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chocolate_chipFuji hike in two weeks. x_x What the hell was I thinking, seriously. Though since we're starting from the 5th station, the vertical climb is not that much more than Mt. Washington, so maybe it won't be so horrible?
In completely unrelated news, I'm reading a book called The Tin Star, which I picked up because it's about gay cowboys, and even though it's published by one of those "online publishers", it didn't look like it was horrible.
I was wrong.
Dear God, it's so awful. Almost comically awful, but not quite. There's absolutely no sense of plot structure or dramatic tension or theme (beyond gay=good, homophobia=bad), the characters are unbelievable, and holy crap, the dialogue. At first I thought that the author had never heard how real Texans talk. Then I found that she (I'm assuming the author's female because of the ridiculous hoops the bio jumps through to not mention a gender) actually lives in Texas, wut. Does not compute. Even I could write better than this, if I could come up with something worth writing about.
Of course I will finish it, because there is sexx0rz.
What I really want to read are the next Dexter and Nightrunner books. I reread the first two Dexter books, and badly wanted more, so I tried watching the series again, but it's just such a disappointment in comparison. :/ I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and place an amazon.com order soon. I think I still have one gift certificate lying around somewhere in this mess of an apartment. *sigh*
In completely unrelated news, I'm reading a book called The Tin Star, which I picked up because it's about gay cowboys, and even though it's published by one of those "online publishers", it didn't look like it was horrible.
I was wrong.
Dear God, it's so awful. Almost comically awful, but not quite. There's absolutely no sense of plot structure or dramatic tension or theme (beyond gay=good, homophobia=bad), the characters are unbelievable, and holy crap, the dialogue. At first I thought that the author had never heard how real Texans talk. Then I found that she (I'm assuming the author's female because of the ridiculous hoops the bio jumps through to not mention a gender) actually lives in Texas, wut. Does not compute. Even I could write better than this, if I could come up with something worth writing about.
Of course I will finish it, because there is sexx0rz.
What I really want to read are the next Dexter and Nightrunner books. I reread the first two Dexter books, and badly wanted more, so I tried watching the series again, but it's just such a disappointment in comparison. :/ I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and place an amazon.com order soon. I think I still have one gift certificate lying around somewhere in this mess of an apartment. *sigh*
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Date: 2008-07-06 01:57 pm (UTC)And wow, the book you are reading sounds awful.