Feature & Follow Friday (9th November 2012)

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It is a great way to make new friends and gain followers.

Here is this weeks question:

Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?

Well the short answer to this question is a big "Yes!". I get bored very easily if I'm reading a book that isn't original in any way or just seems to be a different style of retelling of another book I've previously read.
The whole point of writing is to get your own story or point of view out there into the public eye, not to steal someone else's concept and try and get credit for writing about it yourself.
Of course there will always be similar 'themes' in books such as vampires, murder, romance, etc, but when the whole plot of a story seems to be following in the same fashion as another I get really annoyed.

I'd love to know what others think of this question?

Michelle

Feature and Follow (22nd June 2012)

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  It is a great way to make new friends and gain followers.

Here is this weeks question:

Q: If you could "unread" a book, which one would it be? Is it because you want to start over and experience it again for the first time? Or because it was THAT bad?

If there was one book that I could 'unread' it would have to be Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I just couldn't get into this book and did not enjoy it at all which disappointed me in a way because I know that most people who read it absolutely raved about it.

I think the main reason for me not enjoying this book was the subject matter more than anything else. I guess it's just not a genre that I normally read and even though I was in a stage where I was trying to 'read outside of the box' and get some different experiences under my belt I have to say that I ended up regretting my time spent on reading this book.

I'd love to know what others would like to 'unread'?

Michelle

Feature and Follow (13th April 2012)

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  It is a great way to make new friends and gain followers.

Here is this weeks question:

Q: What is one book that you would be nervous to see a movie adaption of because you think the movie could never live up to the book?

Mine would have to be 'Contest' by Matthew Reilly. I loved this book and thought it was a great idea (albeit it now seems very similar to The Hunger Games but with alien content) and I think that if it was made into a movie it would seem a bit tacky. I just don't think a movie could do it justice unless they got the alien creatures just right as well as the special effects.

What movie would you be nervous about if it was to become a movie?