More on Bibliophilia from the Washington Post: So this is a sex-romp. Or a sex-something. It favors verbs like “diddle” and “swive.” And nouns like “merkin.”

I want to say to this writer, “What’s your point?” Or, “Get a life!” Or even more harsh, “Get out of school!” The verb “diddle” does come to mind here. There’s more to this world than “a Barbie doll wearing Band-Aids for bra and panties; a white chess rook against which two shiny golf balls leaned.” There is, actually, life.