An interesting piece on textual analysis comparing most common words/sentences/etc. in Harry Potter, Twilight, and the Hunger Games trilogy: It includes the bit:"Like the distinctive word lists, these sentences suggest something about each author’s style. Rowling’s betray her reliance on suspense: “Harry looked around,” “He waited,” “Harry stared ( Read more... )

Now, this is an interesting essay. What do you all think?

I Hate Strong Female Characters"Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath genius ( Read more... )

I read this article a couple of days ago and I've been thinking about it ever since. It pins down something I thought about quite a bit when I was writing Emerald House Rising. I was intensely irritated about the fact that so many fantasy authors seem to have difficulty with trying to come up with a reason for women to go out and have adventures. ( Read more... )

Mark Oshira of Mark Reads has finished The Hobbit (sse his review, chapter by chapter, here) and he is beginning to read The Lord of the Rings:In the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins arranges the most spectacular party imaginable in order to pass his wealth on to his nephew and heir, Frodo Baggins. Intrigued? Then it’s ( Read more... )

Mark Oshiro of "Mark Reads" (of Mark Reads Twilight and Mark Reads Harry Potter fame) is now tackling J.R.R. Tolkien. He is on chapter 5 of the Hobbit and has just met Gollum.

It's hilarious.

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From a book review on Amazon:"I got this book based on a recommendation from a friend. I am now reconsidering that friendship, the book was that bad."
(No, I'm not going to tell you which book ( Read more... )

This LJ community, frankly, makes me uncomfortable: bookfailsLook, I get it. Sometimes books suck. But although I've read my share of bad books myself, and I find the idea of the community somewhat fascinating, I won't be friending it ( Read more... )

I really don't like the Twilight series, mostly on feminist principles. Still, this article has a valid point. Interestingly, Rowling's case is examined in comparison. Reminds me of the post I wrote about Rowling's detractors, called " And Now Let the Sneering Begin."

Thoughts?

Fascinating posts from John Granger, comparing the Harry Potter books and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden here and here.