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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 9, 2012 21:50:32 GMT -5
I have to say that I am not the biggest Twilght fan but I do enjoy some of the fanfiction. I think the main reason I am meh about it is that Bella as a character seems a bit shallow. At times I thought that she had little to no personality throughout the books and I downright hated how she acted in Breaking Dawn. The fanfics that I have read for the series really flesh her out more then SM ever did. I also have read a few good OC stories where the character is not an automatic Mary-Sue and loved by all.
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 9, 2012 21:53:55 GMT -5
I've never read any of the Twilight books but I do like Twilight/Harry Potter crossovers, unfortunetely all the ones I like seem to always get abandoned or MAYBE one update a year.  |
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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 9, 2012 22:04:57 GMT -5
I've never read any of the Twilight books but I do like Twilight/Harry Potter crossovers, unfortunetely all the ones I like seem to always get abandoned or MAYBE one update a year. The Twilight books always made me think that Bella was only obsessed with beauty and didn't really care about anything other than that. When BD was released I just read it to sate my curiosity over why this series was so popular and I left thinking how much I dispised vampire Bella. It was like SM just decided to give Bella a deux ex machina so that SM didn't need to write a battle scene at the end. Oh, and lets not forget that Bella has uber control over her bloodlust and Jasper who is 150+ years old is still struggling with human blood. I feel the same way about some of the Twilight/HP crossovers. It seems that right when they get good the author just stops and tells no one why. I have around 4-5 crossovers that have been abandoned with no news on why.  |
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 9, 2012 22:09:16 GMT -5
That seems to happen with 9 out of 10 crossovers and rare pairings.
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 9, 2012 22:10:00 GMT -5
I hate it when a crossover gets abandoned, no matter what fandom it's in. I love three stories NeoRyu777 wrote, A World of Difference, Worldy Secrets & Worldy Prisoners, but the third one had been left unfinished for nearly four years, and the author waited until March last year to let people know why.
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 9, 2012 22:13:28 GMT -5
That's why I've pretty much stopped reading crossovers. I only check them out any more when there is nothing else to read and I'm desperate.
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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 9, 2012 22:17:36 GMT -5
I can understand if something like a tragedy or medical emergency happened to put you out of writing but when the excuse is writer's block or a fallout of a series you would think to at least give us an update?
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Post by blackroses77 on Jul 9, 2012 22:20:20 GMT -5
I can understand if something like a tragedy or medical emergency happened to put you out of writing but when the excuse is writer's block or a fallout of a series you would think to at least give us an update? Exactly! |
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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 9, 2012 22:23:08 GMT -5
Alright since that is out of my system lets get back to love/hate books. Can someone please tell me why Jane Erye is such a popular novel? I read the book my Junior year in high school and for the life of me thought it was OK and not spectacular.
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Post by MySecretSecondChance on Jul 9, 2012 23:43:41 GMT -5
love
Harry Potter Series
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors series
deltora Quest 1,2&3 series
Tomorrow Series
Lorien Legacies Series
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Post by rikustark on Jul 10, 2012 1:54:05 GMT -5
LOVE
Harry Potter (duh)
A Song of Ice and Fire
Morganville Vampire Series
The Iron Fey Series
Sunshine
I am the Messenger
A Girl of Fire and Thorns
The Infernal Devices
Hunger Games Series
The Darkest Powers
The Demonata Series
The Private Series
Wicked Lovely Series
I feel like I'm missing something....
HATE
Twilight..I use to love it..Then I grew up.
Evermore Series..I found the main character to be completely annoying and selfish by the time I got to the 3rd book.
I know I'm missing something in that Hate category, but I'm really not incredibly picky when it comes to books. The main character just can't be an ass.
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Post by brokenquill92 on Jul 10, 2012 2:10:23 GMT -5
Love it Vampirates series by Justin Somper
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 10, 2012 2:45:58 GMT -5
Cody, no one underatands why the Bronte sisters got so popular. Or Jane Austen. Those who like to say it's a piece of fiction based on the times back then and how it's a statement piece seems to ignore the idea that it's just a cheesy romance fic set back then.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 10, 2012 7:37:32 GMT -5
Oh god, I read the first book of Evermore and didn't even bother with the next one. It's a crappy book.
The Darren Shan series is pretty awesome (haven't read it in a few years though).
The Sight and it's sequel Fell are a couple books I loved a few years ago too.
There was one book about a newly evolved bat or something which was odd but not a bad read, I think it was called Dusk.
I love Chinese Cinderella and it's sequel.
I managed to read Inkheart and Inkspell but I just couldn't get into Inkdeath.
The Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman is pretty awesome. Made me cry at some parts. I have only read up to Checkmate though.
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Post by teehee100 on Jul 10, 2012 7:44:24 GMT -5
Love:
Harry Potter books
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket
A wrinkle in time series
And many many more
Hate:
Twilight...nuff said
The Life of Pi, I heard this one was overly descriptive so the plot was lost.
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Post by physicssquid on Jul 10, 2012 8:18:55 GMT -5
Can someone please tell me why Jane Erye is such a popular novel? I read the book my Junior year in high school and for the life of me thought it was OK and not spectacular. I'd like to know too. I tried to read a Jane Austen when I was at school, and I just couldn't get into it at all. I thought the characters were boring, and there was nothing else in that book that I felt was worth my time. |
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 10, 2012 10:02:06 GMT -5
I was never very keen on the Series Of Unfortunate Events. I struggled with the fourth book, tried to read it so many times but just couldn't.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jul 10, 2012 10:17:36 GMT -5
Love reading anything to do with the Royal Family and general history, Jack/Jill the Ripper's best aswell  |
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 10, 2012 10:28:13 GMT -5
I enjoy Jane Eyre, but I've never been able to get into Jane Austin. P&P and Emma are okay, but I found her stories to be both boring and too happy for the most part. Jane Eyre on the other hand, I felt was a lot more realistic and a lot more emotion in it.
Series of Unfortunate Events was okay, but I've only read the entire series once. I found it got a bit repetitive at points.
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Post by dracosfairmaiden on Jul 10, 2012 11:40:13 GMT -5
I read the first three books of Series of Unfortunate Events but I didn't read the others. It got too repetitive after a while. Do we really want to read thirteen books on how bad the orphans lives' were?
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 10, 2012 11:42:20 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, but the last book was the one that was the most unique, or so I thought. At any rate, it was a good ending for the series.
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 10, 2012 12:05:06 GMT -5
I read until the end of the series. It was messed up the end, and I'm still not sure entirely if I get it. Olaf wasn't a Snicket, right? At the end he gets all redeemed, but the orphans still aren't entirely happy. It was a moment of WTF?
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Post by Silvertongue on Jul 10, 2012 12:16:30 GMT -5
I don't even have any idea how it ended. I don't know wnyone who's read the whole series.
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 10, 2012 12:16:56 GMT -5
I'll agree it was confusing. I don't remember too much as it's been about three/four years since I read it, but yeah Olaf wasn't related to them, but I did like it that they found out about their parents.
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Post by Strange Hearts on Jul 11, 2012 10:59:20 GMT -5
Books I Love/Like:
The Argenaeu/Rogue Hunter series by Lyndsay Sands
Twiight Series by Stephanie Meyer
Sweep Series by Cate Tiernan
Harry Potter Series (Mostly just books 1 - 4, but the others are okay) by J. K. Rowling
The Mortal Instruments (Books 1 - 3) by Cassandra Clare
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Cresendo by Becca Fitxpatrick
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
The Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews
The Edge Series by Ilona Andrews
Sex and the Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Books I Hate/Dislike:
Almost any book by Stephen King (It's the only book I can get past the first chapter of, and that's through sheer willpower)
Almost any book by Anne Rice (Her vampire chronicles put me to sleep)
I know, I'm weird, you don't need to tell me this. I will say, though, that I suspect that the dislike for Stephen King is genetic.
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Post by teehee100 on Jul 11, 2012 17:05:29 GMT -5
It got better. Once you know more about, sorry for the spoiler,
(VFD it gets good.)
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Post by codygotkilld on Jul 11, 2012 19:13:37 GMT -5
41 Stories by O. Henry is one of my all time favorite short story collections.
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Post by viralic1 on Jul 12, 2012 15:36:14 GMT -5
Love:
Inheritance trilogy
Inside Delta Force
John Rain series
Dirk Pitt series
Dragons In Our Midst series
Halo novels
Hate:
Anita Blake (Can't really say hate, but I really disliked how it just turned into a male bashing series)
Twilight (The main character is a shallow bitch)
Vampire Diaries (Boring, way to short)
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Post by MaraudersFTW on Jul 18, 2012 5:20:20 GMT -5
Love:
HP Series
LOTR Trilogy
If I Stay and its sequel by Gayle Forman
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
1984 by George Orwell
Hate:
Twilight
LOTF by William Golding
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Post by MaraudersFTW on Jul 18, 2012 5:27:32 GMT -5
HATE Lord of the Flies - William Golding Had to study this book for English and got so sick of it by the end of the year. Same here, other classes got to study the better book IMO. I find this book to be very unrealistic. |
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