Seth Cohen was reading a book that I devoured almost two years ago on this week's OC finale! Nice. Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is indeed the shit, and yes it will catch on in this country eventually: a fucked up adult fairy tale with an acute comedy of manners and the best fake footnotes ever. It's also the best debut novel I have ever read.

OK, I admit it... it is the small things....

And regarding the actual OC finale: holy smokes. I didn't that coming.