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Nov. 1st, 2007 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanaiseOkay, so I just finished reading "Resenting the Hero" and seriously, she should sue for stupidest cover ever. It's not just wrong it's blindingly misleading. Seriously, the book was something approaching a buddy cop movie--Rookie paired up with somewhat senior cop with a reputation, they have to learn how to do their jobs together--and not the book that either the cover or title for. Seriously, I bought the book used because it looked vaguely like something I would have LOVED when younger (like this book I can't remember at the moment which had telepathic girls with husbands that controlled them and she gets married to a barbarian, which turns out to be a trick because he wants a chance at rulling the world,and he needs to have a telepathic wife to do that, only he doesn't know she's secretly not at all gifted. It was Fantasy, I think, because it predated paranormal romance. But I of course can't remember anything about it except a title that I don't think actually belongs to it, and a cover which may belong to the title, but not to the story. This is my brain punishing me for reading horrible paranormal romance.) with a Sweet-like cover and high fantasy type blurb. But seriously, it's a mixed-sex buddy cop movie with high fantasy details, and I really quite liked it. So, it just goes to show that you can't judge a book by either the cover or the title.
Unless it's called something like, Forbidden Magic, in which case you're probably right.
In other news, oh, the cuteness of the sheltie puppy I saw today. I impressed her dad mightly with not just my identification of her breed but also her age (4 months). I said, "it's one of my special skills, dog identification." And then I scolded him for telling me his dog liked everyone while she was going crazy as I petted her. I said, "You should say, "Oh wow, she must really like you, she's usually not so outgoing with strangers."" (I still believe this is an excellent thing to tell people, because it makes them feel special, and few people's days wouldn't be improved by feeling they were special.) He said it would be too obviously a lie, and sure enough, as he said this, she threw herself lovingly at the next person who walked by, at a cigarette butt on the ground, at someone's shopping bag. Ah, well. I think he was faintly disappointed when I thanked him for his cute dog and walked away, but I really couldn't think of anything to make the conversation last longer. Have I mentioned I suck at all forms of social interactions?
Unless it's called something like, Forbidden Magic, in which case you're probably right.
In other news, oh, the cuteness of the sheltie puppy I saw today. I impressed her dad mightly with not just my identification of her breed but also her age (4 months). I said, "it's one of my special skills, dog identification." And then I scolded him for telling me his dog liked everyone while she was going crazy as I petted her. I said, "You should say, "Oh wow, she must really like you, she's usually not so outgoing with strangers."" (I still believe this is an excellent thing to tell people, because it makes them feel special, and few people's days wouldn't be improved by feeling they were special.) He said it would be too obviously a lie, and sure enough, as he said this, she threw herself lovingly at the next person who walked by, at a cigarette butt on the ground, at someone's shopping bag. Ah, well. I think he was faintly disappointed when I thanked him for his cute dog and walked away, but I really couldn't think of anything to make the conversation last longer. Have I mentioned I suck at all forms of social interactions?
