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[pez]

Argh. Things happened this morning. The end results are: my back is in pain and I got to work late.

I just started rereading The Shadow of the Wind. It's been a few years and I've forgotten it all already. All I remember is that it's good. It's amazing, in fact. But if you're looking for reviews and crits, you're better off reading the blurbs (it's got plenty) and reviews online. I wish more of his novels get translated into English. "El Juego del Angel" will be released as "The Angel's Game" but won't be until mid-2009.

Unni, I'm working on my wish list. Where's yours? >D

Today, this thought came to me: if people could put up with other people liking "The Da Vinci Code", they could deal with the current "Twilight" craze, or any other "unjustified" (pov depending) crazes. Mocking is fun but if you're actually going to complain, go and do something else. You might think the author doesn't deserve the fame and wealth - and you might be right - but there are lots of other injustices in the world that's far more important. People liking crap novels and crap authors becoming celebrities is really not worth being angry about. Stress and anger is not good for health, you know, so why pile it on unnecessarily?

Also, since "The Da Vinci Code" is, to quote Stephen Fry since I agree with him, arse gravy of the worst kind, but still so celebrated, one must remember that if your own fics are well-loved, it doesn't necessarily mean you're good at writing.

Sad, but I think it's true.

Because even just sitting down is bringing me pain, I'm not in a great mood today. If you talk to me, be prepared that my words probably aren't very polished or rounded.

Comments

[firescribble.livejournal.com]

I've stopped moralizing about literature. I read things that I enjoy reading and other get to read what they're enjoying.

Hypes tend to annoy me, partly because I work with books and their readers and have to deal with the hysteria at close range. For a while a day didn't go buy without someone telling me that The Da Vinci Code was the best book every and also completely truthful, or that it was evil. The Da Vinci Code may not be great literature but it is entertaining. Twilight may be bad, but if I were 14 I'd get off to it. That won't stop me from mocking the books, but there are no real hard feelings there.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I read The Da Vinci Code from cover to cover - and then threw it in the bin. It was really entertaining and I wanted to know how it ended, but after that, I decided it didn't even deserve a place on the shelves of charity book stores. XD;;;;