Dear Author Part II (The Party Game)

[neadods]

Top posting rather than putting it in comments over and over... (See previous post for context)

Yes, The Merry Misogynist might be an accurate description of the book's contents. But is that necessarily a good thing? Because I was thinking last night about descriptive titles and what some of the books I've reviewed might have been called if the title is a description, no matter how blunt, of the contents/villain/attitude:

I Miss the 60s Before Feminism Ruined Everything

Femjep-o-rama!

All Women Are Castrating, Lying Bitches

She's Cute, But She Needs the Right Man to Save Her (a comedy)

Revenge of Femjep-o-rama

I Heart Torture Porn

I Only Added The Murder For Marketing Purposes; Don't Worry, It's Mostly a Quirky Romance

Lydia Bennett Is My Greatest Inspiration

Femjep-o-rama Returns

Ripping Off Famous Classical Authors 101 (102, 103...)

Why Do All The Reviewers Call My Heroine "Mary Sue?" It's Not Her Name!

Sex Sells, Plot Doesn't: Suck It Up and Stop Looking for Logic Cos You're Only Gonna Get Lube

The Series Didn't Sell, So I'm Wrapping Everything Up Now The Contract's Ending

I Might Have Signed the Contract, But I'm Bored to Tears With This Series So Don't Expect Me To Put Effort Into It

Bride of the Son of Femjep-o-rama


...I'm sure you can add more in comments

Comments

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

She's Cute, But She Needs the Right Man to Save Her (a comedy)

You laugh, but sell it as a movie rather than as a book, and Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaghey (I'm not even bothering to Google the correct spelling) will be contractually obligated to appear in it.

Hell, substitute the words "a comedy" with "a supernatural romance," and you've got the next Twilight.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It already is a movie; "Heroine needs mansplainin' to discover confidence or talent" has been used way, way, waaaaaaaaay too often already. (I was thinking of the Solomon's Law books, esp. the first one, but it equally fits Becoming Jane, Twilight, and on and on ad nauseum. Emphasis on nauseum.)

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

What's sad is I can think of several possible RL titles to go with more than one of these summary titles, and I really doubt that any of them are the books *you're* thinking of.

Sex Sells, Plot Doesn't: Suck It Up and Stop Looking for Logic Cos You're Only Gonna Get Lube

That one should be an icon . . . XD

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I feel like it should be mashed up with one of those romance covers Smart Bitches Trashy Books seems to have no trouble finding...

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

I think those covers would be too classy.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Let's just say I was inspired by someone with the initials AB, and it ain't Alton Brown...

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

Would those initials belong to an author or a character?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

A character in a relatively long-running series; I think it's up to around book 12.

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

Ah. Then I believe we *are* thinking about the same series. Pity, the first handful of books were good, trashy fun. Now they're just . . . trashy. D:

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes, precisely!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

What's sad is I can think of several possible RL titles to go with more than one of these summary titles, and I really doubt that any of them are the books *you're* thinking of.

Sadly, you are probably right on both counts.

If you want to icon it, go right ahead! I can't do animated, and that's too much text for a static icon.

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't do animated icons, either. So it will probably never happen. I was just saying it *should*. :)

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'd quite like it if they titled books like that. Much easier to pick out titles to avoid that way!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

True, that.