"She says", "He says"

She says: It all started with the untimely passing of J.D. Salinger and my renewed interest in Catcher In The Rye. I had read it before, we both had, but we didn't know each other then and we found ourselves, a bit older, a bit wiser, and apt to read those lasting words differently now that life had taught us a thing or two. It was within that discussion that we realized how differently we viewed the book. Not because we come from different walks of life. Not because we're at different stages in those lives and not because the book itself had changed, but simply because...he's a boy and I'm a girl.

He says: The next step was that we surmised that many other books might be interpreted differently based on the reader's gender. And that it might be interesting to talk about the differences because discussion might reveal things about the book that might otherwise be left hidden.

She says: And then we decided to do an experiment. We'll read a book and then blog a conversation with each other, and with anyone else who cares to participate, about the gender-specific differences that we find interesting.

He says: Sounds like fun! What book should we start with?

She says: It's going to have to be huge, something epic, a book everyone can relate to...it's going to have to have won awards, BIG awards.  Something iconic, historical, timeless, something we can launch a blog off of, basically, it's going to have to have everything.  If the book is good enough, maybe people won't notice what You and I are lacking (wink).  It's going to have to be To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

He says: Hey, great choice! I'll call you "Scout" and you can call me "Atticus".