Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Because many people care more about the story than about the craft or whatever, and the book is entertaining.
See also: James Patterson, current holder of my "world's worst book" title. Like JZ, I read the whole thing, because I couldn't *believe* the writing was that bad the whole way through.
And now I feel the need to check out DaVinci Code to see how it measures up.
TDVC has a lot of bad writing. I have a high tolerance for bad writing if there are enough redeeming features and, with considerable skimming, got through it to see how it would end. On the whole I was glad I'd read it (mostly because my dad wanted to discuss it with me) and it wasn't eye-gougingly bad, ala Night Travels of the Elven Vampire.
After reading PAtterson's flying kids book I didn't think there would be anything worse. But then he wrote a sequel.
After reading PAtterson's flying kids book
YES. That was the book.
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Damned shame -- I've enjoyed Patterson's work, but the flying kids -- inexcusable. He has written worse, however. They're publishing his old stuff, the stuff he couldn't get published before he got famous.
Watched Ray.
Still staring at screen.
Day-UM!
wrod.
I had total disconnect, unless I really thought about it, that it wasn't Ray Charles on that screen. I mean....Damn. And his mother? Wow. And Poor George. And Margie and Bea and just, oh my god.
I've been listening to "Genius Loves Company" a lot, but now? I need the soundtrack.
The Rock is going to be in Southland Tales with Seann William Scott and SMG.
Oh my god, Calli, that link...
Yes, Alaric is a vampire. And he shapeshifts into a wolf. Alaric is also an Elf. It also turns out that Elves are aliens from the planet Telvron, where there are also sentient trees and unicorns. And he's telepathic too, because he talks to his brother Marti'el that way. So that makes Alaric an alien vampire werewolf psychic writer. Got that? Good. That way you won't get confuzzled when he becomes a pirate.