The Young Fairy Makes a List

[bibbetyboo]

Twenty one people on the subway this morning were reading something written by Dan Brown. This both amazes and worries me on so many levels. What happened to the staples of intra-city travel; Dick Francis, Margaret Atwood and for the truly pretentious, De Beauvoir or Plath?

On morning radio, someone won ten thousand bucks - and was then told

Comments

[9thdreamer]

[bibbetyboo]

I still marvel at the miracle that is Dan Brown and his popularity. Say what you will of popular authors, but their work possessed an iota of merit.

I was already late. It was my Starbucks; if I'd gotten there at nine as per usual, they'd have had my coffee.

[rubythrone]

You know, I couldn't finish the Da Vinci Code. People go on and on about it, and I can't say I understand why.

[sleeproot]

Dude, Dan Brown is nothing comparing to those Gossip Girl excuses for books.

[bibbetyboo]

See, that I can understand, it's a phenomenon contained toward a certain (if shallow) demographic. But Dan Brown? Who died and made him the next multibillionaire demographic-crossing author?

[sleeproot]

Tom Clancy?

But seriously, that shallow market that's targeted is filled with twelve-year-old girls who convince their moms the books are wholesome. And they're spreading.

[bibbetyboo]

Dude. You even seen Kate Brian's contribution, or that 'Clique' book thing? I read at the local library on Wednesdays, and just. So many worlds of no to reading that aloud.

[mausketeer]

Ripped pants, you say? I will bring you a Cinnamon Dolce anything if you can repeat this on someone specific.

[bibbetyboo]

Uh, who is deserving of ripped pants?

[mausketeer]

Larry. Larry the Intern.

[bibbetyboo]

Uh, what has this Larry done?

[maleficentia]

Ostensibly, some people enjoy reading books in which the sentence 'Her smile was magic' appears on the first page. I did try to finish it. It may have found its way into the fire. Mysteriously.

[bibbetyboo]

This is one thing we can agree on, although on principle, I don't burn books.

[maleficentia]

To be quite honest, it was an accident. Not that I didn't enjoy it.

[bibbetyboo]

How do you burn a book by accident?