Book Series Genius & Sequel Stupid
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It sneaks up on you. You start one, then realize there's more just like those dratted greasy potato chips. Being sucked in isn't the worse part. It is not knowing what happens or the historical motives immediately before the self-appointed people who snag copies right away weigh in with their first, but not necessarily best babble on the new "it" series.
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Book Shishkabobs
Characters or personalities sometimes need to roam about in your head for a few thousand pages in a several volumes to make their points. Sometimes stopping at the first book would have been the better part of author discretion. But alas, the call of a full health plan or refrigerator dictates next pages. However, there are a few who can enchant historical details and tease out nuggets from archives in libraries long forgotten that make a series oh so tantalizing, like great smelling pie. Amazon
Port Washington, Cullen or maybe its Edward, werewolves, vampires and a teen have not yet caught my interest. MLK in the hands of Taylor Branch or LBJ brought into inglorious relief by Robert Caro to a Chalmers Johnson that details the horridly expensive military industrial complex in a way that makes ewwww just trite. Science Fiction and Fantasy are team captains at making series that fire imagination, causing shock and awe. For 15 years there has been something whispered about an orphaned wizard and some wand waving friends.
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Hmmmm, the Google shall have to lie dormant and fallow until I have time to do this up in a way that befits my lowly status and frankly deserves a link to such an unknown spot in web world. I may link them because I loathe the commentary. We shall see. Somebody could get lucky and I like them. I really, really like them - or not! The Google imperiously imposed its will and chose the stuff below for me.
- Andie MacDowell to be in Hallmark scripted series
- LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hallmark Channel has announced it is developing its first scripted series, "Cedar Cove," an adaptation of Debbie Macomber's "Cedar Cove" book series that will star Andie MacDowell. The network will introduce the project as a ...
- Norco woman shares her story in book series
- By Patty Stohlman, Contributing writer Brenda Louque of Norco shares her story of hope, peace and comfort in the newest Chicken Soup for the Soul series, ?Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven.? In the book, 101 miraculous stories are told as ...
- 'Let's Talk About It' book series focuses on Civil War
- The series begins June 6 with meetings from 4-6 pm every three weeks in the library auditorium. In the books chosen for this series, the novelists use their imaginative powers to recreate the greatest upheaval in our history in a way that touches ...
- Two popular sci-fi franchises merge for new comic book series
- Doctor Who and Star Trek are joined in a comic book that features a crossover between the two biggest sci-fi franchises of all time. The eight-issue series was written by Scott and David Tipton, authors of "Star Trek: Infestation," with a helping hand ...
by Mind_Sorbet
I write the stuff the whole world dings. No, really. A bibliophile that schemes, then wheels and deals to figure out how to get the next book. A se... more »
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