"I know right! They're absolutely terrible." He shook his head, his hand still scribbling at his picture, "Well, the first one was at least. That's as far as I got."
He looked up for a second, studied Katie's face before continuing, "Don't look at me like that. I had a girlfriend once that insisted I read the first one so she would have someone to talk about it with. Got through the first one and decided it was pure crap. I guess none of her girlfriends were dumb enough to fall for them too." After his long-winded spiel, he dropped his head again, without a further word.