Lauren C.’s Book Report

Truman Capote once said of Jack Kerouac's works: "That's not writing. It's typing." Imagine what Capote would say about Lauren Conrad. The blonded star of MTV's "The Hills" just landed a deal to write three books of what is being called young-adult fiction, this despite the fact that the series, to be called "L.A. Candy," will focus on a normal California teenager who finds herself thrown in the midst of the celebrity circuit after appearing on a reality show. What an inspired idea! It sounds better than "Vanity Fair," doesn't it? But let's not mock too much. Anything that gets kids to turn off "The Hills" and read an actual book deserves all the attention it can get.

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