tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post6562852284031538133..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: More of the Same but DifferentLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44433194477605381902010-10-27T00:09:00.787-04:002010-10-27T00:09:00.787-04:00I LOVE connected books! But...as a writer, I worr...I LOVE connected books! But...as a writer, I worry about trying to do the "different" with each book. I have themes that repeat throughout the ideas I have, and I worry that that will result in the same book over and over. :0/<br /><br />That's probably a silly fear.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-75132054923427293212010-10-26T23:47:11.416-04:002010-10-26T23:47:11.416-04:00SiNn, I also prefer that a movie closely track the...SiNn, I also prefer that a movie closely track the source novel. I know some things have to be cut for time constraints. Still, it took me two viewings of <i>The Fellowship of the Ring</i> to adjust to some of the cuts.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42442769129627391822010-10-26T23:38:13.005-04:002010-10-26T23:38:13.005-04:00if the movie is about the book or the tv show is a...if the movie is about the book or the tv show is about the book i prefer it doesnt deviate unless its just kinda like the book and it tells that it was inspired by the book but isnt the book if that makes sence <br /><br />personally i think film makers should tr to statr fresh and new ideas for movies and not just tap in to the literary world of books cause sometimes amovie totally ruins thebook and ppl who havent read the book assume its just like the movieSiNnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13975065072902528623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-62773935934182855212010-10-26T22:13:50.163-04:002010-10-26T22:13:50.163-04:00Christine, I'm with you. The same plot over a...Christine, I'm with you. The same plot over and over just doesn't keep me coming back, either.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91105190865074322272010-10-26T22:05:58.254-04:002010-10-26T22:05:58.254-04:00Hi Nancy! Great blog. I think I agree with you -- ...Hi Nancy! Great blog. I think I agree with you -- I like the characters to evolve throughout the series. I devoured Agatha Christie during childhood and early teens but I don't think I'd go back and read them now, simply because I'm not as interested in the puzzle as I am in the characters in novels these days. It takes a talented author to hold all those reins in tandem and produce a book that has surprising twists as well as characters who grow and change. I've been downloading the In Death series on audio and JD Robb really does a superb job with that, doesn't she? Having said that, I can handle a continuing protagonist who doesn't change much but I don't like there to also be the same basic plot every time. The combination of the two is what stopped me reading certain series. It's like reading the same book over and over.Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-59763979660489591042010-10-26T21:41:55.075-04:002010-10-26T21:41:55.075-04:00Louisa, that's a great list! I've looked ...Louisa, that's a great list! I've looked at box sets of the original Trek, but they cost way more than other SFF box sets do. I envy you getting them on tape from the beginning.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2027594367848018482010-10-26T21:38:58.027-04:002010-10-26T21:38:58.027-04:00Fedora ! Again??? What ARE you feeding that boy?
...Fedora ! Again??? What ARE you feeding that boy?<br /><br />More of the same but different. I like that !! Great post, Nancy!<br /><br />I have the entire original Star Trek series on VHS recorded off the television when the Biloxi television station started with the pilot and showed each episode in order over a series of weeks. Those tapes are over 20 years old so they don't get aired very often. LOVE that series!<br /><br />I love a good romance series. Mary Balogh's Slightly series and the Simply series that came after it.<br /><br />Julia Quinn's Bridgerton's, of course.<br /><br /> Stephanie Lauren's Cynsters and the Bastion Club.<br /><br />Eloisa James Desperate Duchesses<br /><br />So long as the characters are growing and changing and the stories are evolving I am hooked. <br /><br />And I prefer to read the series in order.<br /><br />Oh! And Madeline Hunter's Rare Blooms series ! Fabulous!Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-33909937903911845912010-10-26T21:19:16.105-04:002010-10-26T21:19:16.105-04:00Donna, I think a lot of people like connected book...Donna, I think a lot of people like connected books with different couples. There seem to be more of those than ones with continuing couples, though I'm seeing more of those in paranormal romance.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-34066071333425880172010-10-26T21:17:49.790-04:002010-10-26T21:17:49.790-04:00Eilis, I also prefer not to see the same character...Eilis, I also prefer not to see the same characters recyle the same dilemmas every time.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-86001625243724995942010-10-26T21:06:03.201-04:002010-10-26T21:06:03.201-04:00Change is inevitable, and it's weird if it doe...Change is inevitable, and it's weird if it doesn't happen (unless you're a popular cartoon, in which case it makes perfect sense).EilisFlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730321975978034753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-37336526272592170302010-10-26T19:54:46.911-04:002010-10-26T19:54:46.911-04:00I do like books that continue with characters that...I do like books that continue with characters that I love from a previous book, but I like that a new set of heroes and heroines take center stage. I like books that are stand alone in their own right, but connected.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-76514189838425349062010-10-26T19:38:29.211-04:002010-10-26T19:38:29.211-04:00Deb, I hadn't thought of h/h appearances as su...Deb, I hadn't thought of h/h appearances as supporting charactes in later books as being like epilogues, but I think that's a great comparison.