Gods, Calli, that Elven Vampire thing is hideous. Out of morbid curiosity I just went and tracked it to its source, and found that the author has (1) self-published a sequel, and (2) yanked the original out of circulation, with a sulky note to MY STALKERS about how all of the problems with the book have been fixed but nobody will ever see it again anyhow because she has regained her rights, and anyone who isn't a stalker but happens to find a copy please let her know ASAP.
And, um, swinging back around to the actual topic: paradoxically, I loved the film version of
Bridges,
both because Meryl Streep rocked the house as per usual and because the screenwriter, the fabulous Richard LaGravenese, directly challenged the various smug self-aggrandizing adultery-glorifying smarminesses of the book, and mostly trampled them into the dirt.
See also: James Patterson, current holder of my "world's worst book" title.
So odd. They've been advertising his latest "we have wings" book on Dodger radio broadcasts. First time I'd ever heard of him, so I looked up the book. It sounds really dreadful. Also, it's supposed to be for young adults? That makes the ads for it during baseball games even more puzzling.
JZ is totally me with regard to
Bridges,
except with curlier hair and a cuter wardrobe.
Or, Robin is me, only in a sunnier neighborhood with a spiffy new free car every other week.
(eta: And the hair, not so curly anymore. So sad.)
After reading PAtterson's flying kids book
YES. That was the book.
I'm sensing a theme. Why, you ask? My Dad LOVES the flying-kids book. No, really. He told me all about it, and I thought he made it up.
And he's the one trying to get me to read Angels & Demons and the DaVinci Code.
At least his taste is consistent.
Patterson's nursery-rhymed books are interesting (Kiss The Girls, Along Came A Spider, etc). And then there's crack.
ita is me, here.
They aren't good, but hard to stay away from.
And you can make Morgan Freeman say the dumbest crap in the world and make it make sense.(Don't tell George Lucas. He'll make Freeman not so free and cage him at Skywalker Ranch.)
Have people been watching the production diaries at kongisking.net? Because the newest one is cracking my shit up.
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I love that they're torrenting the diaries -- not just legal usage of the technology, but legitimately using it to share video.
