2. It is cold again. It's one of those bright, cloudless, blustery days that makes every person in western Kansas City want to hang out in everyone's favorite coffee shop. I know this is true because I served them all today.
3. In an effort to give legendary service in three minutes or less, I offered someone a piece of reduced fat cinnamon SQUIRREL coffee cake yesterday. She declined.
4. There's been some promising developments with the church hunt. A church in south Florida has invited us down to visit/ interview. I don't know if this will go anywhere or not, but it is nice to have people interested in us.
5. Have you guys heard all the hype about A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey? My sister gave it to me for Christmas, but I haven't read it yet. Apparently the guy claimed to be writing his memoirs, when the book is actually fiction. I'm having a hard time understanding what the big deal is. So it's fiction ... how does that affect whether or not you enjoy reading the story? I don't really get it.
That's all. I too am off to enjoy my cold sunny Saturday with a cup of coffee and a new book to read.
4 comments:
What you said about not caring if it's fiction is what Oprah said at first too, but then apparently, her readers (and watchers) got on their blogs (hmmm...) and TRASHED her for not standing up for the truth and holding this man accountable. I think the point is that this book is about this man's drug addiction and redemption, and it touched a lot of people on a really personal level, and then they found out it was fake (or embellished). I'm sure that in more than one case, that was devastating. If it were about, say, Starbucks, it might not have mattered as much.
No squirrel cake for me, thanks.
P.S. Minus 50 points for miscellany. If you had only told us up front that you were going to spell it wrong for effect...
Word scramble humdgqus. Sounds like something from Harry Potter. What's a girl got to do to get a new Harry Potter book, anyway?
The point system does not apply here. Thanks for trying, though.
I guess my thought on the book is, if it was entertaining, or moving, or encouraging, or whatever .... why does it matter if it actually happened? If he was writing a history book, I could understand their point. But it's his life - doesn't he get to lie about it if he wants to? It seems like his publishing company should be upset b/c they marketed it as a certain product, when it was actually something else, but I can't really relate to why the readers are so upset.
I don't understand how it's that big of a deal, either - but I also can't imagine claiming something was true that wasn't - I'd be aghast at my own self!
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