This is way too funny. Not, perhaps, as funny as people who pick their books based on the color of the covers (“No, I’d NEVER read a pink book!”), but funny nonetheless.
I’ve read neither This Is… nor This Is Not…, but if you saw my TBR stack, you wouldn’t be out buying new books, either. (By the way, Annie, if you’re looking for some good books to read…)
I do not believe that the publishing of any given kind of book prevents the publication of any other kind of book. Rising tide floats all boats. I don’t believe that the publication of any kind of fiction (except perhaps, the kind posing as non-fiction) is “damaging to America.” I think the very idea is laughable, and the people promoting it should be embarrassed to be claiming intellectual high ground.
I haven’t posted on it before, because I didn’t feel as if such nonsense deserved the dignity of a reasoned response. But hey, it’s Banned Books Week, in which we should be speaking out about how no one should have the right to tell anyone else what to read. And an argument that paints women as weak and shallow individuals who need to be kept away from “fluff,” and condemned for reading it should be shown for the offensive and ridiculous statement that it is.
Okay, that’s it. Party on.
September 30th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Thanks for the recommendations! One day soon before I do a big book purchase, I may poke you to e-mail me a list of recommendations. I’ve already started a list, but would love more titles to add to it.
*sigh* I need new books desperately! Reading a terrible book right now just to have something to read. Am even tempted to come to DC to raid your TBR pile! Hehe
September 30th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
i don’t find the chick lit cartoon particularly funny at all. i think it’s a bit sick.
October 1st, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Amen! I’m not too crazy about the battle of the books, actually. It makes me uncomfortable, even though This Is has been taking the high road.
The problem is, I don’t think This Is Chick Lit should stand as the prime example of the genre. It’s a good book, some great stories, but it should not be the book by which the world judges chick lit as a whole.
I DO think it’s a great book to discover authors whose voice clicks with you, and who you may want to seek out. And that’s the purpose for an anthology.
October 1st, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Great site.