tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post2708405099007839339..comments2023-08-20T04:40:31.261-07:00Comments on Mejojac's Memos: Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908930035466483151noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-67128244562775019652008-09-04T15:53:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:53:00.000-07:00And Elastic is dead-on with the Uglies series. Wes...And Elastic is dead-on with the Uglies series. Westerfeld rocks! He's one of my favorites. And the tension in Uglies is...well, TIGHT. Awesome read. (And it's finished. No need to wait for the next book to come out.)wynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02105342199853174222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-53797630938644773852008-09-04T15:52:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:52:00.000-07:00Yes. If you're gonna swear, it had BETTER be justi...Yes. If you're gonna swear, it had BETTER be justified, and it had better fit, and there had better not be a ton if it.<BR/><BR/>(um--that book I sent you--I can't remember how much swearing there is...*eep!*)wynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02105342199853174222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-6632391435543372192008-09-04T10:22:00.000-07:002008-09-04T10:22:00.000-07:00My Sunbum and I are all over the Uglies series by ...My Sunbum and I are all over the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. Dare I say we even love it more than Twilight? It's true! It's much deeper and timely and thought provoking too.elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-39633455505220259902008-09-03T20:05:00.000-07:002008-09-03T20:05:00.000-07:00i'm with you. i just got done with a book and the...i'm with you. i just got done with a book and there really was only two f-bombs (so i can't really complain), but i was thinking that there was no need to use them - that the author could have thought of another descriptive word to get her point across. i just don't get it....https://www.blogger.com/profile/02410214795470767158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-57108394548583790362008-09-03T16:17:00.000-07:002008-09-03T16:17:00.000-07:00I agree 100% . I don't know why they have to thro...I agree 100% . I don't know why they have to throw those words in there???<BR/><BR/>(I love the brownie and dog poop analogy.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699747294702088605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-14735898927457469682008-09-03T11:54:00.000-07:002008-09-03T11:54:00.000-07:00**giggling** ;-DI hate to see cuss words when I'm ...**giggling** ;-D<BR/><BR/>I hate to see cuss words when I'm reading, too. It just brings down the intelligence level of the book by about a mile. So disappointing.<BR/><BR/>But I thought your analogy was great! And so different from the brownie story - I mean, who hasn't heard that like, a million times!!? ;-)Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08232709719845543983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-71623130019211264942008-09-03T08:52:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:52:00.000-07:00If you don't already I highly recommend reading Re...If you don't already I highly recommend reading Refracted Light. She feels the same about books and has a weekly reading recap where she recommends good, clean books. I've found some fab new authors through her.Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-24505931716677077522008-09-03T02:36:00.000-07:002008-09-03T02:36:00.000-07:00I feel the same way about movies. I don't understa...I feel the same way about movies. I don't understand what they think they're adding to the storyline when they're constantly cussing. I was really looking forward to watching Knocked Up but could get through it with all the swearing they did!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-55737575651915227502008-09-02T18:49:00.000-07:002008-09-02T18:49:00.000-07:00Yeah it gets really annoying when you are totally ...Yeah it gets really annoying when you are totally loving a book and then the author throws that at you. Totally agree.flip flop mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770484678729883256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-70060012489971344272008-09-02T17:18:00.000-07:002008-09-02T17:18:00.000-07:00I agree in FULL. And even if there is some emotio...I agree in FULL. And even if there is some emotional reason, it doesn't make it any more emphatic - or whatever- if the character swears. <BR/><BR/>And thanks for changing it to a garden. That brownie thing really grosses me out!Randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851220760568533019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-24109068721524057862008-09-02T16:43:00.000-07:002008-09-02T16:43:00.000-07:00Wait a second, the dog poop in the brownies story ...Wait a second, the dog poop in the brownies story isn't my father-in-laws original?! I knew it! ;)<BR/><BR/>I agree whole heatedly with all you said. It's like, seriously you couldn't come up with a more creative high brow word?Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334177593219870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37312462.post-69588702603127593712008-09-02T16:23:00.000-07:002008-09-02T16:23:00.000-07:00From one prudish person to another - I hear you on...From one prudish person to another - I hear you on this. It bugs me as well.... just like movies, why did they have to let the f-bomb loose? There was no reason for it. It just makes me so crabby that I turn it off.sariqdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902376196124508459noreply@blogger.com