Jilli, if you don't care about it being a promo paperback, I'd be happy to send it to you. (When my friend gave it to me, I thought of you.) I got it during a weekend trip so it's been smooshed in luggage and dogeared a bit. But I'm certainly not going to want to reread it, so you'd be welcome to it.

Eeee! I would be thrilled to have your promo paperback copy, thank you!

Just finished. And wowzers. Sample cliched phrases, all taken from from within about a dozen pages before I got tired of keeping track:

cutting through his skin like butter
through bitter tears
Quincey's pulse quickened
opposite sides of the same coin
she was on thin ice
they were cut from the same cloth

There's something so goofy near the end that I want to believe that they're deliberately taking the piss. Not for the "plot twist" so much, because that was telegraphed, but... it plays out in a way that's extremely evocative of a famous movie. I actually don't want to spoil it because it's so outrageous, but I did put a post-it there for Jilli.

And good news -- they're clearly setting up a sequel!

Sample cliched phrases, all taken from from within about a dozen pages before I got tired of keeping track:

::sighs in resignation::

And there's SO much more! Like

I guess we now know there's one person out there who actually liked the LoEG movie.

I actually don't want to spoil it because it's so outrageous, but I did put a post-it there for Jilli.

claps hands in glee

See, going into this knowing it's cracktastic and omgwtfvampires is perfect. I think I will plan a long evening of pink fizzy drinks and a hot bath to accompany reading it.

The librarians will especially love this, but I think it's just overall coolness, a librarian's response to a parent's challenge of Uncle Bobby's Wedding

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That was awesome. Thanks for linking, Barb. I'm going to share it myself.

I am heartened and uplifted for the whole day Barb, from reading that wonderful letter. Thank you so much for posting the link.

It's interesting that this is banned books week. I was/am considering challenging the shelving of a book at the local library [link] . I think it is more appropriately shelved with adult political humor. My thinking is that it's, well, mean. It's not that it's supporting ideology with which I disagree, but that the attacks and monster-ization of identifiably real people makes it inappropriate for the Children's section.

But I don't know. I support the right of the book to be available. I support the idea of children learning about different viewpoints. ::sigh::

You're not saying it needs to be removed, Debet. I see your dilemma, though. On the one hand, I would tend to agree with you about where it needs to go, on the other, especially given the experiences we've had in the schools here in Jacksonville, the kids with parents who will approve of that book have already had those ideas indoctrinated into them and it's not going to be telling them anything they haven't already heard and the kids whose parents fall on the other side of the fence, tend to go to their parents and say, "This is stupid, what's going on?"

So...