i know for a fact that you two are just a couple of booksnobs who are trying to sound all understanding and conciliatory. don't give me that "depends where you are on the journey line!" stand with me in our mutual booksnobdom and pronounce the alchemist drivel. don't cowardly hide behind your supposed conciliatory gesture of "the journey." all booksnobs can see through that shallow mask. the "journey" metaphor is just another way of saying "you'll like it if you have the intellectual capacities of an 11 year old."

okay, i'm done. (i actually agree with both of you and think that it's a good thing people are actually reading novels regardless of my personal opinions about the quality of said novels.)

"I maintain with clemency and munificence" -- J-Live