Keep the Secret. PLEASE!
Dear People Who Over Commercialize Brilliance and Ruin it:
My name is Tiffany.
I love to read.
So much so, that I created a word to bestow upon those literary gems that leave you changed inside once you've read them.
"Crackliture"
What's Crackliture, you ask?
Books like this one.
The word Crackliture was created to describe a set of books I'm sure you have heard of by now- a little old series called, Twilight.
I read Twilight before most of you knew or cared about Edward and Bella.
And now, you can't sneeze without germing up someone who thinks THEY are the biggest fan.
Fine- you take Twilight.
But only on one condition.
I keep Hunger Games.
I read Hunger Games on October 7, 2008.
Almost exactly a year ago.
Again, at the time, it was just a book.
A few weeks ago, I finished it's equally wonderful sequel, Catching Fire.
Now it's becoming a phenomenon.
I cannot STAND to see that fabulous story go down in commercialized flames the way Twilight is burning now.
I knew Twilightease (as in disease) was getting bad.
The half ass movie, the stupid t-shirts, the perfume.
Then I saw this brilliant post by Heather and I died a little inside.
Burger King crowns?
I am begging you, commercial America, please leave Hunger Games alone.
Let my future Mockingjay tattoo be original, not a sticker in a happy meal.
Let the book remain a secret amongst those who haven't yet found it's beauty, not the script for a bad after-school-type-movie.
Let Peeta and Gale love Katniss and tell their story without being pitched against one another on "teams".
Put a stop to the madness. The action figures, the Halloween costumes, the lunch boxes.
Yours in All Things Crackliture,
Tiffany
Whose with me?
Start by making a vow.
A promise to keep Hunger Games and Catching Fire to yourself.
Maybe if we don't blog and tweet about it, we can keep it safe?
I'm willing to take any and all ideas.
Go.
My name is Tiffany.
I love to read.
So much so, that I created a word to bestow upon those literary gems that leave you changed inside once you've read them.
"Crackliture"
What's Crackliture, you ask?
Books like this one.
The word Crackliture was created to describe a set of books I'm sure you have heard of by now- a little old series called, Twilight.
I read Twilight before most of you knew or cared about Edward and Bella.
And now, you can't sneeze without germing up someone who thinks THEY are the biggest fan.
Fine- you take Twilight.
But only on one condition.
I keep Hunger Games.
I read Hunger Games on October 7, 2008.
Almost exactly a year ago.
Again, at the time, it was just a book.
A few weeks ago, I finished it's equally wonderful sequel, Catching Fire.
Now it's becoming a phenomenon.
I cannot STAND to see that fabulous story go down in commercialized flames the way Twilight is burning now.
I knew Twilightease (as in disease) was getting bad.
The half ass movie, the stupid t-shirts, the perfume.
Then I saw this brilliant post by Heather and I died a little inside.
Burger King crowns?
I am begging you, commercial America, please leave Hunger Games alone.
Let my future Mockingjay tattoo be original, not a sticker in a happy meal.
Let the book remain a secret amongst those who haven't yet found it's beauty, not the script for a bad after-school-type-movie.
Let Peeta and Gale love Katniss and tell their story without being pitched against one another on "teams".
Put a stop to the madness. The action figures, the Halloween costumes, the lunch boxes.
Yours in All Things Crackliture,
Tiffany
Whose with me?
Start by making a vow.
A promise to keep Hunger Games and Catching Fire to yourself.
Maybe if we don't blog and tweet about it, we can keep it safe?
I'm willing to take any and all ideas.
Go.
Comments
Love your writing...as usual...you make me laugh
As for BK, yuck on so many levels. How SM could stoop so low is beyond me, unless she's desperate for cash to send underprivileged kids to school or such...in that case, so be it. I won't be buying any Kids meals anyway; I'm on a fast food strike.
I'm a big Diana Gabaldon fan, however. And her newest book is IN THE MAIL coming to me! I am very excited. In all your spare time, you should look for the first one, called Outlander. I resisted for years because I did not believe my girlfriend when she said I would love it. But I did.
But, I do have to admit I would love to see The Hunger Games played out on the big screen as long as they didn't butcher it so much like they did Twilight. And PLEASE tell me you have read Catching Fire, the second book of The Hunger Games. It just came out this month but it picks right up where The Hunger Games left off.
PS... Team Peeta!!! LOL
What is sad, is the commercialization of it all. On Heather's post, I compared it to the commercialization of Christmas. We can't hate the birth of our Savior simply because there are dancing snowmen, life sized blow up lawn decorations and millions of ornaments for sale. I simply feel it is my responsibility to keep it real...to keep the spirit of the Holiday and the birth of Christ true in my home.
I don't know if Stephenie was truly behind all of the Twilight crap, but I have to keep telling myself that she was not. I like to believe that she intended to put her words on the screen, to share it with more people, but that the money hungry of the world took advantage of that. I can't imagine she approves of some of the crapola on the market.
I hear HG is going to hit the big screen. So, I'm sure the whole thing will go Hollywood as well. I'm simply not going to see it, or buy any of the materials for sale. My own little protest, no matter how small.
But, I beg of you, don't keep a good book down. I don't know if I would have read Twilight or HG or (another fave) Same Kind of Different As Me when I did if I didn't hear about it from a friend. But, all three of these books/series I mentioned have been some of my faves and I treasure each of them no matter how commercial they have or will possibly become.
There will be nothing like that summer we read Twilight and sat on the phone with each other discussing plot and character. I do believe we got a little choked up in the sheer joy of finding a book that nestles down into your heart like that.
Have a great day!
Anyhoo, I will do my best to preserve the goodness :)
Ugh Twilight. I am so sick of hearing about Twilight.
Ooops.
Because you get it. And because this post is brilliant. Every single word is pure GOLD.
Remember that time we all read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire together???? That was a good, good time. Precious memories...
And my local BK doesn't have any Twilight stuff. We have freakin' TONY STEWART crap.
God bless Redneckville.
ANother FANTASTIC book I read was Signora Da Vinci :)
If any of my books ever get published, y'all better believe I'm going to whore it out as much as I can until I'm richer than Oprah. Or Kirk Cameron, whichever comes first.
But I won't change. I'll still be me, the same old hypocrite that I've been all my life.
Seriously though, I've had that happen a few times. I remember reading Wicked when it wasn't that well known. Then again - Burger King didn't put Elphaba on a crown...
You are the funniest. Miss you!
Blah, blah commercialism, personally turning most of these books we love into movies only ruins the effect of actually reading them and forming the look of the character in your mind, though I do have to say that its truly rare that the actor outdoes my minds character's looks appeal.
Luckily my kids are preferring books to the movies and enhancing their minds and imaginations at the same time - long live books!!
Happy Hump Day, SitSta!
And I'm in complete agreement about the marketing/saturation with Twilight - enough is enough!
Confession: My DD read all four Twilight series and loved them, I only saw the movie and enjoyed it. *Sigh* I know, I know, I must read the books and I'll see the big problem with the movie, I'm sure. Guilty, I am!
I think I'll be avoiding BK for awhile.
I will *never* watch the Twilight movies...never, ever, ever!
But man, my reading list is getting SO long. Fortunately, I've covered all the Twilight books, but the TrueBlood books are next on the list, guess Hunger Games needs to come after that. I am obsessed with all things Crackliture.