…when you read your own book reviews.
So I finally made IvyGate Blog, the so-called “Gawker for the Ivy League.” (One year later.) The actual review is Spoiler Central (with warnings), so I don’t recommend clicking on this link: Ivy League Beach Reads — unless you’ve read both Secret Society Girl and Under the Rose. And if you have, check it out. There are all kinds of fun tidbits to be found therein.
The bulk of the review concerns itself with chronicling the real-life counterparts to the invented world of Eli, such as comparing my made-up society names to the actual ones. Also, they picked up on the origin of the name “Prescott,” which most have not. I’m incredibly impressed with the writer’s devotion to detail.
And then there were a few surprises. For instance, who knew that Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth were Princeton-bound? Not me, for sure. But apparently, it gave my in-passing description of an affair between starlet Marissa Corrs and George Harrison Prescott (in book one) a ripped-from-the-headlines flavor. Lucky me! Also of interest is the observation that my character Harun is actually the “high-achieving son of Pakistani diplomats.” I’m so intrigued by this revelation.
Anyway, a fun Friday diversion. Thanks, IvyGate.
Back to revisions on book three.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:18 am
…enter Diana Peterfreund, Yale ‘01, Geology/Literature double major and certified hottie (her swelling bosom appears on several romance novel covers)…
Whoo-hoo!! What a great review!!
(Oh, yeah, the writer seemed to like the book, too!)
Eat your heart out, Patrick!
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August 24th, 2007 at 11:45 am
That’s excellent, Diana! And I was amused that Prep was mentioned at the beginning because I had just plucked it randomly off my roomie’s bookshelf and read it.
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August 24th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Nice coverage (on the books, not the bosom, which is of course swelling, lol).
Seriously, fun review. Congratulations — I bet you’ll pick up alot of readers for the series from that publicity.
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August 25th, 2007 at 8:07 am
I’ve got a very nice swelling bosom. It’ll grace a cover one day!
Not sure how I feel about where George’s name comes from.
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August 25th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Well, Patrick, it’s just the Prescott. Prescott College had a name long before George himself existed as a character, and when he did, I named him George because I didn’t know anyone in my generation named George. The “George” bit is actually coincidental, since by the time I’d invented George, I only thought of Precott as the name of the college.
Either way, though, none of the Prescotts were ever in politics. George’s dad is a Wall St. man.
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August 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Great review, how exciting to be there.
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August 26th, 2007 at 9:12 am
I’m still not sure how I feel about George. I mean, the link has been made and I have a hard time thinking of GWB as goodlooking.
BTW- Nice Avatar of Amy. I noticed that she has a head and is missing a cape…
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August 26th, 2007 at 9:15 am
So, Patrick, are you saying that when I think of you I should also be thinking of Pat Robertson?
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August 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Well, I would say more of a Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing is what you should think of. Or maybe in Ghost, because as you know, I can take control of Whoopie Goldberg’s body, so that makes sense, too.
Or Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier…
If you tell me that George Clooney was the inspiration, I’ll be ok.
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August 26th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
George Clooney was more like the inspiration for George’s dad.
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