I beg to differ:
Everyone pretends they don't recognize my little friend. I wonder why? This plush, fuzzy little darlin' is but one of the many, many perks of working in medical publishing.
You know you recognize him! Maybe the rear view will jog your memory:
It's about time the humble enema had a worthy mascot. Wearing a cape, no less!
Keep him by your pillow--you never know when disaster may strike. At any moment he may be called upon to fly off into the night on a mission of mercy.
Medical publishing: where the salaries are low, and the swag is even lower.
2 comments:
Totally WANT.
But I don't understand how Fleet enemas fit into Book Expo America? Was this from a colonoscopy journal or something?
And, did you get any good books?
This was in fact related to a rectal surgery journal and medical conference. Can you think of any other context where a toy stuffed enema bottle would be anything but disturbing?!
My Book Expo digression: My boss let me go after I begged, insisting it would be educational. I attended some sessions on e-book technology and the future of publishing, which was fascinating/depressing.
I also watched editors pitch their hot picks for 2009 to convince librarians and booksellers to order it and start the word-of-mouth process.
On Saturday I went back just for myself. I mostly picked up a lot of YA and fantasy books since that seems to be what I'm reading lately, but I took whatever I could get my grubby hands on! I must have 30 books, at least. Some I gave away, but most I'm reading myself. Now I know why people bring wheeled suitcases to the show. I literally had a bruise on my shoulder from the heavy sack of books I ended up carrying!
I attended a panel featuring China Mieville and picked up The City & The City, which I started reading this weekend. Like a lot of scifi/speculative stuff, the story and the setting are more intriguing than the somewhat by-the-book characters, but in this case that's enough.
Kelly Link (Stranger Things Happen) and John Ringo (I've never read him, but he was loud and wearing a kilt) were also there. I also sat in on an Alternate History panel.
ARCs and other books I picked up:
Fire by Kristin Cashore--I loved Graceling and couldn't wait to read this. These are the fantasy/romance books I'd give to girls instead of Twilight. Fire did not disappoint. At first I thought I'd hate it, simply because the main character is so breathtakingly beautiful: "Uh-oh, Mary Sue alert!" I should have trusted the author not to go down that road. Awesome.
Liar by Justine Larbalestier--This is a page-turner about a compulsive liar mixed up in the death of a classmate, made even more interesting by the recent whitewashing cover controversy. The main character is a short-haired black girl; the cover features a long-haired white girl. The author protested, the publisher claims something to the effect of "black faces on covers don't sell," black writers, readers, and parents of readers cry foul. I'll be interested to see what cover it finally publishes with. I hope the controversy doesn't overshadow the book, but if it does, at least it's a fight worth being overshadowed by. More info here: http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/
Lips Touch Three Times--Laini Taylor. I loved this book! These three stories blew me away. And I usually hate short stories. I didn't know this was not a novel until I started reading, and also she was there signing and seemed really nice. Strong, quirky female leads, combined with believable, non-vomit-inducing romance and magic.
One Fifth Avenue--signed by Candace Bushnell. Snarky fun. Why is this called chick lit instead of social satire? The only thing separating it from Edith Wharton or Jane Austen with their "oh no I MUST marry well or live in poverty/oh no perhaps my husband is cheating" plots is the writing style. And the sex.
The Girl Next Door by Elizabeth Noble. Like One Fifth Avenue, the love lives of the inhabitants of an apartment building in NYC. Good beach read, but they stuck a young blonde model and chick lit title and cover on it, when in fact most of the book is about married couples with kids. The twentysomething single girl's story is the least intriguing. Talk about whitewashing covers...they also age-wash, gender-wash, intelligence-wash...
I also picked up a Vegan Brunch cookbook, which looked awesome, but when I found myself thinking, "This recipe would be great if you just add butter!" I passed it on to my favorite vegan cook.
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