I concede defeat

[mangoprophetess]

Consider Joanna the General Washington and me the Cornwallis of teen fiction. I put up a good fight; it even looked like I might win. But, then - BOOM! Blindsided at Yorktown with the French in the harbor and the Yanks on my tail.

Despite the first two books being very silly (and I didn't really like New Moon much at all, honestly...much too

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[frankenshane]

XD What did I tell ya? Though I did enjoy the emo-ness of New Moon...

AND YAY! I AM NO ALONE IN THINKING THAT BELLA IS SO VERY ANNOYING!:D

[mangoprophetess]

Definitely not alone. Seriously, does she *ever* stop whining? I'm still trying to figure out why Edward and Jacob are so ga-ga over that chick...

[mangoprophetess]

Hahaha! That's excellent. I really feel like I should just suck it up and order it on Amazon. The Much Ado one was so glorious, so I'm sure the rest are great.

Isn't the Macbeth one the one set in a restaurant? And James McAvoy plays Macbeth?

[hjalessandra]

let me tell you. I read three chapters last night and I'm already hooked. I love Edward and his mysterious side of him. I hate you; I really do. First you got me hooked on HP now this. damn it.

[mangoprophetess]

You're welcome. :D

And now you and Mojo can fangirl it up about Edward. I'm sure you'll be back at B&N next week to buy the next two books.

[hjalessandra]

actually i'm kind of broke for the next 2 weeks so it'll have to wait until I buy the next 2 books. but I can't wait to finish this one :)

[mangoprophetess]

See? This right here is why you and I are friends.

Though, I will say, All the Pretty Horses is phenomenal. Hypnotically beautiful. It's like the literary version of The Joshua Tree. But that's the only Cormac McCarthy I've read.

As for Bloom, I mainly don't like him because he's a Eurocentric misogynist bastard. For what he does, I appreciate him - he's insightful when it comes to writers like Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Chaucer, etc. But he all but disregards everyone else. The fact that in his book Genius the only writers he begrudgingly would call "genius" instead of just outright giving them the title, were both women - Charlotte Brontë (whom you know I personally love) and Edith Warton. For a post-Freudian, you'd think he'd be a little more self-aware. And that's not even jumping into the fact that non-white people barely register on his radar! Seriously, not even Toni Morrison or Salman Rushdie as two of the greatest writers alive today? What's that about? He's even said that he thinks the prevalence of idenity

[cryptor_00]

Oh, and backstory from centuries past, obviously.
btvs ftw

[mangoprophetess]

Buffy?? Wrong teen angsty vampire story!

[cryptor_00]

buffy is always the Right Teen Angsty Vampire Story

[mangoprophetess]

Pfft. While I do love me some Joss Whedon, he lacks an Edward or a Louis (who, while angsty, isn't teenage, but close enough). And that is a strike against the whole sha-bang.