literary fiction
jesus, i hate that fucking term. what does it mean? also…

i was in middle school when i attended my first concert: superchunk and archers of loaf.

an RPG game?
i might have to get money from the ATM machine so i can buy it!

too many linebreaks:

where are all the other potential wu-mash-ups?
wu fighters
aclanis morissette
wuliana hatfield
wubastank
the wu radleys
wu oyster cult
wu order
C.R.E.E.D.
C.R.E.A.M.

speaking of terrible endings, i can't wait to post a scathing review of The Night Circus- it's this year's The Passage.

The Forever War, The Lathe of Heaven, A Scanner Darkly, and Do Androids Dream…? are all excellent sci-fi gateways (or wormholes, whatever) as they are are highly readable, well-written (people will argue about PKD, but those are among his best), and not so weird that non-sf readers will balk.

this is a totally accurate review
read an ARC months ago and was waiting to see what the av club would say. as todd says, it starts off promising (once you get past the "jesus christ, read World War Z much?" reaction), but the focus quickly becomes this one fairly boring/stock story. lots of interesting things happen…

Mr Popper picked penguins
but Run rocked rhymes

2030: The Real Story Of What Happens To America
Nathan and Scott, have you actually read it? i'd agree that it's disturbingly plausible, but holy crap is it a terrible. well, what i got through, anyway, as i found the writing pretty difficult to choke down.

i thought it was because the "pop" noise fucked up bret michaels' speakers

a better way to learn about Lee
Charles Shields' Mockingbird

productive in death, eh?
guess we got a *lot* of potassium from the body!

try going to one of her events. like with oprah, there is a certain type of person who finds everything lancaster does to be beyond reproach. however, my initial comment is unfair to about 25% of them, so i apologize.

ellen must be thin
because fat women love jen lancaster

please tell me TooLazy is a troll.

yeah, that's my complaint- shit is not as original as people are making it out to be, and i find most of the production pretty boring.

i bet you pretty much always wind up with a D, too.

@Panicking Calmly- no, you're not the only one. everyone at my bookstore who (tried to) read it hated it, loathed the characters, and cannot fathom the rave reviews.

paging dr klosterman
ugh.