Comments on: Fun with blurbs (Rebecca Eckler edition) http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dummy Blogger http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-92462 Dummy Blogger Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:32:17 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-92462 That's right, it's about corporate branding and filmic flatulence. That’s right, it’s about corporate branding and filmic flatulence.

]]> By: Kari http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-92298 Kari Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:56:53 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-92298 Aw, dummy blogger, not a fan of Sex and the City either huh? Sorry hun, you don't "get it" either - it's not about IQ or expecting Academy Award winning performances or being critically acclaimed. Aw, dummy blogger, not a fan of Sex and the City either huh? Sorry hun, you don’t “get it” either – it’s not about IQ or expecting Academy Award winning performances or being critically acclaimed.

]]> By: Dummy Blogger http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-90857 Dummy Blogger Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:49 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-90857 "That man" (Rick Groen in the G&M) totally got SATC--he just found it abhorrent and putrid (like so many other female/male viewers/critics). I love these people who say that men don't "get" what amounts to the IQ equivalent of an 8-year-old pounding on a whoopee cushion, whether it be a beck-ecks column or "that movie." “That man” (Rick Groen in the G&M) totally got SATC–he just found it abhorrent and putrid (like so many other female/male viewers/critics). I love these people who say that men don’t “get” what amounts to the IQ equivalent of an 8-year-old pounding on a whoopee cushion, whether it be a beck-ecks column or “that movie.”

]]> By: Kari http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-90646 Kari Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:28:26 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-90646 I happen to think Eckler's books are funny and in keeping with the current chick-lit trend. If you don't like chick-lit don't read it. Nobody's calling it literature, but for a 20-something like me it's my mom's version of Harlequin Romance: brain candy. It's like that man who reviewed Sex and the City and then dissed it because he didn't get it... I happen to think Eckler’s books are funny and in keeping with the current chick-lit trend. If you don’t like chick-lit don’t read it. Nobody’s calling it literature, but for a 20-something like me it’s my mom’s version of Harlequin Romance: brain candy. It’s like that man who reviewed Sex and the City and then dissed it because he didn’t get it…

]]> By: shruti http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-9524 shruti Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:46:41 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-9524 I'm guess that "shocked" is probably Rebecca Eckler. Her books are sad, pathetic, lame, shallow, self-absorbed, a waste of space...just like the author. The fact that they got pulled off the shelf should have told her something. Changing the cover doesn't change the content of the crass book. I’m guess that “shocked” is probably Rebecca Eckler.

Her books are sad, pathetic, lame, shallow, self-absorbed, a waste of space…just like the author.

The fact that they got pulled off the shelf should have told her something. Changing the cover doesn’t change the content of the crass book.

]]> By: Not Leah McLaren http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Not Leah McLaren Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:14:12 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-2059 Cuckoo ... cuckoo .... cuckoo ... cuckoo .... Cuckoo … cuckoo …. cuckoo … cuckoo ….

]]> By: shocked http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 shocked Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:05:42 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-1814 I am shocked that such a pathetic group of individuals would spend the amount of time you have on ripping apart Rebecca Eckler. Especially those of you who claim to have children - why aren't you raising them instead of posting anonymous, spiteful comments about a person you know nothing about? Actually, don't answer that question because I'm tuning out now - your comments are disturbing. I am shocked that such a pathetic group of individuals would spend the amount of time you have on ripping apart Rebecca Eckler. Especially those of you who claim to have children – why aren’t you raising them instead of posting anonymous, spiteful comments about a person you know nothing about? Actually, don’t answer that question because I’m tuning out now – your comments are disturbing.

]]> By: patricia http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 patricia Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:57:32 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-1324 That's hilarious. I remember when her first book came out, I made the comment to friends that it will only be a matter of time before her poor kid pens her own memoir, no doubt titled, 'F*cked Up'. That’s hilarious. I remember when her first book came out, I made the comment to friends that it will only be a matter of time before her poor kid pens her own memoir, no doubt titled, ‘F*cked Up’.

]]> By: Not Leah McLaren http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Not Leah McLaren Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:25:07 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-1322 And then there's this ..... http://ninegrambrain.blogspot.com/2007/02/life-is-too-short-to-worry-about-bad.html And then there’s this …..

http://ninegrambrain.blogspot.com/2007/02/life-is-too-short-to-worry-about-bad.html

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 Sylvia Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:19:40 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/02/fun-with-blurbs-rebecca-eckler-edition/#comment-1321 Thank God someone did that. I remember reading the reviews when that crappy book came out and not seeing a single one that was anything more than lukewarm. Most of them trashed her. Bravo, Quill and Quire. Don't know if you've seen this on her blog but it's pretty funny. "I don't care about negative reviews ... I've never heard of Quill and Quire ... but I am going to go on for a 1,000 words about how little I care." http://ninepounddictator.blogspot.com/2007/02/bad-reviews.html Thank God someone did that. I remember reading the reviews when that crappy book came out and not seeing a single one that was anything more than lukewarm. Most of them trashed her. Bravo, Quill and Quire.

Don’t know if you’ve seen this on her blog but it’s pretty funny. “I don’t care about negative reviews … I’ve never heard of Quill and Quire … but I am going to go on for a 1,000 words about how little I care.”

http://ninepounddictator.blogspot.com/2007/02/bad-reviews.html

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