It's so disappointing when a book has great potential but suffers from mediocre writing. Bummer.
I think someone else told me the Orphan Master's Son was a good book too. Cool.
I can't see NPH as Simon. Though I suppose if he had been, I would have nothing to compare him to. Doesn't NPH support some charities? I seem to remember hearing that he was really involved in something. Maybe he didn't want to make a big deal about it (or look like he was only doing it to look good in his autobiography?). But if they were important to him, wouldn't he want to talk about it? I don't know. I don't think its assholey to ask what a wealthy person is doing to help the less fortunate. It might be assholey to ask 'why aren't you supporting my favorite charity'? When I was at DragonCon, a woman asked the marvelous John Barrowman why he didn't do charity events for military families. And as it turned out, he was very gracious, he did say that you can't just show up and say 'hi I want to do a show', but he said he did some volunteer work driving soldiers between the airport and their base, and told a few adorable stories about that. But I found it a little rude to ask about that *specifically* (she did say she asked because she's a military wife, but the way she asked it was not 'do you do any charity work for military families' but 'why don't you do any charity work for military families').
I'm surprised the Big Feminist But was not mentioned in Bitch or anything. Weird.
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I think someone else told me the Orphan Master's Son was a good book too. Cool.
I can't see NPH as Simon. Though I suppose if he had been, I would have nothing to compare him to. Doesn't NPH support some charities? I seem to remember hearing that he was really involved in something. Maybe he didn't want to make a big deal about it (or look like he was only doing it to look good in his autobiography?). But if they were important to him, wouldn't he want to talk about it? I don't know. I don't think its assholey to ask what a wealthy person is doing to help the less fortunate. It might be assholey to ask 'why aren't you supporting my favorite charity'? When I was at DragonCon, a woman asked the marvelous John Barrowman why he didn't do charity events for military families. And as it turned out, he was very gracious, he did say that you can't just show up and say 'hi I want to do a show', but he said he did some volunteer work driving soldiers between the airport and their base, and told a few adorable stories about that. But I found it a little rude to ask about that *specifically* (she did say she asked because she's a military wife, but the way she asked it was not 'do you do any charity work for military families' but 'why don't you do any charity work for military families').
I'm surprised the Big Feminist But was not mentioned in Bitch or anything. Weird.