Comments on: whoo-hooo, witchy woman….

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:17:36 +0000

um, wow, i’m really glad you chose to read james patterson so I DON’T HAVE TO. sorry for the jp hatin’. you actually managed to make the book sound almost like something i’d read, too. sounds like an ok book, but maybe i’ll just wait for the movie version.

and posh re: the necklace — word.

oh, and i don’t think jp actually WRITES anything anymore — i think he’s like the carolyn keene cabal, and comes up with very thin plot outlines, then farms out the actual work to someone else, slaps his name and fruity yacht picture on the cover and makes really REALLY bad tv commercials to sell the book (hel-LO have you SEEN the one for that worst case book?).

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0000

also i feel the need to ask: WHY IS MATT, i mean zach, WEARING THAT NECKLACE IN HIS PICTURE? WHO IS HIS STYLIST AND WHEN CAN I FIRE HIM/HER?

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:09:54 +0000

The book I’m currently reading, loaned to me by Erin (Mr. Toppit) has alternating perspectives done incredibly well!

I’m glad James Patterson has started writing YA, because his writing? It’s not for the grown ups.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:57:43 +0000

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By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:46 +0000

oh i just thought of the exception! i DID enjoy the alternating perspectives in “how to be bad” (which i reviewed on this here site!).

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:09 +0000

yeah, i’ll probably skip this one. alternating narratives kind of annoy me as a rule, even when they’re done well (although there are exceptions! although i can’t think of any right now!).

with that said, KID NATION! IN AN OLD DEPARTMENT STORE! if the book was just about that, i would totally read it immediately.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:28:25 +0000

Kid Nation! I totally watched that show, on the basic premise that every episode would feature at least one kid falling down. And it totally did not disappoint in that regard! I wonder how that little Sophia is doing. She was a badass.

I admit to enjoying JP as a beach-read – my parents really like him so anytime I go to visit, I’ll pick up one of his books and start reading. I like it, because I’m not emotionally connected to it, and therefore I can just pick them up/put them down whenever. So I’ll probably give this one a read.

By: talya

talya — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:14:25 +0000

I liked this book more than I thought I would (see: I am wary of James Patterson too.) But in a world where there are endless amounts of young adult dystopian novels to choose from (yay!) I would say this is not one of my favorites. However, I will still read the sequel, because I am like that and I want to know what happens.