>> i feel likecomedy, if we could see it through the tears of the drama? [laughter] from that experiment? i think after -- i don't think that it would be able to. i don't think so. >> no, i would say no. >> no. i think more and more i could tell something about the politics of the reviewer. more than i could tell about the gender of the reviewer. >> i think you might be able to tell the status of the writers. sometimes i think that can kind of intellect or if you read, if you're being reviewed by fellow fiction writer or somebody who's a professional critic spent a good ask one follow-up to that question because both francine and didn't come your reviewed a little bit here and there. >> i'm afraid to. >> then this is simply for francine. you review quite a wide range of books. i given a certain type of book have you noticed, or are you simply -- i like what i like and i'll go to bat or go against something spent as much anymore. for example, years ago and i me 20 years ago, the times book review somehow got into the head that i any kind of soft line on mis