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Apr 23, 2008 23:54


  1. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. I thought I'd hate it, but I didn't. I think I'm fairly neutral on it overall. It felt a bit smug at times. What, you mean everyone can't run off for a year and move to Italy and then head to India to live on at an ashram?
  2. Sir Apropos of Nothing, Peter David. Oh god, the puns. (The insane male offspring of the ( Read more... )

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argh_jim April 24 2008, 04:32:15 UTC
Regarding the last comment, Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

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geekchick April 24 2008, 14:24:41 UTC
Gesundheit! =)

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argh_jim April 24 2008, 14:27:39 UTC
Sorry... cold... and Old One.

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cyan_blue April 24 2008, 06:59:00 UTC
Erpbtavmrq gur EBG13 sebz trbpnpuvat uvagf... :-)

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geekchick April 24 2008, 14:23:01 UTC
:D

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just_the_ash April 24 2008, 11:52:01 UTC
I find that I have to turn to TV or movies to explain the concept of a qrhf rk znpuvan to my Intro to Lit students, even after going into the origins of the term.

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geekchick April 24 2008, 14:25:19 UTC
This one was especially ludicrous, even for LKH. Oy.

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just_the_ash April 24 2008, 15:34:09 UTC
Goddamnit. I was going to change my journal subtitle to that! :P

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geekchick April 24 2008, 14:29:31 UTC
It seems they go from "interesting characters and some tasty sex" -> "well, at least there's still tasty sex, but maybe a bit too much of it at the expense of little details like forward movement in the plot" -> "what redeeming characteristics *does* this have anymore?"

I keep reading them because I actually do want to find out what happens, but I've stopped buying them and instead get them from the library.

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kmusser April 24 2008, 12:14:37 UTC
Now I want to write a book just so I can have a character named Emo McWhinypants.

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geekchick April 24 2008, 14:30:17 UTC
I'd buy that. =)

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