Dear Sherry Jones, I Apologize for the World…
Tuesday, August 19th by Shane
He’s not saying “Boo-urns”
So I didn’t know that a publisher in Serbia actually put out Jones’ book about Mohammed’s nine-year old bride, unlike the cowards at Random House, but don’t worry- they already took it off the shelves and offered an apology. They actually apologized for publishing a book. That is infuriating. I don’t doubt that radical Islam wields a lot of power in Serbia, in fact I know they do, but were you that scared? Was it that dangerous? Hell, maybe The Jewel of Medina sucks, but isn’t the principle worth the risk? An apology for publishing a book. And you idiots here whine about how teenagers text too much.
Ed links to a fake anecdote about a homeless woman.
The Onion asks if Katrina novels are the new 9/11 novels. They aren’t.
You got the Boo-urns thing, right?
Via Bookdwarf, photos from the adaptation of The Road. Meh.
I know this book will suck but seriously, as Powell’s points out, the trailer for The Book of Lies makes me actually want to read the sucky book.
Didn’t I already write something about how there are too many damn semicolon articles that have come out lately? I swear I did. If not, I meant to, and Gawker agrees while highlighting all the needless articles as of late. As someone in the comment section states, this is like how every few years there’s a gaggle of articles about getting rid of the penny.
How did The Good Soldier get its name? According to this it was to piss off Ford Madox Ford.
And finally, Enter the Octopus links to someone who has noticed an odd way Michael Chabon writes dialogue. Apparently, he throws conversations on the end with a heaping helping of description and exposition in between. This may come off as confusing, but I assume is very successful. I don’t have Kavalier & Clay in reach, but I loved that book. Now I’ll have to check back and see if that’s one of his effective tricks. Also, the guy who noticed this said he picked up The Yiddish Policemen’s Union without knowing anything about it. Maybe this is only because I’m a super book blog star, but who doesn’t know what that book’s about?
