Evening links.

  • If I happened to be a patient person, I'd probably try to make one of these. However.
  • You know that Denny's Hobbit promotion you've been hearing about everywhere? Here are a few images from the actual menu. Tolkien fans, prepare to be UNDERWHELMED AT BEST.
  • Rachel Manjia Brown on YA portal fantasy (or the lack thereof): "This puzzles me. It is rare for a genre or subgenre to become absolute anathema, as opposed to merely unpopular and comparatively rare. Usually, it takes a string of spectacular and well-publicized failures for that to occur, and I’m not aware of that happening with portal fantasy." (via Genreville) The first exception to the whole 'YA portal fantasy isn't a thing' rule that comes to my mind is, of course, Ned Vizzini's The Other Normals, but maybe that isn't a portal fantasy by the definition laid out in the discussion? Regardless, loads of comments, and worth a read.
  • Sarah Stevenson is pleased about her upcoming book's cover art.
  • A German ABC book. The more I read 50 Watts, the more I wish I was multilingual.
  • WIN STUFF FROM BRIAN FARREY.
  • A new Breaking Dawn 2 trailer:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGuoak3Dmx4]

Two thoughts: 1. OMG, HOW HAVE THEY MADE JASPER'S HAIR SO CONSISTENTLY RIDICULOUS FOR FIVE ENTIRE MOVIES? 2. KStew's "reason for making the movies": AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Tell me another one, honey.

A/V, BooksLeila RoyComment