Revenge Is Sweet

Posted 2 May, 2008 in Book Reviewing, Mindless fun | No comments

From the NYTBR’s Paper Cuts blog:

It’s not often in the literary world that what begins as farce ends in whipped cream. But that’s sort of what happened last night when Rick Moody nailed Dale Peck squarely in the face with a fully loaded pie plate at a fundraiser for the writers’ retreat Sangam House, thus achieving long-overdue payback for the infamous 2002 review in which Peck called Moody “the worst writer of his generation.”

The best part of this post? There’s a video.

Which Book Are You? — The 2008 Edition

Posted 9 January, 2008 in Mindless fun | 4 comments

Those of you who read the old site might remember the “Which Book Are You?” quiz from last year. You know, the one that told me I was Nineteen Eighty-Four? Which, upon reflection, is either dead on or utter bollocks.

Anyhow, there’s another quiz online, which I found courtesy of the Artful Kisser (who, by the way, is The Sound and the Fury). This one gave me a different result, with which I am on the whole more pleased:

You’re Pale Fire!
by Vladimir Nabokov

You’re really into poetry and the interpretation thereof. Along the
road of life, you have had several identity crises which make it very unclear who you
are, let alone how to interpret poetry. You probably came from a foreign country, but
then again you seem foreign to everyone in ways unrelated to immigration. Most people
think you’re quite funny, but maybe you’re just sick. Talking to you ends up being much
like playing a round of the popular board game Clue.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Click on the link above if you’ve got some time to waste and want to find out which book most represents you. Until the next Internet quiz comes along, that is.