Comments on: Help title a book

By: simmone

simmone — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:42:00 +0000

oh. i liked hello, sunshine. It reminded me of simon and garfunkel singing ‘hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin?…’ (they’ll never use it now) – I said NO to ‘how to be bad’ … that’s like code for ‘you are boring’ and drive like a girl is sexist…maybe they can just call it ‘girls in cars’ or ‘girls in cars on roads at night’ or ‘go, girls, go!’ Okay I have to retire now.

By: BRENNA

BRENNA — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:41:40 +0000

You’re insane. All of you.
I voted for Hello Sunshine.

How to Be Bad? I’ll tell you how to be bad. DON’T READ A BOOK ABOUT IT. Idiots.

Drive Like a Girl? Please. There are those who can drive and those who can’t. Boy vs. Girl business is old.

The first two were cheesy as heck. Hello Sunshine is only crappy if you have crap for a brain. Crap.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:06:29 +0000

Y’all are nuts. I like Hello sunshine. I”m from Florida, it’s a lovely title.

By: Britanne

Britanne — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:15:38 +0000

I hope its not going to be called “How to Be Bad”…That sounds like a novel about bitchy heiresses. Ew.

“Drive Like A Girl” just sounds sexist somehow. I don’t know.

I like “Hello Sunshine”…it sounds happy, like a summer read.

By: Dess

Dess — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:45:59 +0000

justine- have you ever seen the disney movie lilo and stitch? not only is it a cute movie (the only one my dad hasn’t fallen asleep in and also my fave)but also it has elivs! they listen to elvis, dance to elvis, and have posters of elvis. very cute.

By: katie

katie — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:54:00 +0000

well, i think there are too many books with titles centered around ‘bad’. sorry…i just do. so i voted for the driving one. hello, sunshine is very very lame. unless the people in the book are all elvis-obsessed, i’m just not sure how well the title we love elvis would fit…

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:17:23 +0000

mmm, crack. ers.

By: jordyn

jordyn — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:33:09 +0000

I made a very, very unpopular choice.
Oh well. Still LOVE the one I voted for.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:52:15 +0000

Cecil: And I now forgive you for the whole uni**rn thing!

Lauren: We Love Elvis woulda been the best title ever!

Ya know this whole convo is a beautiful illustration of all the angsting that goes on about titles. It’s so often like this. But in the end it so often doesn’t matter what the book’s title is. I love tonnes of books that I think have perfectly dreadful titles.

That crack is bad stuff, eh?

By: lauren

lauren — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:37:20 +0000

We *did* consider titling it WE LOVE ELVIS, but alas, it didn’t stick.

Sounds like there’s going to be some hurling done no matter which title is picked, so I’m here to say: You better hurl chunks of SUNSHINE, ‘kay? And love us–and the book!–no matter what!!!!!!!!

Cutesy-wootsie Lauren, writing from within Sunny Acres Rehab after smoking way too much crack and giving way too many…yeah. The other.

By: cecil

cecil — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:27:53 +0000

Justine, Jennifer – you guys are hysterical and I adore you both.

(I agree with Justine) (only the how to be bad one is tolerable)

Hello Sunshine made me hurl chunks when I saw it.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:11:13 +0000

You do? All else is forgiven!

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:10:17 +0000

i do love elvis!!

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:09:55 +0000

(oh, i mean now i hate all of them, by the way — i’m not coming around on the other)

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:09:42 +0000

Jennifer: Hah! Next I will have you loving Elvis!

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:06:38 +0000

now i am starting to hate drive like a girl, too.

i like that i have the most passionate opinion in the world, but it is also the most mercurial.

damn you larbalestier!

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:52:22 +0000

Jennifer: Yeah, but my crack is only metaphorical . . . Over on Lauren's myspace lots of folks are reporting their votes and they mostly seem to like Hello Sunshine (shudder) and Drive Like a Girl. Le sigh.

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:41:21 +0000

justine: of course i’m smoking crack, but i learned it from watching you.

though i see what you mean about drive like a girl, i still think that how to be bad is too generic and like-everything-elsish.

hello sunshine sounds like it takes place in a mental health facility.

By: nichole

nichole — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:15:06 +0000

“you’re smoking crack” Oh holy jesus…Justine, I think we must be kindred spirits.

By: Dess

Dess — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:00:29 +0000

lol to that justine. i agree.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:42:33 +0000

Dess: The Magic of Reason is the name of the science fiction book club's 3-in-1 edition of the trilogy. Jennifer: You're smoking crack. Drive Like A Girl is a horrible title. Most people will think it's a book about what shitty drivers girls are. I know it's meant ironic, but even with the most genius cover in the world it don't read that way. I do agree that it and How to be Bad are the only titles you'd even consider. Hello Sunshine is unspeakably bad, sounds like a hooker saying hi to a client.

By: jennifer, aka literaticat

jennifer, aka literaticat — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:04:27 +0000

crimeny, is this going to turn into zombies v unicorns again?

*obviously* drive like a girl is the best. the other ones are ridiculous

there are 95 bajillion books called “bad girls club” or something like it, and “hello sunshine” is cutsie-wootsie like a baby unicorn in a pinafore! bah!

By: Dess

Dess — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:00:38 +0000

or is one of the international titles?

By: Dess

Dess — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:59:26 +0000

was the magic or madness trilogy ever called the magic of reason? i found a book somewhere online (i forget where) that was called the magic of reason by justine larbalestier

By: Elodie

Elodie — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:22:17 +0000

Personally, I agree with Diana that the Bad Girls one wasn’t the best
(and the last one so did not fit the storyline)