Thursday, March 24, 2011

Here's the thing.

I think about books. A lot. My mind is constantly whirling with story ideas that aren't really my own because all the books I've read become absorbed into my person. I think that's weird.

But that's not even what I have to say. I have an issue with books that have a brilliant title and then a not-as-brilliant plot. I just saw a title on Amazon and thought, "Ooh, baby. I want to read that like RIGHT NOW." And then I read the synopsis and found out that the novel is set in Ohio. And nothing happens in the book. I won't be reading it.

And, I received a book in the mail to review which has a scintillating title (Priests In the Attic) and it isn't at all what I expected. It was very self-serving, and in my English teacher brain, very poorly constructed.

So, if you're going to have a good title, make sure the book is good. Or else you just wasted a good title.

That is all.

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