While it is refreshing to read a novel whose storyline is unencumbered by angst, unfortunately
Pie in the Sky seems to have lost some of the charm of The Georges and the Jewels (Knopf, 2009), the first book in the series.
PLANS to slap film-style age ratings on websites have been slammed as "
pie in the sky".
Cold Stone Creameries is offering pumpkin ice cream and dark chocolate peppermint ice cream, along with such variations as Pumpkin
Pie in the Sky and After Dinner Mint in its stores.
On a soaring chorus here or an arrangement there ("The Limit," "
Pie in the Sky"), Darren evokes the best of Erasure, but after a quick tip of the hat he brings the focus back to his own original perspective.
I told her we would get it done when I won the money and she said that was
pie in the sky - so Pitstime is
pie in the sky time.
The aim of reducing extreme world poverty by one half by the year 2015, while a noble and worthy objective, is clearly "
pie in the sky." It is simply not going to happen and raising expectations that it can be achieved is naive at best, or disingenuous at worst.
The concept was good, but what Wayne was proposing was completely
pie in the sky and not based on reality at all."