Title: So Lyrical ["book"]

Author: Trish Cook

Summary: Trace (short for Tracey, because two syllables are too many for the average reader) insert last name here is the daughter of a former groupie and who she can only assume was her mother's last rockstar-related one night stand. This is Trace's journey to discover who her father was, while having the world's most shallow, one-dimensional friends and relatives, and being almost as shallow and 1D herself! How fascinating.

Rating: */*****

Review: Under the cut, as usual.

( IT'S LYK ~*~*~SO LYRICAL, GUIZ. SERIOUS BUSINESS. )

Conclusion: Flat, shallow, stereotypical characters. A stupid, far-fetched plot with too many distractions disguised as subplots. Oh, and some romance that nobody cares about, that ends up TOTALLY FINE despite fatal flaws in the whole relationship. It's not funny or charming. It's just... bad. One star. Zero if I could. Blah.

-D.M.

Listening to: hit me baby one more time/dresden dolls&bden urie Tags!: book, dee, one star, so lyrical, trish cook

Title: I Am the Wallpaper [book]

Author: Mark Peter Hughes

Summary: Floey Packer, a thirteen year old Suegirl from Rhode Island, has always felt invisible and un-extraordinary- especially next to her older sister, Lillian, who is spontaneous and popular and has a ferret named Frank Sinatra. But when Lillian gets married and goes on a month-long honeymoon with some guy named Helmut, Floey sees her chance to shine. She dyes her hair purple, becomes more daring, and takes up Zen Buddhism. Little does she know, her sudden popularity isn't the result of her random rebellion, but because her evil cousins have been posting her diary on the Internet! Oh noez! Whatever shall we do?

Rating: ***/*****

Review: Under the cut, as usual.

( It's not fun being wallpaper =( )

Conclusion: It has a nice, original plot, until the very end, when some plot holes the size of yo momma show up. Every character is a one-dimensional stereotype, but I like the main character, Floey. In fact, the only really bad thing is the very end, and the dialogue. The only really good thing was... er. Nothing. But that's okay. Three stars.

-D.M.

Tags!: book, dee, i am the wallpaper, mark peter hughes, three stars

Title: Ratatouille [movie]

Directed by: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava. Released June 29th, 2007

Summary: From Yahoo! Movies: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Rating: ***.5/*****

Review: Under the cut, as usual.

( Yay )

Conclusion: It's very... mature for an animated movie from Pixar, but it still feels like a kids' movie. The animation is amazing, the voice actors are okay, and the story jumps around randomly with the characters shoved in and out of difficult positons far too frequently. Overall, it's good... but its flaws do take a star and a half off the total. (And I'd write more, but I have to get ready for the Fall Out Boy concert).

-D.M.

Feels like: blah Tags!: 3.5 stars, dee, movie, ratatouille, three and a half stars

Title: Oh My Goth (book)

Author: Gena Showalter

Summary: Two girls- the gothic, individualist Jade and a stereotypically shallow girl named Mercedes- get trapped in a virtual reality world where their roles are switched dramatically. Goth becomes the norm for the entire world, making Jade the trendy popular girl, and putting Mercedes in a position where she's different, a "freak" like Jade is in the real world. Jade and Mercedes must forget their differences and work together to get back to their world. Oh, and Jade likes some Mysterious New Guy, of course- this is YA.

Rating: **/*****

Review: Under the cut. Lyk zomg!

( REVIEW! )

Conclusion: Jade and Mercedes are shallow, one-dimensional characters based on stereotypes; Tall, Dark, Mysterious New Guy and background characters aren't much better. The plot is flawed and barely pokes beneath the surface at times. But it's still charming and it's not terrible, so two stars.

-D.M.

Feels like: annoyed Tags!: book, dee, gena showalter, oh my goth, two stars