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-71368542841938827162010-10-26T19:37:40.076-04:002010-10-26T19:37:40.076-04:00Kim, knowing the outcome is okay with me if the ge...Kim, knowing the outcome is okay with me if the getting there is absorbing.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-29325054461460181392010-10-26T19:37:02.134-04:002010-10-26T19:37:02.134-04:00Jo, I'll let you know what the students say. ...Jo, I'll let you know what the students say. Seeing as how I'm the one who does the grading, I don't imagine they'll be entirely candid, though they could be. I don't expect them to like every book I assign, just to read them.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41205393900502820972010-10-26T19:35:51.058-04:002010-10-26T19:35:51.058-04:00Catslady, that's an amazing series. I read th...Catslady, that's an amazing series. I read the first one, but I have friends who follow it avidly. It's hard, isn't it, when the gap between books stretches out so long?Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-69681644157127039602010-10-26T19:18:07.171-04:002010-10-26T19:18:07.171-04:00Hi, Nancy. I like the same, yet different stories...Hi, Nancy. I like the same, yet different stories. I read a lot of Regency-set romances and they are the same in setting, plot, and, in some ways, characters. Yet, each author puts her own special writing style into each story and that is how the romances are different. <br /><br />I like books that are in sets as well as stand-alones. I like related stories because I enjoy catching glimpses of a previous hero and heroine; it can almost be like an epilogue of sorts.<br /><br />I can't really pinpoint a fave series because I have enjoyed many, but I did enjoy Debbie Macomber's Orchard Valley Trilogy a long time ago because each of the sisters reminded me of my two sisters and me. It was neat to relate each heroine to either Sandy, Kris, or Deb because, strangely enough, the books could have been written with the three of us in mind.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831144769121001738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-63919523632366580972010-10-26T19:01:19.568-04:002010-10-26T19:01:19.568-04:00Beth, you hit the nail on the head with "same...<i>Beth, you hit the nail on the head with "same but different" on the Closer.</i><br /><br />I so agree, Kim! And the small doses of humor throughout crack me up! Brenda is so complicated and has so many layers...I love watching her *g*Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-41381667654779442292010-10-26T18:24:55.523-04:002010-10-26T18:24:55.523-04:00Beth, you hit the nail on the head with "same...Beth, you hit the nail on the head with "same but different" on the Closer. We know the beginning - a crime that Brenda cannot pass up. We know the end - she coerces the perp to confess. We know the middle is sprinkled with a few "Thank yous" and at least one confrontation with an authority figure. But the show still delivers a unexpected surprise and superb acting!Kim in Baltimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335590022753325700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-35957253051951040222010-10-26T17:51:29.814-04:002010-10-26T17:51:29.814-04:00LOL, Nancy, I'll bet your students will like b...LOL, Nancy, I'll bet your students will like both kinds of action in the In Death series. The futuristic element is so subtle, one of the reasons I like that series so much.jo robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824237193217632098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65381867268951626322010-10-26T16:54:39.419-04:002010-10-26T16:54:39.419-04:00My first choice is a nice long book but then the t...My first choice is a nice long book but then the trilogy would be the next best thing. My favorite series is Jean Auel's Earth's Children but she has taken forever to write the books and there are years and years and years in between books. I'm still waiting for the last one.catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5646629011269934872010-10-26T16:50:55.278-04:002010-10-26T16:50:55.278-04:00Me too, Nancy. :>Me too, Nancy. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-51641502663139702632010-10-26T16:47:33.686-04:002010-10-26T16:47:33.686-04:00Jeanne, I always felt for Mrs. Watson. :-)Jeanne, I always felt for Mrs. Watson. :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-1703102811075256842010-10-26T16:46:27.240-04:002010-10-26T16:46:27.240-04:00Beth, The Closer is one of those shows I keep mean...Beth, The Closer is one of those shows I keep meaning to check out. I'm glad to know the character grows as it progresses.<br /><br />I'm with Tawny--you really, really need to read Harry Potter!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-62007652162363139102010-10-26T14:09:10.145-04:002010-10-26T14:09:10.145-04:00Minna, I think there's a fair amount of emphas...Minna, I think there's a fair amount of emphasis on social class differences in the Inspector Lynley books. Is the TV writer not from England? <br /><br />Nope. Actually, it's the author who's not from England.<br /><br />Do you think maybe they're emphasizing the mystery over the social aspects on TV?<br />As far as I can see, both in the tv series and the books about Inspector Lynley there was about<br />as much attention paid to the social aspects, but it's something that's more between Lynley and Havers. The social differences do come up in the English tv series and books, but not quite like this. That's what made me check out the nationality of the author.Minnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150644876765079753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-72258237403531438152010-10-26T13:46:21.629-04:002010-10-26T13:46:21.629-04:00Hey, Nancy. I love "the same but different&qu...Hey, Nancy. I love "the same but different". Right now I'm into The Closer (watching old episodes to get caught up for the new season this winter) and though it's the same characters and they solve crimes, I love how Brenda keeps evolving and growing *g*<br /><br />I still haven't read all the Harry Potter books (I'm working on it, Tawny!) but I do know that's another series where the characters grow - literally and figuratively :-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.com