tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post3792709506067999308..comments2023-05-24T08:06:43.882-04:00Comments on Romance Writer's Revenge: Finding No Fault In This WeekendTerri Osburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-90407393410526279112013-08-19T13:52:05.365-04:002013-08-19T13:52:05.365-04:00Pat, I did the same. Bought it for the kindle on s...Pat, I did the same. Bought it for the kindle on sale then barreled through it at record speed. That just doesn't happen for me anymore. What is <i>The Raven Boys</i> about? <br /><br />Feel free to have selfish motivations, Irish. I have no problem with that. Do nudge your daughter to read this, but be prepared for all the feels, as my kiddo calls them. I get a lot of "I just..." Which is good from what I can tell.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-88342948818508116632013-08-19T13:05:08.693-04:002013-08-19T13:05:08.693-04:00Congrats on the awesome weekend, Ter!!! I'm s...Congrats on the awesome weekend, Ter!!! I'm so happy you reached THE END on book 3, maybe selfishly more for us than you:). We're that much closer to reading about Randy and Will!<br /><br />My daughter bought 2 copies of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. One for her and one for her friend. They were going to start reading it on a weekend at the cottage in July but I don't think they ever got around to it. Jetskis, boating, tubing and boys got in the way! LOL I'll have to check in with her and see if she read it yet. I read an excerpt and that little bit was amazing, but I still can't bring myself to read it knowing what it's about and how it ends. I'm a real wuss when it comes to that stuff.<br /><br />The last person to WOW me with their book? Let's see... I always come away with that feeling after reading Barbara Samuel/O'Neal and Pamela Morsi on the contemporary front and Carla Kelly and Mary Balogh on the historical front.irisheyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730974733998991144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-62501131688686117752013-08-19T13:00:03.486-04:002013-08-19T13:00:03.486-04:00Even though I wasn't as in love with it as you...Even though I wasn't as in love with it as you are, I liked <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i> and powered through it pretty fast. I bought the ebook, no surprise, when it was on sale cheap, because the voice hooked me, as did the protagonist's sardonic mention of someone having "cancer of the balls."<br /><br />Of recent reads, I was the most enamored with <i>The Raven Boys</i> by Maggie Stiefvater. I really glommed onto the characters in that one. Each is so well-developed and distinctive and I love great ensemble casts. <br /><br />Interestingly, I'm reading <i>Shiver</i> by the same author, and although the book is really popular, I don't like it as much as <i>The Raven Boys</i>.<br /><br />Going through my Goodreads profile, I see a ton of YA. Man, I'm sooo regressing. Heh.<br /><br />Anyway, congrats on reaching...The End! P. Kirbyhttp://www.patriciakirby.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-17480791766018316682013-08-19T10:56:28.123-04:002013-08-19T10:56:28.123-04:00BTW, I'm sure you all can tell I slept in. Tod...BTW, I'm sure you all can tell I slept in. Today is a big day as I get kiddo back from her summer visit. I can't wait to get her at the airport this evening! (Which requires a bit of a road trip on my part. Sigh.)<br /><br />Thanks, Marn! There was an ease in writing those last 10K words that I'm not sure I've experienced before. And, of course, today I'm questioning some of the choices I made, but I still love how the story turned out. <br /><br />The new Sherry Thomas sounds like the exact thing you should read for inspiration right now. Maybe writing my own was easier because I was reading something so good. Huh.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-60029278332029705982013-08-19T10:53:11.014-04:002013-08-19T10:53:11.014-04:00Janga, I love that you read it again just from doi...Janga, I love that you read it again just from doing research. And a rat catcher hero?? I'm guessing this book was not written in the last couple years. ;) <br /><br />And that's the good thing about a book. It's not going anywhere. TFIOS will be there waiting for you when you're ready to read it. Though I admit, it should probably come with a box of tissues.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-80666520237457753922013-08-19T10:51:32.948-04:002013-08-19T10:51:32.948-04:00Hellie, that might be it. You couldn't enjoy t...Hellie, that might be it. You couldn't enjoy the journey knowing there was a bit of a cliff at the end. Fair enough. But I so fell in love with the voice of this one, there was no way I couldn't stay with it. <br /><br />And I did think of the HP books when I asked that question. That is very much the lift off to another place kind of thing I mean here, just on a grander scale.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-79206415097785000732013-08-19T10:49:35.013-04:002013-08-19T10:49:35.013-04:00Mo, you're in luck as this book will soon be a...Mo, you're in luck as this book will soon be a movie. Feel free to wait for the trailer. I have a sinking suspicion I'll actually cry more watching the movie than I did reading the book. <br /><br />Go you on all that editing. You are cranking these books out!Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-34412981984750619932013-08-19T10:48:10.771-04:002013-08-19T10:48:10.771-04:00Q - Thank you for your adoration. :) The Anchor Se...Q - Thank you for your adoration. :) The Anchor Series could very possibly be four books. More on that when it's all for certain. <br /><br />That does sound like a similar kind of book to Mr. Green's. I'm not a huge fan of reading sad stories, but I think TFIOS made me realize that a story having a sad ending does not make it a sad story.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-222259243865043072013-08-19T09:18:19.454-04:002013-08-19T09:18:19.454-04:00Great blog, Ter!
