The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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eccentriciMy Week in Review
The Good:
Library Volunteer Job! Okay, I would much rather have a paying library job, but until I can find one, I am building up my resume and getting my name out there. I start on Wednesday, and I am so stoked!
The Gift Poems by Hafiz, the great Sufi master. One of the best things I've read all year. More later. Every time I try to describe this book, I pick it up, start reading, and forget everything else around me.
A cool Wonder Woman postcard and a birthday card from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Shopping! Went to the Gem & Jewelry show with my sister, and I found a huge stash of funky costume jewelry for only $20! Rings, bracelets, necklaces. I also bought a gorgeous fused glass dichroic necklace for my mom to give me for my birthday. On my way home, I hit the 80% off bookstore (even though I promised to cut down on my book buying) and discovered a Kerouac bio that I don't have (at least I don't think I have it), Christopher Bram's Hold Tight (Nazi Intrigue in a Homosexual Brothel according to the back cover), LOTRs books for David, and a book I will discuss in the next section.
The Bad:
Getting home from the 80% off bookstore and flipping open E.M. Forster's The Life to Come only to find out that it is actually Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case. Dude, I was wondering why E.M. was writing about breast implants. Talk about jarring! I'm going back tomorrow to return the book.
The Ugly:
Wicked Willow I:The Darkeningby Yvonne Navarro. I know, the Buffy books are more like fanfiction that someone was paid to write, but if this popped up on Live Journal or YahooGroups, I would have deleted it after the first chapter. I don't know where to begin with this one. As a writer, if you can't write Jossversian dialogue, don't! Ms. Navarro can't, and this fact is even more obvious because her dialogue is set alongside actually dialogue from the show. It's grating. Also, don't buy this book for its rumoured Oz content. Not worth it. If anyone wants me to elaborate, just ask and I will.
The Good:
Library Volunteer Job! Okay, I would much rather have a paying library job, but until I can find one, I am building up my resume and getting my name out there. I start on Wednesday, and I am so stoked!
The Gift Poems by Hafiz, the great Sufi master. One of the best things I've read all year. More later. Every time I try to describe this book, I pick it up, start reading, and forget everything else around me.
A cool Wonder Woman postcard and a birthday card from
moonlettuce.Shopping! Went to the Gem & Jewelry show with my sister, and I found a huge stash of funky costume jewelry for only $20! Rings, bracelets, necklaces. I also bought a gorgeous fused glass dichroic necklace for my mom to give me for my birthday. On my way home, I hit the 80% off bookstore (even though I promised to cut down on my book buying) and discovered a Kerouac bio that I don't have (at least I don't think I have it), Christopher Bram's Hold Tight (Nazi Intrigue in a Homosexual Brothel according to the back cover), LOTRs books for David, and a book I will discuss in the next section.
The Bad:
Getting home from the 80% off bookstore and flipping open E.M. Forster's The Life to Come only to find out that it is actually Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case. Dude, I was wondering why E.M. was writing about breast implants. Talk about jarring! I'm going back tomorrow to return the book.
The Ugly:
Wicked Willow I:The Darkeningby Yvonne Navarro. I know, the Buffy books are more like fanfiction that someone was paid to write, but if this popped up on Live Journal or YahooGroups, I would have deleted it after the first chapter. I don't know where to begin with this one. As a writer, if you can't write Jossversian dialogue, don't! Ms. Navarro can't, and this fact is even more obvious because her dialogue is set alongside actually dialogue from the show. It's grating. Also, don't buy this book for its rumoured Oz content. Not worth it. If anyone wants me to elaborate, just ask and I will.
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Date: 2004-08-22 02:37 am (UTC)The whole premise of the book is what would have happened if Willow had stayed in Evil Willow mode. It starts with the aftermath of Warren's death, but forgoes her ending the world and the "yellow Crayon speech" in favor of her forming a coven and working toward resurrecting Tara. She takes over a warehouse space and uses a summoning spell to call forth two pets: Spike and Oz. Oz doesn't really get anything to do because she immediately turns him into a wolf. Like I said, it's like bad fanfic run amok. Not worth the $5.99 I paid for it.