

The fact that there aren't 80000 BBC Georgette Heyer adaptations is absolutely the saddest thing in my literary life. They can do sixteen versions of Emma but not one Cotillion!? (I mean, I love the 2009 Romola Garai version a lot, but still.)

Those shoes match my entire soul, but I still don't have $220 for them. SAD FACE.

When I was 11, I thought the Gap was the COOLEST STORE. (I lived in Alberta. There wasn't a lot of competition in the 90s.) I think I once convinced my mom (whose concept of fashion was Look Honey, These Sweatsuits From Sears Came With Matching Hats!) to buy a "softest t-shirt" in a terrible pastel green, and I wore…

They could make a TV series about the Toasterverse that I would be ALL about.