Crazy Weirdness In The Twilight World

So, went over to one of my favorite sites. The Dairi Burger is just one of those places I know I can go to have a good chuckle. Remembering old Sweet Valley High books and why, now as an adult, they truly suck is always entertaining at the very least.

Anyhoodles, ihatewheat, the moderator on that fair site, wrote an interesting short entry on why she can't stand Twilight and that finishing the series would be too much for her. I understood completely. But, she included links to other sites and that is what I wanted to talk about tonight.

Here is one review in particular. The author of the review is quite articulate in why they hate Twilight and I can get behind their views, especially in reference to Bella and Edward's "Twu Wuv". Oy.

The thing that disturbs me the most though is the comments. I was expecting the "how-can-you-hate-Twilight-it's-the-best-book-ever, etc. etc. etc." comments. What threw me though was just how horrible the spelling was. I know, most of them were probably from 14 year old girls who have dedicated their lives to Edward and how he makes their girly parts tingle, which is all well and good. But the English! Or the lack of it thereof. The English departments all across the country should be hanging their heads in shame.

99% of the problem is that most of these kids are texters. Shorter words means more space on the cell phone for conversations. Fine. But when you're writing a comment on a site that is obviously not a cell phone and your spelling is that attrocious? For shame!

If I had the ability to go out there and see just what was going on in the English classrooms in America, I'd hope I'd see something other than what I saw in those comments. It makes me mad. What is up with the lack of spelling, grammar, etc. in the US today? It's sad and it makes my head hurt.

A Rant

So I just finished The Lady Flees Her Lord and liked it, but I have a major complaint. I don't know if this book is the final product or if there's most before it goes out for the rest of the world, but the construction of the book was attrocious! Super flimsy cover and spine, 10 pages of blank paper at the end of the book and the paper itself was just bad. So flimsy I ended up ripping a few pages just while holding the book in my hands.



And this isn't the only offender. I know we're in the midst of a recession, but it galls me to think of how many new books I've bought lately that are just horribly put together. I buy books because I LIKE the feel of them. The rough paper, the smell of ink, the way the ink bleeds onto my fingers, etc. I hate feeling like I'm spending my hard-earned money on something that will literally fall apart after one reading.



And it's not just smaller publishers where this is a problem. Avon, Penguin, you name it, I've come across it. Is it just me or is this just plain sad? I want to have books that will last a long time, not fall apart. So a word to the publishing world...start spending money on putting together a book that won't fall apart. Your reading public would really appreciate it. Thank you!