Love the story ... but you know, if Disney gets hold of it, Kate would get prettied-up at the end.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Toddson - Jul 28, 2011 10:46:27 am PDT #15771 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Polter-Cow - Jul 28, 2011 10:49:30 am PDT #15772 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It sounds to me like she gets prettied-up in the story.
JZ - Jul 28, 2011 10:53:36 am PDT #15773 of 28343
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kate is never prettied up. She's uglier than her pretty stepsister at the beginning, she is prettier-by-comparison (but still objectively ugly) while her stepsister has a sheep's head, and when she fixes everything up her stepsister is back to pretty and she's back to ugly. And she still rescues the boy and marries him.
Polter-Cow - Jul 28, 2011 11:00:11 am PDT #15774 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, right, Kate is the non-sheep head one.
Toddson - Jul 28, 2011 11:18:29 am PDT #15775 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A little wool-gathering going on?
Aims - Jul 28, 2011 1:25:05 pm PDT #15776 of 28343
Shit's all sorts of different now.
JZ - that sounds a lot like my favorite folk tale Taterhood, though Tatterhood gets prettied up at the end because the prince tells her some nice things and stuff.
I really want to get a Master's in Children's Lit with a focus on folk tales, fairy tales, and legends.
Strix - Jul 29, 2011 10:05:33 am PDT #15777 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So, Dan's bday is today, and I therefore had time to finish the review of Feed I've been tapping away at in spare (HA!) moments for a week.
Toddson - Jul 29, 2011 10:12:53 am PDT #15778 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Erin, that sums it up well. One minor (really, really minor) point - "feed" has a third meaning - a news feed (old-style reporting usage, but also in there).
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2011 10:29:29 am PDT #15779 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nice review, Erin! I'll pass it along.
In Order of the Phoenix news, I have realized that this book does not have a plot. Seriously, there is no plot. Things are just going on in an order, but there's no structure to the story. On a re-read, I appreciated how the Triwizard Tournament really helped structure GoF, so it's more obvious that there isn't necessarily any driving narrative momentum in this book. Yes, Voldie's out and he's looking for something, but...what is Harry trying to accomplish? What are his goals?
I am enjoying the book more than I think I may have originally because of the characters (although Umbridge is still THE WORST), and I think Hermione is particularly awesome in this one, but it's just...so weird. This book has no plot.
Strix - Jul 29, 2011 10:31:57 am PDT #15780 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
True, Ginger. Ah, well, I got a zillion things to do, so Ima chain the Inner Virgo and move on to the resume writing and editing work I have.
Thanks for the feedback, Ginger and P-C!