you can be the prince, and i can be the princess.

[samatethecookie]

You know. There's moments where I forget why Stephen King is awesome. Then this happens: Stephen King says Stephenie Meyer can't write. Then I remember, I laugh, and all is well in my little world.

Except that I have a headache, and I have to write my own personal vagina monologue ... when I really don't want to talk about it. I get why it's important, but I'm so 'meh' about it. :/

In the meantime, I'll help make dinner and listen to the rest of the audiobook for "Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan. It's so unbelievably corny to listen to (I just can't dig the way the narrator is telling the story from Paul's POV), but so far it's a decent story.

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[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

LOL! It is really sad when a mediocre author calls a bad author bad haha!

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I think Smeyer can basically make anyone look like they're Shakespeare at this point. (Though sadly, Jodi Picoult got on my nerves much more than Smeyer ever did. How does THAT happen?)

I don't really find him mediocre, but yeah, he's not the greatest and some of his books are a hit or miss with me lately. I prefer his short stories and his fantasy stuff.

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

Yeah I mean I liked Gunslinger pretty well but he has a difficult time making good endings of books haha!

Oh I can't stand Jodi Picoult anymore!

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I haven't read through the entire Gunslinger series. I have it sitting in the basement with the rest of my other books. */running out of room* "Eyes of the Dragon" was a pretty good read.

Hah. I read one book by Jodi Picoult, and that's quite enough for me, methinks.

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

You would think I would have learned from the second read. I really liked The Pact and Plain Truth but I didn't care of My Sister's Keeper and didn't even finish Nineteen Minutes, it was that horrible. Why does she write the same story over and over again?

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

It doesn't surprise me to hear that about Picoult. I mean, her books keep getting turned into Lifetime movies. To me, that's not a good sign of a great author, unless they're one of those rare Lifetime movies that turn out excellent. :/

With Smeyer, at least she shows she has the potential to improve. As bad as her Twilight series is, she had other characters that sounded interesting, such as Alice Cullen and Rosalie Cullen; she had tons of potential subplots to get into. What kills it for me is her lack of research on specific time periods and the sexist undertones of the Edward/Bella relationship. That and, well, she just doesn't try to be a good author. Like when she said she'd write five novels in one year. That's something only terrible fanfic writers do.