Or are more big list authors caring less and less about their readers and only writing what they want? Or is it they've just written the same characters for so long they can't come up with anything fresh?
I know at least a couple of authors who outright tell fans to bugger off if they don't like the direction their books are going (LKH and now Christine Feehan). Honestly, I used to love so many authors who wrote series, and yet their last few books have made me scratch my head and ask, "Why did I like this author again?"
There are some series that I will still read, Nora Roberts' J.D. Robb books for one. And I still enjoy the Kelley Flynn knitting mysteries. Mercedes Lackey is now revisiting Valdemar and I am thrilled, though many will say the last book was weak. I enjoyed it.
But LKH has disappointed for the last several books, CF is hit and miss, I stopped reading Sherrilyn Kenyon several books ago when she started focusing less on the Dark Hunters and more on the shifters.
I don't know, maybe I am just in a slump again, 'cause not a lot is keeping my attention lately. And what books have managed to do so lately have been totally random grabs at the library. I don't always (often?) seem to find another book by the same author that I like again. *Sigh*
Winter is coming, I guess it's time to pick up my knitting again and leave the books for a bit ;)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Books v. Movies
I've been reading Eat, Pray, Love this week and find it surprisingly good. Normally I give the super popular books a miss (Oh how I wish I had followed that pattern on the Twilight series. Why oh why did I waste my time on that drivel??) but I was at the library and it was on display, so I picked it up and read the back. Hmmmm.
It reminds me a bit of Under the Tuscan Sun so far, but then that could be because she's in Italy at the moment ;).
And of course they've just made it into a movie. Would I go watch it? Probably not. I tend to be very anti-movie when I've already read the book. Under the Tuscan Sun is one of the few movies I liked more than the book. But guess what? I watched the movie before I read the book! Same with the Mists of Avalon (despite the dreadful acting) I watched the movie, then struggled through the book. Despite a love for fantasy and for MZB's Sword and Sorceress books, I just can't say I feel the love for MZB herself.
But I couldn't even watch more than a few minutes of the second Lord of the Rings movie, and never bothered with the third. The first movie made me cringe all too often. Sorry, but there's a reason these books are classics, why change everything?? Oh, Liv Tyler is prettier than Glorfindel.... I get it. But I don't like it. And as a result I waited for the 2nd to come out on video, and boy was I glad!
Harry Potter started out well. But after Goblet of Fire I was so disappointed in the movies that I stopped watching. Actually, the disappointment may have begun with the limited Snape exposure in Azkaban. And the prime role of Snape in the book PoA is why I loved it so ;)
So what do you think? Read the book or wait for the movie?
It reminds me a bit of Under the Tuscan Sun so far, but then that could be because she's in Italy at the moment ;).
And of course they've just made it into a movie. Would I go watch it? Probably not. I tend to be very anti-movie when I've already read the book. Under the Tuscan Sun is one of the few movies I liked more than the book. But guess what? I watched the movie before I read the book! Same with the Mists of Avalon (despite the dreadful acting) I watched the movie, then struggled through the book. Despite a love for fantasy and for MZB's Sword and Sorceress books, I just can't say I feel the love for MZB herself.
But I couldn't even watch more than a few minutes of the second Lord of the Rings movie, and never bothered with the third. The first movie made me cringe all too often. Sorry, but there's a reason these books are classics, why change everything?? Oh, Liv Tyler is prettier than Glorfindel.... I get it. But I don't like it. And as a result I waited for the 2nd to come out on video, and boy was I glad!
Harry Potter started out well. But after Goblet of Fire I was so disappointed in the movies that I stopped watching. Actually, the disappointment may have begun with the limited Snape exposure in Azkaban. And the prime role of Snape in the book PoA is why I loved it so ;)
So what do you think? Read the book or wait for the movie?
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