Nick McDonell was 17 when he wrote 2002's Twelve, about New York's richkids experimenting with new superdrugs. Now it's a Sundance movie, by Joel Schumacher, starring Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Keifer Sutherland, and 50 Cent. And it sucks. Terribly.
A precocious high school student: upset, and writing into the Times! On college tours of schools like Harvard and Dartmouth, she heard comparisons to Harry Potter's magical school, Hogwarts. And she didn't like it. And people don't like her. Muggles!
We'll keep saying it until you listen: You should be reading "Achewood" every day. Also, this would be a much better series than Harry Potter. [Achewood]
Didja finish Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows yet? Didja? Didja? If you didn't, and you actually care, we'd advise staying away from our Friday Week in Review post, which contains some vital spoilers in the comments, including the revelation that Voldemort "goes both ways."
"The Harry Potter mania drives me crazy. Our fake ending was fairly clearly fake, and if anyone was confused, they're just too stupid to be allowed on the Internet. I suppose some of the other 'fakes' were more malicious in intent. Our only malice is against adults who read books for 10-year-olds. And they deserveā¦
Sunster Lenore Skenazy anxiously anticipates the release of the final Harry Potter book.
