But even Lili Taylor and Liam Neeson couldn't save the remake.
No matter how many times I read the scene with the girls in the room with the thumping in the corridor, it FREAKS MY SHIT.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
Harmony ,'Help'
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."
Strix - Oct 23, 2012 4:22:16 pm PDT #19989 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Frankenbuddha - Oct 24, 2012 3:53:03 am PDT #19990 of 28370
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But even Lili Taylor and Liam Neeson couldn't save the remake.
Which is a damn shame, because they would have been perfect for a real version of the book. Actually, I thought the whole movie was cast great, but OMG what an awful revision of a great story.
Strix - Oct 24, 2012 4:06:57 am PDT #19991 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
ITA, Frank. I was excited by it when I saw the casting, but it was a hot mess. WHY did they feel it needed to go in the direction it did? WTF?
Consuela - Oct 24, 2012 8:19:37 am PDT #19992 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
A British blogger has outed Harriet Klausner for selling review copies of books she gets for free from publishers. Which I guess I should have realized she was doing, given the number of reviews she posts. But she posts 30 reviews per day, on average: she's certainly not actually reading them, and she's making money on the whole thing.
Whether it's illegal is another question, I guess.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2012 8:42:14 am PDT #19993 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Are you not supposed to sell those? I think the place I sell books explicitly says they do buy advance proofs and etc.
The non-disclosure is another story.
sj - Oct 24, 2012 8:44:06 am PDT #19994 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Are you not supposed to sell those?
No, you're not. You can give them away, but you can't sell them. Borders used to give away Advanced Readers to employees.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2012 8:45:49 am PDT #19995 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Huh! I've only ever gotten them second-hand, myself. (From friends in publishing, etc.)
Consuela - Oct 24, 2012 9:01:24 am PDT #19996 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, what's apparently illegal is the failure to disclose. Although I think the publishers should know that her reviews are bullshit, in that she can't possibly be actually reading them all, and in some instances appears to be merely rewriting the jacket copy.
Jesse - Oct 24, 2012 9:02:44 am PDT #19997 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's a plus to the publisher, no?
Amy - Oct 24, 2012 9:10:32 am PDT #19998 of 28370
Because books.
As far as I know, no publisher out there takes her seriously anyway.