For the June talking meme wheatear asked me:

June 15th: A book or game you would like to turn into a TV show or film and how you would do it.

( A few answers )

( Day 10: Ship that became canon even though you didn’t expect it to )

So I went to see Ender’s Game. Short version: go read the book.

( Read more...really )

Okay, I made myself stick with it for 200 pages, I really did. I thought it might get better or at least more readable and I do hate to give up on books without giving them a fair chance so I made myself come this far. But I’m throwing in the towel, admitting defeat. The Return actually is that bad and I see no value in continuing.

( Spoilers (if you can call it that) for TVD: The Return 1 (which I can't be bothered to look up the subtitle of) )

I decided to stick with the Stefan’s Diary books for another round. Now I’m taking a short break from TVD books but when I get back to them I’ll probably start the Return books, which I hear are awful. SO I complaining I do about this one will be nothing next to that I can only assume.

( SD: vol 3: The Carving )

Okay, so more TVD books, back to Stefan’s Diaries this time.

( SD: vol 2: Bloodlust )

So I’ve never really explained it before, but I get a lot of reading done during baseball games, especially when my boys aren’t doing so hot. I still watch all the games but I spend a lot of it with my nose in the book when I can’t bear to watch the game too closely.

As such I’m already done with TVD volume 4: Dark Reunion

( There's actually a fair amount of show commentary in this one, FYI )

So through “The Fury” TVD book volume 3 (I think I may finally be able to settle on sing the volume numbers, but this maybe/maybe not two volumes in a book thing is confusing).

( The Fury, with some vague show spoilers )

A while ago, turtle_goose posted the following meme

1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.

and at my response gave me an E to work with.

( A couple of obvious ones, others less so )

So more thoughts on TVD books.

I took a break from reading the books the show was based on and read the first book based on the show. And the short version: IT IS SO MUCH BETTER.

( General show spoilers, and the first Stefan's Diary book )