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Monday, September 17, 2007
What's in a name?
So how important are titles, really? Would a bestseller by any other name still smell as sweet? Let's examine some plucked randomly from the NYT list, past and present, and find out.
NINJAS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown
Huh. Is it wrong to say I like this one better? I bet I'd have liked a book that could live up to this moniker better as well.
SHY POON by Nora Roberts
With this title, could the book be about anything other than the virgin spinster librarian and the town physician (and secret internet porn star) who loves her? He'll have to convince her that her underused va-jay-jay is just what the doctor ordered.
DEVIL MAY SULK by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Can't get enough emo? This story is for you! The hero will sit in a corner, arms folded and glare at you during commercial breaks. He was emo when emo wasn't cool.
A THOUSAND NASTY NUNS by Khaled Hosseini
Yep, this would've been a much different book. Good reading, though, I suspect, but it might've gotten Mr. Hosseini whatchallit'd. Excommunicated? The Pope might've taken off his pointy hat and everything to lay the smackdown.
INEBRIATED IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
Eve gets drunk at the precinct Christmas party and nearly stabs a bitch. Roarke has to use his money and connections to get her off the hook because there's a killer preying on drunken women, and they need Eve on the other side of the cell. What? It could happen!
THE BISCUIT by Rhonda Byrne
Need to know the secret to winning your man's heart? It's all here in this Southern cookbook.
THE ELVES OF CILANTRO by Terry Brooks
Where Mexican fey come to Shannara. Need I say more? This one writes itself, I think.
FORCE OF MANURE by Suzanne Brockmann
An ex-Navy seal buys a pig farm in Arkansas, wanting to leave all the violence behind him. But when danger comes to his sleepy little town, he's not afraid to fight dirty, country-style.
CUTICLE by Robin Cook
The medical world has never known a crisis like this one. Every second, millions of people suffer from this insidious illness and there is no cure for... HANG NAILS. We need a manicurist, stat!
STAY THIRTY by Sandra Brown
A woman gets caught breaking into the municipal building, determined to erase all records of her true age. Now that she's 50+, she's finding it harder to date younger guys, but if she could just wipe her file, she could... STAY THIRTY forever.
THE FRENCH FRY LANDS by S.M. Sterling
A book about America, duh.
Look like fun? Go here, and then you do one! I had a blast with these.
Tomorrow, I have Pepper Espinoza, author of the ass-kickingly dark and wonderful Mad World, as my special guest. You won't want to miss it.
NINJAS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown
Huh. Is it wrong to say I like this one better? I bet I'd have liked a book that could live up to this moniker better as well.
SHY POON by Nora Roberts
With this title, could the book be about anything other than the virgin spinster librarian and the town physician (and secret internet porn star) who loves her? He'll have to convince her that her underused va-jay-jay is just what the doctor ordered.
DEVIL MAY SULK by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Can't get enough emo? This story is for you! The hero will sit in a corner, arms folded and glare at you during commercial breaks. He was emo when emo wasn't cool.
A THOUSAND NASTY NUNS by Khaled Hosseini
Yep, this would've been a much different book. Good reading, though, I suspect, but it might've gotten Mr. Hosseini whatchallit'd. Excommunicated? The Pope might've taken off his pointy hat and everything to lay the smackdown.
INEBRIATED IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
Eve gets drunk at the precinct Christmas party and nearly stabs a bitch. Roarke has to use his money and connections to get her off the hook because there's a killer preying on drunken women, and they need Eve on the other side of the cell. What? It could happen!
THE BISCUIT by Rhonda Byrne
Need to know the secret to winning your man's heart? It's all here in this Southern cookbook.
THE ELVES OF CILANTRO by Terry Brooks
Where Mexican fey come to Shannara. Need I say more? This one writes itself, I think.
FORCE OF MANURE by Suzanne Brockmann
An ex-Navy seal buys a pig farm in Arkansas, wanting to leave all the violence behind him. But when danger comes to his sleepy little town, he's not afraid to fight dirty, country-style.
CUTICLE by Robin Cook
The medical world has never known a crisis like this one. Every second, millions of people suffer from this insidious illness and there is no cure for... HANG NAILS. We need a manicurist, stat!
STAY THIRTY by Sandra Brown
A woman gets caught breaking into the municipal building, determined to erase all records of her true age. Now that she's 50+, she's finding it harder to date younger guys, but if she could just wipe her file, she could... STAY THIRTY forever.
THE FRENCH FRY LANDS by S.M. Sterling
A book about America, duh.
Look like fun? Go here, and then you do one! I had a blast with these.
Tomorrow, I have Pepper Espinoza, author of the ass-kickingly dark and wonderful Mad World, as my special guest. You won't want to miss it.
But maybe somebody else should write it...
i bet la nora could make that good. somehow.
The Pope might've taken off his pointy hat and everything to lay the smackdown.'
LOL!! In the words of Stephen Colbert - "He'll always be Cardinal Ratzinger to me."
Julia, I just love Steve.
Though he's no Steve Carrell. :D