tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post4737908499363925761..comments2023-10-03T09:31:44.059-05:00Comments on Pop Culture Junkie: Booking Through Thursday: Too Much InformationAleahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05793307292393570181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-82036797946942983512009-02-11T08:32:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:32:00.000-06:00N. Vasillis- I love Miranda July! Yeah Tom Cruise....N. Vasillis- I love Miranda July! Yeah Tom Cruise... what happened there! I just saw him in Tropic Thunder, randomly bizarre!<BR/><BR/>Beth Kephart- Good point!<BR/><BR/>H- Yeah I always imagine authors to be very similar to their characters (probably because i have no idea how i would even write a book so i'd just have to write about myself) and then when they aren't I'm like oh yeah.... they aren't their characters!<BR/><BR/>bermudaonion- Thinking more about this and some of the weirdness of author's defending their books and bashing reviews recently I think it's getting closer to happening for me! Usually the ones acting crazy are people I never planned on reading anyways.<BR/><BR/>Taren- Exactly. A lot of those authors are ones I probably wouldn't have read anyways lol. But it's still a major turn off when you hear things like that!<BR/><BR/>robin_titan- Good example! I picked up An Abundance of Katherines after watching a bunch of the Brotherhood 2.0 videos! I'm probably like a year behind on those now :(Aleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793307292393570181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-62254847617341307602009-02-06T16:08:00.000-06:002009-02-06T16:08:00.000-06:00haha Christian Bale! I agree with you about that h...haha Christian Bale! I agree with you about that he's adorable and I love his acting but ...that guy is messed up sometimes<BR/><BR/>So far, I have not been put off by an author's biography. I have become interested in an author's work because of their bio though. Like John Green for example, man that dude is awesome and hilarious!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395008376786680669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-62480399936274783672009-02-06T11:34:00.000-06:002009-02-06T11:34:00.000-06:00Usually not from a biography (unless it's like Ann...Usually not from a biography (unless it's like Anne Perry or something -see the film Heavenly Creatures), but the blogging community is a small one and people talk, so when an author is a jerk to a reviewer/blogger and they tell someone about it, word gets around quickly. There's already one author whose books I refuse to read because of that.Tarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905521278112853549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-46098776617500109172009-02-06T07:25:00.000-06:002009-02-06T07:25:00.000-06:00I'm like you - actors have put me off by their beh...I'm like you - actors have put me off by their behavior, so I'm sure an author could, too, but it hasn't happened yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-44211498693856021052009-02-06T05:39:00.000-06:002009-02-06T05:39:00.000-06:00Ditto about Tom Cruise. I don't usually read the a...Ditto about Tom Cruise. I don't usually read the author bio until after I've read the book and I'm usually surprised by what I find out. So I guess it wouldn't be a good way of judging what the book's going to be likeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09844839191173533970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-1477329357138914722009-02-06T03:51:00.000-06:002009-02-06T03:51:00.000-06:00Tom Cruise is indeed the perfect incarnation of mi...Tom Cruise is indeed the perfect incarnation of mind numbing too much information. I think some mystery is a very good thing. None of us, in the end, can be explained by a bio. We can just be put into context.Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444541.post-69976865816025935872009-02-05T22:30:00.000-06:002009-02-05T22:30:00.000-06:00I am the same way with actors! I haven't seen a mo...I am the same way with actors! I haven't seen a movie by Tom Cruise in years. <BR/><BR/>It's funny that I just checked out Miranda July's short story collection, No One Belongs Here More Than You.Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.com