A two star Amazon review on His American Detective: "Bodice ripper about gay men by a woman." and I'm longing to comment "don't you mean a waistcoat ripper?" God, no. Stop me. The reviews rarely rattle me any longer -- except when I spot a truth in a bad one. When that happens, I actually lose sleep. This means I still care about writing. Speaking of reviewers and writers: A couple of days ago, a writer said she was tired of getting white ladies writing reviews of her books. She had an excellent point in the long run: her stories are meant for a particular audience and she wants them to resonate with those people and get more reviews from them. But that first line was just....horribly obnoxious. I say this from my POV of course. Not a white lady who writes reviews -- but as a review grubber. Anyone who disses any reader (especially ones that give honest reviews) deserves to be cast into the pit of being ignored.
I can't stay away from the subject of Sarah Palin. I've been looking at the trashiest stories, too. Nothing to do with her stands on important issues (or if Alaska's proximity to Russia means she's got experience with foreign issues). Some of my conclusions from the wading into useless dreck: She's far better looking than she was when she did sportscasting. Say what you like about her, I think she's pretty. She's probably got the sort of charisma that gives me the willies. A lot of people who are considered inspiring make me want to escape their presence. A form of jealousy? A sense of inferiority? Maybe. Anyway, from the reports I've read, she's supposed to be the sort of person who makes you feel as if she's listening to you and cares about your opinion. She's got a room-filling presence. Eeearrrgh. All of that sounds just like what they said about Bill Clinton. I never particularly paid attention to the fact that Hillary is female--sure
I'm glad I don't live in Texas. I'd be using up a lot of my ink cartridge telling anyone who will listen why this 'watchdog' belongs in a kennel.
ReplyDeleteNicely done, Kate. Now I've got to figure out how to teach my kids "absence" only sex ed. Oy. I hate it when the kooks are ours.
ReplyDeleteabsence in sex ed!
ReplyDeleteOK, wait, does that mean that the Teacher is absent? The Student? The topic of sex altogether? There are so many options here.
So confused. (But chuckling nonetheless!) What a dingbat. Snerk. Pornography.
Putz!
ReplyDeleteAmazing. The War on Sex continues. Now, if only we can get all those Republicans to practice absence at the next election.