Blogroll
- Anti-shurtugal Further Discussion on Bad Books
- Battlefield Earth Spork Covering L. Ron’s second largest waste of pulp
- Conjugalfelicity More Sporking
- Eye of Argon MST3K A riff on a terrible short from the seventies
- ImpishIdea Sporkings and Essays on Writing
- Kris Norge's Essays An in depth looks at tactics in a few series including the Eragon series.
- Mission Earth Recaps A series I’ve read and laughed at myself.
- Rejecter Blog A semi inactive blog about Query letters.
- Slushpile Hell Query letters from an Agent’s perspective.
- Snark Squad One of the best Fity Shades sporks in my opinion. They also do some TV shows and various other books.
- Verprose A far more comprehensive list of sporks than my little link bar
Tag Archives: Isn’t this Exciting?
Life & Death Chapter 7
I was thinking more about characterization and how it can get the audience to overlook or embrace character flaws. Take Bella/Beau’s passive role. Critics give Meyer a truckload of shit for it and rightfully so. Though they do it because … Continue reading
Posted in Recap, Spork, Twilight
Tagged Going Nowhere Fast, He has no friends, Isn't this Exciting?
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Life & Death Chapter 2
Chapter 2 It’s now Beau’s second day in school which is going to be just as interesting and delightful as the first. He says it’s better because it isn’t raining yet. Personally, as a denizen of a drier state, I … Continue reading
Posted in Recap, Spork, Twilight
Tagged Dull Details, Isn't this Exciting?, Talk talk talk
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Hunted Chapter 10
Great, Heath gets to make a return. The poor bastard finally makes it out and PCK keeps dragging him back in. There are some authors that kill off characters in an almost gratuitous manner—I’m looking at you Martin—but there is … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Isn't this Exciting?, PlotNews, Talk talk talk
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Betrayed Chapter 6
The very first paragraph of this chapter is Zoey saying that she’s still mumbling about men and mixed messages. And just because I can never tell if I’ve taken a head injury in between recaps, I looked back. Zoey did … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Dull Details, How Convenient, Isn't this Exciting?
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Bree Part 4
I love when Otis tries to make characters who are supposed to be, how should I put this, poor. Or, more to the point, not as well off as a stupid, English grad hippie who lives in Arizona and has … Continue reading
Posted in Recap, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Tagged Isn't this Exciting?, Sunny Days, Talk talk talk
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Eragon Chapter Twenty Three
As I’ve mentioned before, there’s a serious balance issue among this story. Or at least that’s what it would be called were this a MMORPG or even a regular old RPG. For those not in the know(and frankly how many … Continue reading