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[apocalypsos]

For anybody who's missed it, I have to say I'm loving the Leah's Way wankfest between the reviewer and the publisher. It's like the publisher has a book entitled "How Not To Respond To A Horrible Review" and is checking off every stupid behavior as she goes down the list.

Also, if I hear anybody use the phrase "culture war" one more time, I'm going to puke. And what exactly does a culture war entail? Shooting at each other by firing copies of the first season of ALF on DVD from a cannon? Flinging explosive bottles of Red Bull at unsuspecting passerby? Playing Ashlee Simpson's album on a boom box in public until the other side's ears start to bleed? What?

In any event, just got back from seeing Sahara. It's not the best movie in the world, but if Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn want to get together for a sequel to be snarky and adventurous, I'd get in line for that. They both looked like they were having a blast. Also, Matthew McConaughey starts out the movie in a pair of black swim trunks and then beats the crap out of three guys. He wins at life. :)

EDIT: The first four minutes of this week's Arrested Development are up on Yahoo. Hee! I love Ron Howard.

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[mckenzee.livejournal.com]

Did you see the bit by Tobias Bucknell?

UPDATE: Well, maybe just a little more. I did a little digging into "Windstream Publishing," Sue Eccleston's imprint, and discovered just why she's so intent on defending the publication of Leah's Way. It seems that Windstream only publishes the one book, and does it from Danville, California...which just happens to be where the book's author, Richard Botelho, lives. In fact, Botelho's also the contact person listed for Windstream in the PMA directory. Looks like the book's self-published... (http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/archives/001511.html)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*snerk* My surprise, it is so small. :)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is hilarious!

(And reminds me so much of the first time an author I reviewed got her knickers in a twist - although she was such a pisser before the review was done that funny thing... the whole works got backed up in the queue...

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

I think one of the more amusing things about the whole kerfuffle is Harriet Klausner (the blether reviewer) and her reviews. Her seemingly endless supply of time for endless numbers of reviews on every title imaginable almost none of which have ever said anything bad about anything. She's like a myth. There was a FANTASTIC article about her the other day at booksquare. The whole article is at OpnionJournal, the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal.

[vivian-shaw.livejournal.com]

Okay, that just made me laugh so hard that Scotch came out of my nose. I'm suing you for pain and suffering.

"OMG U TRASHED MY CRAPPY JESUS BOOK!! U R NAZI BITCH!!"

[myniamh.livejournal.com]

Wow, I looked up another review of the book.
http://www.faithfulreader.com/reviews/0964392690-about.asp

I hope the add up the top isn't on rotation.
Discover the Heart of Christian Fiction all over again
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[guinwhyte.livejournal.com]

Apparently no one proofread the ad, either, as it actually says "Coventant."

[myniamh.livejournal.com]

XD

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

Umm... they were talking about flinging Petri dishes around with one of those trap-shooting launchers. That's the kind of "culture" they're going to war with...