Hard to say exactly what I mean, but:
-In The Reader, Bernhard Schlink writes in such a way that the scenes he constructs are envisioned in my mind as if they are watercolour paintings.
-Just saw the trailer for Nora Ephron's new movie, Julie & Julia, and it looks to be another of her signature creations. All of Ephron's protagonists are perky but inoffensive, homely, well-scrubbed and unnaturally sweet; comparable to daisies. These characters used to be played by Meg Ryan, until she got too old and too involved in with the surgeon's knife. Amy Adams looks set to play them for the coming decade.