Though in all honesty, it's more a categorizing I use when I used to sit on a committee that did nominations for prizes in Childrens and Young Adult literature. My committee nominated then kids voted. And it used to irk me to no end that some of the adults consistently chose spinach books. In reality, if this is a kids' prize, and it was, it was more important to me to choose books that kids were actually reading and enjoying, not books that moved me as an adult or made me cry.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 07, 2007 4:06:11 pm PST #3006 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Laga - Jan 07, 2007 4:08:26 pm PST #3007 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I haven't read Moby Dick. Is Treasure Island close?
Ginger - Jan 07, 2007 4:12:18 pm PST #3008 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I like liver & onions and Moby Dick.
Treasure Island is fun, but its only relation to Moby Dick would be salt water.
Kat - Jan 07, 2007 4:14:02 pm PST #3009 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Treasure Island, to most kids, is Liver and Onions. To some kids, it's just fun. To me, as an adult who is rediscovering Treasure Island, it's fun... but I'm not a kid.
Ginger - Jan 07, 2007 4:16:55 pm PST #3010 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But it has pirates and a treasure map! Kids these days.
Morgana - Jan 07, 2007 5:35:14 pm PST #3011 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
This is irking on a level that is difficult to express without resorting to Brobdingnagian levels of profanity.
Just had to see that again. Lovely turn of phrase.
Kristen - Jan 07, 2007 6:21:43 pm PST #3012 of 10001
Just watched Munich. Totally broccoli.
Daisy Jane - Jan 07, 2007 6:25:27 pm PST #3013 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I liked Moby Dick, but I read it when I was in my late 20's. Joyce is rich dark chocolate, mos def.
Liver and onions is Faulkner (I know, I know I'm Southern, but..). Embrace the period.
Monique - Jan 08, 2007 4:04:54 am PST #3014 of 10001
For those of you who won't/can't get Entertainment Weekly, the content from the current magazine has been published to the site. You can find the article about TV's hit Drive here.
Strega - Jan 08, 2007 9:29:58 am PST #3015 of 10001
Ooog.
You *can* smoke on the balconies at the LAX Marriott. Yay. So Kristen gets dinner after all.
And my new, comfy, broken-in shoes gave me a blister. Boo. No dinner for them.