With alarming frequency, I get messages on Lulu in the same vein as this:
I want to publish my mom’s book for her as a surprise.
Yeah. First of all, that is dodgy legally since you don’t own the rights to her book. Secondly, how did you even get your mom’s book? If she asked you to read it to proofread and you are trying to dodge-ily publish it, that is very sleazy. If you found it lying in a drawer and decided to do this, I think that might be even worse because she doesn’t even want to share it then. Someone’s work is a really private thing!
I cannot imagine anyone enjoying having their work sneakily stolen and published without their consent.
If anyone published by book without my permission, not only would I not be appreciative of said surprise, I would be pissed too a level as yet unseen on this earth. Yet this comes up a few times a month from well meaning girlfriends, children, parents and friends. I just cannot imagine how things rings in someone’s head as a good idea.
I got myself nice and ahead this year by front loading with all those Roswell books, didn’t I? I feel kinda guilty that I am at the half way point on the strength of those teeny bopper books but what can you do?
So what have I read since we last discussed this?
Life of Pi which I am very behind the times on and should have read years ago, I know, The Graveyard Book which was cute but nowhere near what I expect from Neil Gaimen so I was a little disappointed in it and The Witches of Eastwick. About that last one, I know that John Updike just died and that Eastwick is considered a modern classic but all the books I have read in this challenge so far were read between my starting that book and finishing it because it was so insufferably dull. How can a book about orgies and magic be dull? I have no idea but this book just felt like a total waste of my time. It was poorly written, rather sexist (if its supposed to be a satire, it’s a weak one) and it took me so long to hack through. I think I should have just watched the movie.
As I am always in the midst of a few books, I have added what I am currently reading to the list below. I am only a few chapters in but so far I am loving Dead Until Dark and I thought I was pretty sick of vampires so that is impressive! Rundoon is dull but I have faith in this series so I am willing to let it pan out on its own schedule. (Rundoon is about Peter Pan so that was a pun, people!)
How’s it going for you? What’s your current count?
Seriously, the day was all sunny and warm on Wednesday and I was like a new person. Maybe I run on photosynthesis.
I like winter. I like getting to be all snuggly and I like how snow looks. I do not, however, like how every day is gray, gray, gray. It crushes my will to live.
My favorite thing about our house is how my desk chair is right up against a window and, when the weather is nice, I can have the window open or even go work outside. I know that Wednesday was just a tease and that there is a lot of winter left but, damn, I cannot wait!
