Conversations With My Husband

The Scene: Barnes and Noble's Science Fiction section, as part of a bad-day book-buying binge, with me staring at a paperback novel in frank disbelief.

Him: Whatcha got there?
Me: Apparently, mediocre Laurel K. Hamilton-wannabe urban fantasy.
Him: That good, huh?
Me: Oh, yeah. Any book that feels the need to tell me as part of its back-cover copy that it is dark and sexy is clearly trying to prove something.
Him: It doesn't actually say that, does it?
Me: Yep. Not even as an endorsement quote, just part of the description. "[Title Deleted] is a dark, sexy, adventure-filled novel."
Him: Wow....
Me: That may, in fact, be the stupidest thing I've ever read on a book. What else am I going to mistake it for - a dark, sexy, adventure-filled cannoli?


I am endlessly lucky that I have found this man, because few other people would be able to put up with me and my personal absurdity on a 24/7 basis....