Congrats on getting to the END! ...Great blog, Ter!<br /><br />Congrats on getting to the END! :) With time to spare. You rock.<br /><br />As to an awe inspiring book.... I haven't been inspired a lot lately. I haven't read a lot lately, though, so that might be it. I used to feel like that about Sherry Thomas's and Joanna Bourne's books. I haven't read a lot lately, though. I think Sherry Thomas has a new YA fantasy coming out. I will read that.Marnee Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533816213473440342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-48927870033699787812013-08-19T08:48:14.260-04:002013-08-19T08:48:14.260-04:00Yay, Terri! You had an amazing weekend. Congratula...Yay, Terri! You had an amazing weekend. Congratulations on completing Book 3.<br /><br />I have <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i> on a TBR shelf, but, as I told Q about the Moyes's book, I'm not reading any major tear-inducers until things in RL are less difficult. I've heard nothing but good things about Green, so I'm sure I'll read his books sometime. <br /><br />I reread an oldie, Judith Ivory's <i>The Proposition</i>, when I pulled it out to check something for an H&H post I was working on. I was awed anew by Ivory's prose and by her daring in making her hero a rat catcher. That he is one of the best historical heroes ever makes it all the more astounding. Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-19505211569216040812013-08-19T08:32:16.958-04:002013-08-19T08:32:16.958-04:00*LOL* Glad I could blog-inspire you. *LOL* I'm...*LOL* Glad I could blog-inspire you. *LOL* I'm more a destination person myself. I'm excited at the very beginning; and I'm relieved and happy at the end--but usually during the journey, I'm wore out. I have to summon up so much energy to get through the journey, I get bitchy about it...I don't enjoy it as much because I can't journey and relax at the same time. I'm too busy worried about the next part of the journey and if I have the energy for it, see? Now if I could journey and just BE, I would probably have a better relationship with journeys. But accepting where I am and that it's okay where I am, it's not a competition, and that airports aren't exhausting--I'm just not that evolved yet. <br /><br />Congrats on the The End. I knew you'd be done this weekend!! Impressed you read the book too and love that it was a true reading experience. I read this book too, but didn't enjoy it as much as others have. *shrugs* I think I was jaded pretty much from the beginning of the journey, knowing we were going to travel to a rather "unhappy ending"--and this story was much more about the journey than the destination. :) I don't think I could explain my dislike of the book like that before--good blog.<br /><br />Book that was that kind of experience. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I can't talk about this kind of subject and NOT mention it. But Marsha Moyer's books about Lucy Hatch were pretty awe-inspiring--I wanted to write like that. The book DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE and the sequel/prequel (not sure which title I conjured up)--that one was definitely an experience. <br /><br />I don't know if it's as hard for me to get sucked into a book experience. It's my usual mode of transportation. *LOL* But yes, books that alter me afterwards, those aren't as many I think...Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-15632687138249945612013-08-19T05:53:38.576-04:002013-08-19T05:53:38.576-04:0030 books, Q. Right now, who knows what might happe...30 books, Q. Right now, who knows what might happen as I get close to actually publishing the last few. I might decide to keep writing...<br /><br />As for books this good...I can remember reading John Irving novels and just pausing now and then to appreciate the prose. But something that totally captured me in a different world? I don't know. Happens a lot in pieces, but probably more with a good movie than a book.<br /><br />Which probably explains why I write like I'm watching a movie.<br /><br />Gods, I'm shallow.<br /><br />I love and hate the journey, sometimes at the same time. Right now, it's nearly 3am and I've been caught by book number nine and am 2/3 of the way through edits and my eyes are starting to threaten anarchy.<br /><br />Time to head for bed! See ya all in the morning. Or afternoon...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-15713582641552078072013-08-19T04:42:39.498-04:002013-08-19T04:42:39.498-04:00Great to hear that life is good Terri, and that th...Great to hear that life is good Terri, and that the writing is blooming. You are clearly surfing the waves of success right now and deserve to wallow in a little adoration. *adoring smile*<br /><br />I read book one and enjoyed it a lot. Is Anchor Island going to be a trilogy or is that ferry to the island sailing over an endless sea? I think Mo may hold the world record with her 37? book series!<br /><br />I must take a look at John Green with a view to future presents for my grand!<br /><br />I love an interesting scenic journey but the destination has to be worth the time!<br />I have just finished Jojo Moyes's 'Me before You'. It is about caring for a quadriplegic who is determined to end his life but agrees to delay six months. His carer falls in love with him and I felt sure that when the time came she would persuade him to change his mind. The book is funny and tugs at the heart strings in ways that I had not experienced before. The writing left me in awe, and the problems of quads and their family, friends and carers is still resonating with my thoughts. <br /><br />Moyes is going to join you on my auto-buy list if her other books are as good. LOLQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.com