What a hilarious mix of tabloid fodder and reality TV! The six celebrities end up being mostly useless. After all, one of them was the pilot of the plane that crashed! Then end up fighting and pouring out their insecurities and issues. Francesca ends up texting it all to her best friend, even though she doesn't have a signal. It comforts her to feel like she's talking to someone normal.
Tanen is hilarious! She doesn't hold back in her acerbic ribs! For example, one character uses this barb against a celeb who obviously wasn't very studious, "You gotta love Hollywood... Where else does a preschool education pay the bills." Ouch.
She's wonderful at creating just the right phrase! When trying to get Chaz, the TMZ reporter stranded with the celebs, to help with a manly task, he says, "But I'm not strong. I know it's deceptive, but trust me, there is no muscle under all this fat. There's just layer upon layer of fluffy nougat. Imagine a human 3 Musketeers bar if you will."
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If you were stranded on a desert island, what ONE book would you take with you. No, you can't take your Kindle with a bunch of books on it. Select ONE book you would bring. Okay, let's make it more fun. Select one celebrity you would take with you, in addition to that one book.
Post your two choices (book & celeb) in the comments by Friday, May 20th, and I'll randomly select the winner! The winner will get a free copy of the book! YAY!
If I were stranded on a desert island, I would take my favorite book, How I Live Now, with me. I read it over and over and over, and I will NEVER get tired of it. i read nonstop, so I usually have to have new material every week or so, but whenever I have nothing new to read I always fall back on How I Live Now. It is such an amazing book, and I feel just as much when I read it for the 500th time as I did when I first read it. I would probably take Seth Meyers, head writer and weekend-updater of Saturday Night Live, with me to a deserted island. He always seems to have hilarious stuff to say, and I would never get tired of him (of course, I do have a bit of a crush...)!! He and I would while away the hours, sitting, talking, laughing, and reading How I Live Now!!!
ReplyDeleteStranded on a desert island? It seems a little bit like cheating- but I'd select the Riverside Shakespeare. I've loved this anthology since college, and even shared it with my 6th grader this past winter. Something for every occasion: murder, mayhem, romance, grief, intrigue, pithy social commentary. And if I had the Riverside anthology, wouldn't I NEED Ian McKellen as my celebrity companion? (Then again, with McKellen around I might not need the book, as he probably can recite all the Shakespeare by heart!)
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I am probably too late but I wanted to comment anyway. I would need to take A Wrinkle in Time. I loved that book as a child and I love the book now. Family, Time Travel, and crazy characters. It has a little bit of everything. I am sorry but I don't want to take a celeb on the island with me. I would want to take my best friend. At least this way I know that I would have something in common with the person.
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