I'm sure I read them because I wanted to know what the fuss was about. There was a girl in school reading them, and they were on my mother's book shelf, and I thought it was a great opportunity to discover some secrets and have an excuse to talk to the girl. A twin killing! They were wildly over-written:
Our father was perfect. He stood six feet two, weighed 180 pounds,and his hair was thick and flaxen blond, and waved just enough to beperfect; his eyes were cerulean blue and they sparkled with laughter,with his great zest for living and having fun. His nose was straightand neither too long nor too narrow, nor too thick. He played tennisand golf like a pro and swam so much he kept a suntan all through theyear. He was always dashing off on airplanes to California, to Florida,to Arizona, or to Hawaii, or even abroad on business, while we wereleft at home in the care of our mother. When he came through thefront door late on Friday afternoons -- every Friday afternoon (he saidhe couldn't bear to be separated from us for longer than five days) --even if it were raining or snowing, the sun shone when he beamed hisbroad, happy smile on us. His booming greeting rang out as soon as he put down his suitcase and briefcase. "Come greet me with kisses if you love me!" Don't know why I was allowed to walk around school carrying them. Petals in the Wind! I just remembered! Swear I didn't look it up! -----Original Message----- From: Erika <[email protected]> To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 1:02 pm Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Girls Gone Geek Didn't they warp you forever?! I remember reading one of those books on the bus and thinking, "I really shouldn't be rooting for Catherine to live happily ever after with her brother." I read some excerpts recently, and the writing is pure comedy gold. On Dec 9, 3:32 pm, [email protected] wrote: > I think we're all better off if I don't read it. I think that's win/win. > > I read Flowers in the Attic, though! And If There Be Thorns! And the other one! Seeds something? Incest Weeds or something? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika <[email protected]> > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 12:27 pm > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Girls Gone Geek > > You're off the hook Ravenface, if for no other reason than I say so! > Thank you so much for the blog love, one and all. > > As someone who writes for a living, I'd be lying if I said I didn't > have problems with certain elements of the books. As Vanessa knows, I > couldn't even get through "Breaking Dawn" because of Bella's grating > inner monologue. And yet, I think Twihards have been unfairly > stereotyped as nutty soccer moms and airhead girls with low self- > esteem. There's nothing wrong with not liking the books, but the > bashing seems to be a knee-jerk reaction in some corners. I mean, I > hate R. Kelly's music passionately, but I've listened to enough of his > songs to form an opinion. > > If you want to read some truly godawful fiction with a young adult > following, look no further than V.C. Andrews' "Flowers in the Attic" > series, which was huge during my tween days. > > On Dec 9, 11:51 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Right. Read excerpts, of which there are many, flipped through actual book. > Couldn't stand it, but I'm not fourteen or a trisomie. You can also get half > of the text from reading tattoos on myspace. > > > Very different situation than with Harry Potter, Meyer can't write, but that > Rowling chick could put a sentence together but couldn't plot to save her wand. > Boy, that would have been an easy job, "editing" those last few Potter books. > You just take what she turns in, don't look at it, send it to the printers, > roll back over and set the alarm for payday. Criminal! > > > Regardless, don't dislike Twilight fans, don't hate Meyer, just don't want > anything to do with it. We need a geek word for conscientious objector. Like, > I'm a conscientious objector with the new Dr. Who. When I saw the one where the > earth thinks happy thoughts to save a Yoda-ized Doctor, I was out for good. > > > What are some good ideas for that? That's a postworthy topic, right? Like, > there was that great thread about popular things we never got around to reading. > What was that called, geek sins? What about things you've rejected but don't > hate? > > > Conscientious Obgeektor? Something better, please. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 8:37 am > > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Girls Gone Geek > > > I couldn't get past just reading excerpts. It's typical fan fiction > > stuff on a much larger scale. > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > > > where are the doctors when we need them? > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Todd Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> So you've determined the twilight books are not well written, but you've > > >> never read them? > > > >> I've read them, and they are poorly written. The second book was 300 > > >> pages of crap, 50 pages of action, and then 50 more pages of crap. > > > >> --------------------------------------------- > > >> Todd Elliott > > >> [email protected] > > >>http://www.theuniquegeek.com/ > > >>http://www.google.com/profiles/thelliott > > > >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> Yes, it (the twilight article) was well-written...unlike the Twilight > > >>> books. But, as the article pointed out, there's no arguing their success. > > > >>> I guess I'm in that camp of people who don't hate the Twihards. I think > > >>> the phenomenon is cute, and I'm glad they've found something to be > > >>> passionate about. But...I will never read them. It's like one of those > > >>> pizza toppings I don't order. I don't blame people for liking anchovies. > > >>> You go ahead an eat all the anchovies you like, and god bless you, but > those > > >>> salty bitches aren't going into my mouth. > > > >>> So, I'm a non-hater who will never be a participant as opposed to a hater > > >>> who wants no one else to participate or a non-hater who becomes a lover. > > > >>> Ok! > > >>> Ravenface > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: Vanessa <[email protected]> > > >>> To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > > >>> Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 8:05 pm > > >>> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Girls Gone Geek > > > >>> Really? No love Twilight love? Well, can't say I am surprised. Do > > > >>> you at least thing the article was written well? > > > >>> And, yes, the Wonder Woman and Vixen entries are quite delish. Kudos > > > >>> to the author. My partner in crime ;-) > > > >>> On Dec 8, 10:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > >>> > Hey, I liked it. Good voice. Loved the Vixen entry. Lost me with > > >>> > the > > > >>> Twilight! Brought me back with the Lobo-bashing! I'm in! > > > >>> > -----Original Message----- > > > >>> > From: Vanessa <[email protected]> > > > >>> > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > > > >>> > Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 9:55 am > > > >>> > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Girls Gone Geek > > > >>> > Check it out :-) > > > >>> >http://girls-gone-geek.com/ > > > >>> > -- > > > >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> > Groups "The > > > >>> > Unique Geek" group. > > > >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> > [email protected]. > > > >>> > For more options, visit this group > > >>> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > >>> -- > > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >>> "The > > > >>> Unique Geek" group. > > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > >>> -- > > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >>> "The Unique Geek" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "The Unique Geek" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The > > Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The > Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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