Writer's Block: You Don't Know Me

[Error: unknown template qotd]Popular Books I don't like:

-The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. I thought Eragon was OK, but the other books? They had poor 2D characterisation, and a plot ripped off from Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and ideas on magic (ancient language used for magic) stolen from Ursula K. Le Guin's books. Plus the biggest Gary Stu you could ever hope to avoid who never pays any real price for the consequence for his actions. Read this review by the marvellous juju_recs at http://community.livejournal.com/antishurtugal/220821.html to find out more (and to have a good laugh while doing so).

-The Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. Look - it's great that girls have a series they can enjoy that is written for girls by a woman. My concern is thatTwilight portrays unhealthy abusive relationships as being acceptable. To be fair, leia_naberrie has mentioned that Stephenie Meyer realises the relationship between Edward and Bella is unhealthy. However, I don't think Meyer realises that Edward and Bella's relationship is abusive though, given her words here: http://community.livejournal.com/the_venom_apple/22079.html

Just go to these sites: http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html and
http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html to see examples of how Edward and Bella's relationship is abusive.

-The Seven Sins series by Robin Wasserman. All female blondes are portrayed in a negative manner (nearly all of them are nasty and/or bimbos). The books are revoltingly lookist. All of the non good looking characters are portrayed as being mousy, wimpy or nasty (e.g. Beth's former friends, Greg, C, the drug dealer in Gluttony). Plus there are plenty of ageist comments e.g.  "He wasn't an old man trying to get up on Viagra, he was a young man in his prime" (Adam's thoughts from the book Pride)and Harper's thoughts on elderly people (when she's dancing with one of them) in the book Envy. I also got some 'Nice Girl' vibes from the author's portrayal of Miranda, seeing how Kane's shallowness in only going for good looking women is condemned. Miranda's shallowness in only going for Kane due to his looks and charm is never condemned however.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling. I loved the first 3 Harry Potter books, but DH was a let down for me. leia_naberrie has an excellent post that contains the reasons why I disliked DH here: http://leia-naberrie.livejournal.com/96343.html

Disaster Flooding at Animal Shelter

Hi all,

There has been a disaster flooding at an animal shelter. Find out more at:
 
http://community.livejournal.com/advocates/77652.html?view=32340#t32340

Please consider donating or reposting about this if you can't donate. Thank you.

  amazonactivist's lj post: "We are spending $400 to build temporary, dry, kennels inside a building raised on stilts. Even a $5 or $10 monthly donation will help us SO MUCH.

Thank you for helping us spread the word, and please join our community of supporters and fund raisers at change.org , THE social network for charities.

The Brigitte Bardot Foundation has generously granted $13,000 to re-construct a shelter damaged by the Amazon's severe reason season. Read about it . For this we still need to raise an additional $3000.

Thank you for your support.
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