To not read any (more) books with 'the Girl With (insert adjective) (insert noun)' in the title

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

I know you can't judge a book by its title but I'm over this convention. It's become some kind of cultural meme now.

[SurlyCue]

Did you namechange to post this?

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

Haha no actually!
That's from 'Men never make passes at girls who wear glasses!' - I do wear glasses and I have DCs so it's ironic, plus I hate that phrase and wanted to 'own' it

And I'm not a book

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

Or books such as the The Kiltmaker's daughter, the bassoon player's cat, the chicken collector's wife

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

Oh I'd read he Chicken Collector's Wife!

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

Just checked my kindle I have at least 2 'The Girl.....' Books

[MorrisZapp]

Yes I was going to say The (self consciously wacky job title) 's (close female relative). Enough now.

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

Just found another one

[squoosh]

Quite right too.

I avoid any books with awkwardly cutsie titles like The Particular Whimsy of the Little Missenden Lemon Meringue Pie Society.

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

High five Morris

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

The extraordinarily self conscious book title of bandwagon hopping author

[Rollermum]

Yes to all of these!

[squoosh]

On a separate but related issue can celeb chefs stop pretend laughing at someone the right hand corner of the room! I know there's no one there.

[squoosh]

And no more pictures of garden gates either. Always with the bloody garden gates, leading into the overgrown garden, belonging to the neglected old pile and its....................long hidden secrets.

[donajimena]

Reminds me of women laughing with their salad squoosh

[AntiquityOfTheTauri]

What if it was called The Girl With The Grudge Against Girl Who Books?!?

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

Lol at the chefs, look jamie with his unconventional laughing to the other side

[TheIncomparableDejahThoris]

I love you all.

None of you are being unreasonable.

[WindyMillersProbationOfficer]

at the celebrity chefs pretend laughing.

I want to make some sort of shit book title generator - one 'The Girl Who', one annoying quirky twee one, and one for misery lit. Or maybe even combine the three - 'The Girl Who Perambulated Around The Zoo In Zagreb Playing The Lute Before Being Sold For A Tube Of Smarties.'

[BrianCoxReborn]

Recipes from my mother for my daughter

God I can't stand Lisa Faulkner. I have no reason to, she just seems so unbearably smug.

[expatinscotland]

YANBU

[OnlyHereForTheCamping]

There is a misery lit titles thread in classics somewhere. My contribution was 'I only love you on Tuesday's'

[BrianCoxReborn]

The Girl with the Crumbled Prawn Cracker in her Cleavage.

No idea why that popped into my head

[thunderbird69]

YANBU!!

What about Secrets - Daughter's, Husband's, Sister's, Cat's...

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

Oh yes we need a 'Girl novel' name generator. My coding skills aren't up to it - anyone?

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

The Girl Who Perambulated Around The Zoo In Zagreb Playing The Lute Before Being Sold For A Tube Of Smarties I would read that, just because of the word perambulated, which I love.

And I don't know who this Faulkner woman is, but she has one of those faces which makes me think I would have to walk away quite quickly after meeting her. And I LOVE cookery books! And I don't want hers, but I may look it up on amazon, just to scoff at it, I hope there are no good recipes, I can't buy it now, just on the strength of the picture.