tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post111764229812894344..comments2023-09-27T02:48:37.863-05:00Comments on <b>BookMoot</b>: Sir PaulCamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1117670369126186472005-06-01T18:59:00.000-05:002005-06-01T18:59:00.000-05:00It's totally a post, Camille! And, I completely ag...It's totally a post, Camille! And, I completely agree with you. Madonna is the most irritating for her continual insistence that there is no good children's literature. It really makes me wonder what she is reading. I even liked her before her foray into kids' books (or at least admired her chutzpah).Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1117670252951105232005-06-01T18:57:00.000-05:002005-06-01T18:57:00.000-05:00I totally refuse to read celeb books. I really do...I totally refuse to read celeb books. I really don't think I have read any. Maybe I should give them a chance but I just can't make myself do it, knowing that the only reason they got published was because they are a celebrity. Every time I go in a bookstore it seems like I see a new celeb book and I just want to throw up. (Not that I feel strongly about this or anything...hehe!)Kyndalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041115982339487902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1117662092461033002005-06-01T16:41:00.000-05:002005-06-01T16:41:00.000-05:00Actually, I haven't seen Romano's but I fear the w...Actually, I haven't seen Romano's but I fear the worst because he said he wanted to teach kids a lesson about families...anytime someone says they are writing a book in order to TEACH something I hear kids' brains clicking off. <BR/><BR/>"Gosh Mom, read me that story that teaches me such a good lesson tonight."<BR/><BR/>JK did not start out to write a book about honor and bravery and friendship and loyalty and love when she wrote HP. Those ideals are in the books but that's not why she wrote her story.<BR/><BR/>Jay Leno's books--not a big fan. Jerry Seinfeld's Halloween book--well--I think his audience is baby boomers not children. Madonna wants to write books because there is nothing good out there for her kids?!?!?!?<BR/><BR/>Quote: "I'm starting to read to my son," she told an English newspaper. Rocco Ritchie, turns 3 today. "But I couldn't believe how vapid and vacant and empty all the stories were. There's, like, no lessons. ... There's, like, no books about anything."<BR/>http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/108080p-97655c.html<BR/><BR/>She must not know about "Where the Wild Things Are."<BR/> <BR/>Her publisher claims "She has drawn on a lifelong passion for and deep familiarity with literature and children's books."<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2814435.stm <BR/><BR/>Uh-huh. Right.<BR/><BR/>I actually do like John Lithgow and sometimes Jami Lee Curtis but she is strays into "teach a lesson" territory too. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles"<BR/>is great.<BR/><BR/>George Foreman's book sounds funny. I looked for it at the bookstore the other night but did not see it. <BR/><BR/>It annoys me because here Norma has a book but the publishers are putting all their $$ into celeb books. They suck up all the oxygen in the room. Hard for them to "discover" Norma when they are pushing Billy Crystal. <BR/><BR/>I think this is a whole new post.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1117657752507423302005-06-01T15:29:00.000-05:002005-06-01T15:29:00.000-05:00It really is an interesting phenomenon, isn't it? ...It really is an interesting phenomenon, isn't it? The only truly successful celeb book I know is an old one--Julie Andrew's "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles."<BR/><BR/>Camille, there was one you liked by Ray Romano right?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1117649247860054862005-06-01T13:07:00.000-05:002005-06-01T13:07:00.000-05:00I've written a really terrific children's book; no...I've written a really terrific children's book; now I just need to become a celeb.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com