Last night we watched Post Grad, the new Alexis Bledel movie on DVD, while putting up the Christmas decorations (yes, I realize it’s not exactly a festive viewing choice.) The main appeals for me were Bledel herself (doesn’t the adjective “winning” seem made for her?)/

From the shelves of book-as-cultural-moment I have read neither the Harry Potter series nor The Lord of the Rings. I did read The Hobbit, but that was required reading in the sixth grade. I devoured Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy but that hasn’t gained quite the same/