It's interesting-- I'm reading my RITA contest finaling books and I'm finding my theories of likable vs. intriguing being tested. So far, not a single inherently or outwardly likable character among the books I've read, so I'm having to rely on how intriguing they and their stories are.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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."
Barb - May 27, 2009 4:33:11 am PDT #9143 of 28405
“Not dead yet!”
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2009 12:06:05 pm PDT #9144 of 28405
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Proud non-reader" Kanye West turns author:
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed," West said. "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph.
"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.
Discuss!
Amy - May 27, 2009 12:19:39 pm PDT #9145 of 28405
Because books.
I can't discuss. I'm too busy crying.
Polgara - May 27, 2009 12:24:16 pm PDT #9146 of 28405
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Maybe if he read a book he'd know how to properly conjugate "to be."
beth b - May 27, 2009 12:26:15 pm PDT #9147 of 28405
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Not on sure words on a page equals book. anymore than filling in random letters on a crossword puzzle means you did it.
His book is 52 pages -- some blank, others with just a few words -- and offers his optimistic philosophy on life. One two-page section reads, "Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!" Another page reads "I hate the word hate!
twitter is not a book
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2009 12:38:31 pm PDT #9148 of 28405
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But beth, what about the non-readers?
"He inspired the format of the book, because he wrote a book called 'Think, Think, Think and Think Again,'" Kanye explained to MTV News of his co-author Sandifer. "[He did] bullet points in bold graphics, and he expounded upon them ... whereas books hide the main points chapters in. You have to read so much to get so much out of it. We wanted to make it simple for people who are non-readers, who don't feel like doing all that, and still get the point across."
Dana - May 27, 2009 12:44:44 pm PDT #9149 of 28405
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"[He did] bullet points in bold graphics, and he expounded upon them ... whereas books hide the main points chapters in. You have to read so much to get so much out of it. We wanted to make it simple for people who are non-readers, who don't feel like doing all that, and still get the point across."
So he wrote a manual?
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2009 12:48:30 pm PDT #9150 of 28405
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A manual for LIFE.
P.M. Marc - May 27, 2009 1:16:08 pm PDT #9151 of 28405
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I can't discuss. I'm too busy crying.
For a man who loved his late mama, he's sure busy making sure Dr. Donda West, English Professor, is rolling in her grave.
Barb - May 27, 2009 1:16:13 pm PDT #9152 of 28405
“Not dead yet!”
::sits in a corner and snarls::