There are a few things that I think should be mentioned on "Gilmore Girls", but they never have been.

1.  Anne of Green Gables.  How this book didn’t make it onto Rory’s list I don’t know.  I can’t even find a reference to it.  It just seems like when you mention books this comes up, whether you liked it or not.  This seems to be a gaping hole in Gilmore-isms & the book list.  Yes, I can add it, but I just wonder why it’s never been mentioned on the show.

2.  "Beautiful".  This movie features Minnie Driver yelling at a little girl for an hour.  I actually enjoyed it, but it is something the "Gilmore Girls" would mock.  It’s not the most well known movie, but the Gilmore don’t talk about the most well known movies.  They also don’t keep repeating awkward phrases like "most well known".

3.  Office Space.  This movie has a place in our popular culture.  It has tons of great quotes, it would be its own obscure reference. I just don’t know why it’s missing from Gilmore-isms.  Maybe they will mention it 10 years from now.  Yes, that is me being delusional & hoping the show will still be then, but you should be used to that be now.

What are you surprised that the show has never mentioned?  What should be a Gilmore-ism but isn’t?

 If I had never started reading Rory’s book list I would have said "The Song of Names" by Norman Lebrecht was amazing, & it is.  However, it is up against a lot of other amazing books on the lists, & the bell curve has to come in effect somewhere. This book is about the power of music, & our obsession with the people who create it.  There were scenes that took my breath away, but they were few & far between.  The problem was mostly with me, I like a clear separation in my books, this book could’ve been part biography & part fiction.  The emotions, the love of music was dead on.  However, the people were unbelievable & out of character for everything I know humans to be.  The characters could’ve sprouted wings at the end & unexpectedly flew away & it wouldn’t have surprised me.  This book is still worth reading just for the way it describes music.  Not a bad book, it was just up against tough competition.  Somebody has to get a three toaster pastry rating.

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"An American in Paris" is another one of the DVD’s that Lorelai buys for Emily in "Dear Richard & Emily".  I had the common misconceptions while watching this film:

1.  Wow Fred Astair looks so good there.  He almost doesn’t look like himself.  That’s because he is actually Gene Kelly.

2.  Where are the werewolves?  I had confused this movie with a classic horror flick.  I kept waiting for a creature from the netherworlds to jump up & eat someone during one of the dance numbers.

3.  I’m sarcastic, I’m tough, I’m cynical, I don’t need musicals.  It was nice to escape into a simpler, happier world.  I’m surprised how much I do not need plot lines.

All in all, it was an enjoyable movie.  Even my cold, black heart enjoyed it.  It could still use a werewolf or two.

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon was the first time that I’ve read a Pulitzer Prize winning book.  As such, I thought it would be over my head.  I don’t know why I thought a story about boys in the 1930’s writing comics would be over my head.  There are even comics on the cover, but still, the Pulitzer Prize, I was scared. I didn’t understand why it would be on Rory’s book list. I’ve never once heard her mention her love for comics. Then I read the book & all that went out the window.  It’s on the book list because it is brilliant.  If I was giving stars 5 stars would not be enough.  I would have to steal some stars from somewhere. I’m giving toaster pastries though, so it’s getting 5. I will definitely be reading more books by Michael Chabon. It didn’t win the Pulitzer for nothing.