OH GREAT. NOW I’M SUICIDAL.
07.13.09L.A. Candy, the debut novel “written” by “author” Lauren Conrad, topped the New York Times best seller list for the second consecutive week. **cleans pistol, gives away possessions**
“If someone said to me five years ago when this all started that I would one day make the New York Times Best Seller list I wouldn’t have believed it,” Conrad [said].
“Probably because I’ve never had any desire to write anything whatsoever.”
The novel, loosely based on Conrad’s own life, follows Jane Roberts, a 19-year-old girl who moves to Hollywood and ends up as the star of her own reality show… L.A. Candy, which hit shelves June 16, is the first in a three-book deal for the reality TV star.
I can’t fault Lauren for any of this. If someone offered me three truckloads of cash to put my name on something that someone else had written, I’d sign whatever contract they had and tell them to park the trucks around back. In fact, on second thought, I really shouldn’t be so indignant about this. It’s not like that top spot was going to go to a reprinting of Lolita. “Conrad, you bitch! James Patterson’s Swimsuit deserves more commercial recognition!”


And I’ll back Lolita. Three-way cage match, fellas.
Pnin >> Lolita
I’ll raise you a Pale Fire, friend.
Better her writing a book than those god awful speidi people
Pnin >> Lolita
I mentioned this in the comments section like a 2 weeks ago.
I demand royalties for this.
I get 15% of all money this website makes.
How much is 15% of $0?
Burn.
Man, the lives of attractive women are very hard.
Centuries from now, when aliens defeat our robot overlords and they peer through the remnants of human civilization they’ll find this book and say “oh…so THAT’s what happened”
I’m not surprised. Lots of accomplished authors have relied on their looks and fashion sense to move books. Hemingway, for example. Couldn’t write a lick, but the man could own an ascot.
Matt – At least there’s a new season of Entourage to get lost in.
This girl is so boring that I’d probably even get bored watching a snuff film she starred in.
“What was assigned for summer reading again? Was it Conrad’s Heart of Darkness or L.A. Candy? I’m so confused!”
That Literature tag should probably have quotations around it.
I believe that LA Candy was one of the books that Peter King recommended for Father’s Day gifts.
First i have to read about Seacrest getting $15 mil/year, now Lauren Conrad makes the NYT best sellers list. Matt, can I borrow that pistol when you’re done with it?
The fuck is a “novel”?