April 1, 2009
Obligatory April Fool’s Day Post
I have cancer.
HA! See, it’s hilarious, because it’s April Fool’s day! I don’t have cancer!
Or do I?
HA! So funny!
Tricking people is hilarious!
Or is it?
HA!
Speaking of which, I decided I was going to do this project I have to do this semester based on Francesca Lia Block, and author I have quite admired. I mean, she’s not really writing for me? She’s writing for like… junior high girls. But I like her writing style. So I go and oh, the compilation of her first book series, which I liked a lot, was only like 7 dollars on Amazon! I’ll just order that as a reference. I always meant to have copies anyway.
So I order it, and I get a book with a cover like this. Compare, if you will, to the not as painful to the eyes cover of the first copy of Weetzie Bat I saw.
HA HA! Very funny, book publishers!
What really gets me is that there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in these books that has to do with fairies. She’s written fairy-oriented books, but these are not those books. There are some ghosts. There are some gay dudes, but I wouldn’t call them fairies. The cover has absolutely NOTHING to do with the content inside! I’m proud to own that inside content, but I will never be able to look at that book without wincing.