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Reading roundup

Jul 29, 2010 17:31

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! I think I've thanked everyone individually, but if I've missed you accidentally -- THANK YOU! :D I will do a post about the birthday later (it was fun!), but for now:

33. Justine Larbalestier, Liar -- back when this book first came out and the various YA authors whose blogs I follow were talking about how ( Read more... )

ya, a: libba bray, asoiaf, a: charlaine harris, sookie stackhouse, a: naomi novik, a: justine larbalestier, a: cassandra clare, a: lawrence block, a: china mieville, a: peter s. beagle, a: robin hobb, short stories, a: george r.r. martin, a: tad williams, reading

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hamsterwoman July 30 2010, 05:01:07 UTC

Yeah, I skipped book #1 and that's one I'm not sure I'm going back for, because, ugh, Bill, and also Jason's apparently not particularly great there, either, and I hate the way Sookie talks about Arlene, plus not that fond of early!Sookie herself. So... probably save myself some teeth-grinding by not reading it. The books do seem to be improving on the whole, though!

but their combined hotness would be something to behold NNGHHHH.

Heh. Funny thing is, neither Jaime nor Eric is at all my usual type, but -- yeah. :)

It does seem like the show and the books are pretty divergent. Like, they seem to contain the same characters, but with rather different things happening to them, people who died in the books living on in the show and so forth. It's bound to be very confusing, I think...

I've heard good things about the show, and I keep meaning to look it up maybe, but the truth is I kind of fail at television. Reading is so much faster and more convenient, and I don't know that I want to dedicate the amount of time it would take to watch the show properly to this enterprise. But I'll probably check it out if I see the DVDs at the library or something.

lunylucy July 30 2010, 05:23:31 UTC

The first book and first season of the show are the same almost word for word, although Jason was way more unsympathetic in the book. And I think S2 pretty much had the same storylines too though with more variation. Anyway, you should check it out if you come across it. This show is pure fanservice and lulz.

Same with me in regards to Jaime, Eric and types! It's all in becoming familiar with the character. This is a rather obvious point when it comes to Jaime, but I remember seeing people gush over Eric and the actor many times before (picspams and all) and while I could definitely agree that he was attractive, he didn't have the same effect on me as he does now when I "know" him.

hamsterwoman July 30 2010, 05:43:17 UTC

Interesting! I didn't realise S1 and book 1 were *that* close -- maybe I'll try to watch S1 in lieu of reading the book, since it sounds like it likely mitigates the things I'm afraid I'll find annoying in the book.

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