I’ve read every novel Jennifer Crusie has ever written, including the ones that were first published by Harlequin.* Sometimes you just need to kill time on an airplane or escape reality for a few hours. Now, before you accuse me of being a snob who can’t enjoy some fun light fiction, let me tell you that I actually love light reading. But the next time this comes up, I plan to adapt a phrase from another book blogger and say, “well, I have yet to read a fantasy novel that’s as unrealistic as Confessions of a Shopaholic.” I usually babble something about liking the world-building aspect of “speculative fiction” or the beauty of Patrick Rothfuss’s prose and how the human relationships are still believable in good sci-fi and fantasy. On more than one occasion, she has asked me why I enjoy such “unrealistic” stories. My mother (who has excellent taste in almost everything else) finds fantasy and science fiction absolutely uninteresting. Warning: Contains some spoilers for Confessions of a Shopaholic
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