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The last words of Elisabeth Sladen

ed_rex wrote in bookfails Mar 13, 2013 14:08

Speaking ill of the dead
Elisabeth Sladen: the autobiography
A rare fail that I am not unhappy to have read

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Win Game of Thrones!

im_writing wrote in bookfails Mar 17, 2013 10:27

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The Worst Fantasy Novels

im_writing wrote in bookfails Mar 11, 2013 15:01

My co-blogger and I are doing a fantasy week next (and our first giveaway! So, you know, tune in for that.) I'm going to create a list of the worst fantasy novels, but I don't want it to be ridiculously subjective (or, at least anymore subjective than a subject like this is...) and restrict it to only the fantasy novels that I've read ( Read more... )

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

muse_books wrote in bookfails Mar 09, 2013 07:26

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fantasy isn't always fantastic, kill it with fire, cliff hangers aren't fun., like watching paint dry, young adult fails, at least the cover is cool, character development fail, author last names g-l, author last names m-s

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notapproved wrote in bookfails Mar 05, 2013 12:50

It's time to vote on a new book! Percy Jackson is in the lead, but Evermore is close on its heels.

now THIS is a cover fail

writinchica2k wrote in bookfails Feb 09, 2013 18:45

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revision fail, kill it with fire, feminism just got set back 50 years

It Smells Like Melted Kid Hope

symkha wrote in bookfails Feb 07, 2013 22:16

I had to read Dora: A Headcase by Lydia Yuknavtich for school. It was incredibly painful. It is supposedly a retelling of Freud's case of his patient Dora, though I have never read that and can't comment on the comparison. What I can comment on is that's all fucking updated and everything, for, like young adults? And if there ever was a hipster ( Read more... )

author last names t-z, scrub my brain, rants, kill it with fire, booksnarks, young adult fails, feminism just got set back 50 years, i think this author is overrated!!!

Mr. Churchill's Secretary, by Susan Elia MacNeal

inverarity wrote in bookfails Feb 05, 2013 21:05

A sub-mediocre book of paper plots, cardboard characters, and endless cliches that finally triggers my writer's rage.

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author last names m-s

Idiot Hero by Perry Moore

ashes_to_roses wrote in bookfails Feb 04, 2013 00:38

I'm about 15 pages away from the end and can't hold it in anymore. Bookfails, I need to vent to you about Perry Moore: A Novel by Hero. (See what I did there? With the book cover?)

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character development fail, author last names m-s, buddy can you spare me an editor?

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notapproved wrote in bookfails Feb 01, 2013 13:15

It's a new month, so it's time for a new book over at my blog. This time, we're going through Divergent by Veronica Roth.

For those of you who like free stuff, I'm also hosting a giveaway. Enter to win simply by leaving comments on any post.