Ugly Betty, Bookblogging Part 1

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UGLY BETTY-
Watched up to episode 8 (season one) with sesame_seed. Liked the fashion-comedy parts, was slightly bored by the family-drama parts, but overall, a fun series. Anyway, I was thinking:

1. It's not that Betty doesn't have *any* dress sense, because she actually dresses very distinctively. This was confusing me, until I realized: she's meant to be wearing her mother's clothing. And her mother was a very fashionable lady, so actually she *is* wearing "fashion", she's just not wearing clothing that is *in* fashion.

2. If this series was more about realism and less about paying tribute to fabulously escapist telenovellas, Betty would be in love with her good-looking, womanizing boss, who would only be using her with no intention of reciprocating. *g* I'm actually torn, because the plot is set up so you'll root for Betty to hang on and tough it out in a hostile work environment, and I *would* like to root for her, but realistically-speaking she'd probably be better off getting the hell out of there.

3. (Miscellaneous) Amanda is an idiot! Marc is gr8: completely unapologetic, also EVIL. XD Vanessa Williams can really act, but we all knew that already. Also, why couldn't some nice Scottish lady in charge of wardrobe have befriend me on *my* first day on the job? I had to find my own friends! It was stressful!


PRELIMINARY BOOKBLOGGING-
What Katy Did/What Katy Did Next at bibliophages, a week late because I am a failure ;_;
--see also Tari's review of The Black Powder War

Overall, I have to say we didn't really address the "fantastic" part of the "fantastic voyages" theme. ^^; The round ended up being more "travel" than anything else. Maybe I'll talk about the historical considerations that made this shift possible (ie, that made travel possible) in the theme discussion post. Maybe I shouldn't be trusted to write any theme discussion posts after flaking out TWICE in TWO ROUNDS.

And a review of Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Link!