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Jul. 13th, 2010 12:03 am1: The current episode of Blue's Clues that's in heavy rotation at our house features Patti Labelle singing "Backseat Boogie": "Doin' the back, doin' the back, doin' the back-backseat boogie/Boogie in the backseat." Every time I hear it, I think, "Who thought this would be appropriate for toddlers??" and then I think, "Obviously someone with a much cleaner mind than mine."
2: I finally read the second half of Robin Hobb's Dragon-whatever book, and it was MUCH better than the first half; still not as good the Live Ship trilogy, but part 2 did a lot to cleanse the bad taste left by part 1. I think the publisher made a real mistake splitting that novel into two.
3: I read a romantic suspense novel recently that had a really awful, cliche-ridden description of an Asian-American secondary character; if it didn't require me to get up and go downstairs and find my kindle, I'd post it as a cautionary example of how *not* to describe a character of color. I might post it tomorrow, if I remember.
2: I finally read the second half of Robin Hobb's Dragon-whatever book, and it was MUCH better than the first half; still not as good the Live Ship trilogy, but part 2 did a lot to cleanse the bad taste left by part 1. I think the publisher made a real mistake splitting that novel into two.
3: I read a romantic suspense novel recently that had a really awful, cliche-ridden description of an Asian-American secondary character; if it didn't require me to get up and go downstairs and find my kindle, I'd post it as a cautionary example of how *not* to describe a character of color. I might post it tomorrow, if I remember.