Serious Literary Discussion

Matt and I often like to discuss literature. Though we have differing tastes (Matt would say I have none (I would counter that he should take his bourgeois attitude elsewhere because honestly if a magazine is going to print a picture next to an article it ought to be related to said article ::shakes fist at Harper's::)), we find it enjoyable to really examine literature and it helps us to really understand each other.

So, dear internets, I thought it would be a nice social gesture to show you how such a discussion unfolded between the two of us one day not long ago. So that through this example you too will be be able to create bridges of understanding with your partner.

Without further ado here are our thoughts on:






Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham.
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From: Gaby
To: Mafoo
Subject: Just because the word "ghost" is in the title does not mean it'll be good reading

OMG if the author of my book doesn't stop using the work "huskily" I'm gonna throw up.

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From: Mafoo
To: Gaby
Subject: RE: If the word "ghost" is in the title you can pretty much assume the book will be bad

Mafoo laughed huskily at the Ga's obvious discomfiture, then drove his dogsled off across the Alaskan tundra huskily. Also later he removed the coverings from ears of corn huskily.

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From: Gaby
To: Mafoo
Subject: RE: That isn't so. I bet "Ghost Pirate Raptors from Outer Space" would be a good book

AHHHHH!!! I die.

(Note to readers: proclaiming your own death is an unbeatable argument against many things)
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From: Mafoo
To: Gaby
Subject: RE: That isn't a real book

"Don't die," he whispered huskily and tenderly into her ear, as the sun set duskily on her life half-lived.

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From: Gaby
To: Mafoo
Subject: RE: Suck it

"It won't be forever," she whispered through her half closed lips. Her heart beat on its own one last time as her tormented soul was released into the mystical ether of another world. Wiping tears away and sobbing huskily, Mafoo turned away, unable to look at the prone corpse of his lifelong lover. Unbeknownst to him, Ga's quickly cooling hand moved to comfort him. Startled, he turned, hope swelling in his bosom, and saw that the lively Ga had changed. Before he could comprehend what may have occurred, his vision was blurred by a sound knock to his head. "Vampire!" he exclaimed as his life ebbed away down his dead lover's throat.

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From: Mafoo
To: Gaby
Subject: RE: That's what she said...huskily

Nobody likes vampire Ga. She is a jerk.