Dismantle My Bed

Everyone wants a piece of Sarah Palin. And she wasn’t even on the winning ticket! In the past week or so, she was offered $2 million for an exclusive in an adult film. Then it was rumored that she was offered a part on Desperate Housewives. And today the word is book deal. Apparently she is getting a $7 million dollar book deal.

Wow, this is some sad news. Author Michael Crichton apparently passed away. He was age 66. And he died of cancer. And that is odd cause I had no idea. I mean, you would think you would have heard that. I mean he IS the Jurassic Park author. You can read more on Yahoo.

Every author out there is hoping to be the next JK Rowling. I suspect that is not hurt by the fact that she is so freaking rich.A lot of people in the industry are also anxious to see who the next JK Rowling will be. I am certain that is because their numbers are down since she has no new book. Some say that it might be Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. And others point to Eragon scribe Christopher Paolini. Me? I prefer Libba Bray over both of them.

Attention, attention! This week is the ALA’s Banned Books Week! There are all sorts of events going on at libraries for it. Check out the official site for complete info. You can even see what books are frequently challenged! Like check these out:

The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2007” reflect a range of themes, and consist of the following titles:

1) “And Tango Makes Three,” by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

2) The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence

3) “Olive’s Ocean,” by Kevin Henkes
Reasons: Sexually Explicit and Offensive Language

4) “The Golden Compass,” by Philip Pullman
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint

5) “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain
Reasons: Racism

6) “The Color Purple,” by Alice Walker
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language,

7) “TTYL,” by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

8 ) “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou
Reasons: Sexually Explicit

9) “It’s Perfectly Normal,” by Robie Harris
Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit

10) “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

Not everyone that self-publishes ends up with a lot of extra books. Of course, that sucks for them. They don’t get to make cool furniture with all of the book boxes. All those heavy freaking book boxes. One such example is Christopher Paoli. Eragon was self published. Then he got a deal. He just released his 3rd book and broke some records for his publisher. I got a great coffee table made of book boxes I could sell him.