On page 22 of The Secret Life of Bees, pre-reading it for Mom ...

[quietprofanity]

The main character is wonderful and virtuous and whimsical and her dad hates her so much he mocks her when she reads Shakespeare and WON'T LET HER HAVE BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!!

This is going to hurt, yo.

Comments

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

I only read a synopsis of "Guts", but feel confident in saying that William S. Burroughs could wipe the floor with Palahniuk's poser macho gay provocateur* ass.

(*I say that because Burroughs was all of these things, including gay, but better.)

[lady-nebula.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean :)