The Booknatics discussion

Ever be really excited about a book, only to be ready to take it back to the store after about 3 chapters in ? Tell us about what "Turn-Offs" you have..

I just dropped Fair Game by Patricia Briggs off at the library as a donation. I only rated it 3 stars because it picked up the last couple chapters and had a "game changer" for the rest of the Alpha and Omega series but for the Mercy Thompson one as well. All because it was slow. I kept waiting for something, anything to happen. And it did, but like the last 4 chapters. If people hadn't pushed me to finish it, I wouldn't have.

When it's advertised as one thing and turns out to be something else. I recently returned a book to Audible because after listening to almost half of it I just couldn't take it anymore. Though actually, it had started out fine, and promising, then suddenly took a left turn into Looneyville. Hero had been portrayed as a vampire all along, then suddenly there's a big reveal where he tells the heroine what he is...and...he's not a vampire. And from there it just got strange. And he became a whiney-ass wimp. And...ugh. DNF. Returned. Better luck next time Ms. Author. (is an author I've read other stuff of hers and liked, so not discounting her based on the one weirdo book).

One thing that get's me is abbreviations! I hate when the author abbreviates twenty differents like GFL and other weird crap, that I have to pause my reading and get up and go to the computer to search the internet for what it means. I keep my tablet with me now when I am reading JR Ward books, urban dictionary on shortcut LOL

OMG the abbreviations kills me, I don't know half of what the one's in J.R.'s books are lol !

I've mentioned this in other threads before, but I once read a book in which the heroine cried through the entire book. I read it through because I wanted to see how it would change, and it didn't. She simpered and wailed throughout. I almost did myself a mischief by the end. It killed me to read that book.

Yes Rosanna! I hate that too! Or when they are super whiney. I remember reading book 1 of Vampire Diaries thinking, "I wish you all would just kill yourselves or something. Oh my gosh, I'm horrible, I'm plotting an entire cast of characters deaths!!"

Krystle, the Mercy Thompson series is GREAT. I really love that series. I have really enjoyed the Alpha & Omega Series too up until Fair Game. If the next in the Fair Game Series doesn't pick up I don't know what I'll do because the 2 series are intertwined with each other.

Kristin wrote: "Yes Rosanna! I hate that too! Or when they are super whiney. I remember reading book 1 of Vampire Diaries thinking, "I wish you all would just kill yourselves or something. Oh my gosh, I'm horrible..."

Good to know! :)

Kristin wrote: "Yes Rosanna! I hate that too! Or when they are super whiney. I remember reading book 1 of Vampire Diaries thinking, "I wish you all would just kill yourselves or something. Oh my gosh, I'm horrible..."

OMG, Kristin, I want them all to die too. I've stopped putting the PVR on for that show!! LOL Stupid Elena...

Rosanna wrote: "Kristin wrote: "Yes Rosanna! I hate that too! Or when they are super whiney. I remember reading book 1 of Vampire Diaries thinking, "I wish you all would just kill yourselves or something. Oh my go..."

LOL. I gave up on TVD the show after about 5 episodes of this season. Elena was still being totally annoying, and they just keep recycling the same plots over and over more or less. I'd really kind of hoped Elena would stay dead at the end of Season 3, but I knew she wouldn't :p

The books have little to do with the show, or vice versa. The show was much better than the books until this season. The original trilogy/quadrology is just kind of inane and VERY teenagery. The second trilogy is just plain weird.

I agree with everything you guys said. We are way behind on Vampire Diaries TV show & may give up on it cause it is getting annoying IMHO. Turning Elena this season killed it for me.

I watch the show more or less just to drool over Ian (Damon). I will mute it just to look at him. lol It jumped the shark awhile back and thank goodness it has nothing to do with the books otherwise I would have thrown my shoe at the TV! It was ok in the beginning and now it's just Elena crying over this or that lol

But the books, UGH!! Just awful, they were whiney and not much action.

Kristin wrote: "I watch the show more or less just to drool over Ian (Damon). I will mute it just to look at him. lol It jumped the shark awhile back and thank goodness it has nothing to do with the books otherwis..."

I like Ian, but that thing he does where he widens his eyes drives me insane...and not in a good way! LOL

Rosanna wrote: "Kristin wrote: "I watch the show more or less just to drool over Ian (Damon). I will mute it just to look at him. lol It jumped the shark awhile back and thank goodness it has nothing to do with th..."

I love when he does that. *sigh* he and I would make beautiful babies lol

LOL Rosanna! Tim and I make fun of that ALL the time. I litterally just had this conversation with a friend the other night. He does that totally on purpose too, is the hilarious thing, not to be attractive but be more of an asshole rofl--Ian's wide eye gesture--

You really gotta love a guy who knows how stupid he looks and does it anyways just to show you how much of an asshat he can be - but isn't!

LMAO Sky

Love it LOL

Freaking LOVE Ian lmao

Oh, here we go.

LOVE!!!!! Oh my husband is not going to be happy that I'm sitting here drooling over this instead of cleaning! I obviously have great priorities

rofl, Kristin, and I am at work while searching for these. The guy I'm working with was questioning me rofl

Tell him it's a very important mission, like matters of life or death. lol

If death by his fangs, kill me now!

I know right?!?! *swoons*

Those are great hahahaha

I have to agree that Ian/Damon was the one redeeming quality of that show. But even he wasn't enough to keep me watching.

Sky *A Booknatic* wrote: ""

Buahahahaha! It's "the look." God love 'im.

I don't know, ladies, Ian's a bit too skinny and perfect for me. I wouldn't want to date a man who's prettier than I an.

Of course, if we're just talking a quick...(hang on, that was meant to be internal dialogue)

LOL Rosanna.

Michelle (aka Ndayeni) wrote: "LOL Rosanna."

Well, I wouldn't be averse to taking him for a little ride...

Hehehe

Btw, I agree with you about him being too skinny to be really attractive to me, but I'd certainly go to lunch with the guy. Or other things.

Michelle (aka Ndayeni) wrote: "Hehehe

Btw, I agree with you about him being too skinny to be really attractive to me, but I'd certainly go to lunch with the guy. Or other things."

I'd have him buy us lunch, because he's stinking rich. And then I'd order him two desserts, because he's stinking skinny.

Rosanna, I agree, actually lol!
But I have to admit, I honestly thing Nina is a beard for him =p he's TOO pretty

Sky *A Booknatic* wrote: "Rosanna, I agree, actually lol!
But I have to admit, I honestly thing Nina is a beard for him =p he's TOO pretty"

He's way too pretty for that Nina.

Lol those pictures were just P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The conversation turned qucik from reading turn-offs...to Damon turn-ons... lol

But to go on with the original subject (lol)...
The cover of a book may be decisive for me at times (I know "Don't judge a book by its cover" but I can't really help it at times).
The summary: If it doesn't sound really interesting, I don't read it.
The plot: If i do start reading and the plot is just flat and annoying, I stop as a risk taken to stop myself from pocking my eyes out (lol)

Susana wrote: "Lol those pictures were just P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The conversation turned qucik from reading turn-offs...to Damon turn-ons... lol

But to go on with the original subject (lol)...
The cover of a book may ..."

We did get slightly off topic, didn't we Susana? LOL

Rosanna wrote: "Susana wrote: "Lol those pictures were just P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The conversation turned qucik from reading turn-offs...to Damon turn-ons... lol

But to go on with the original subject (lol)...
The cover..."

I cracked up watching it unfold into Damon talk hahaha ( never watched the show tho )

Susana wrote: "Lol those pictures were just P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The conversation turned qucik from reading turn-offs...to Damon turn-ons... lol

But to go on with the original subject (lol)...
The cover of a book may ..."

Random tangents of the Damon order are awesome :)

I am the same with book covers. I like 'em pretty. Which is one of the reasons I grabbed but now I'm hearing in another group that this may not be a good read. Man, my library must love me. I've been donating so many books lately because they just fall flat.

I have an issue with an author who abruptly changes things/characters for no reason other than to cause plot change. If something happens and a character changes due to that I can follow along - as long as it doesn't go too over some edge. But to just up and change a character from one book to another just cause they can confuses and irritates me.

Heather book whore & shifter slut extrordinaire wrote: "I have an issue with an author who abruptly changes things/characters for no reason other than to cause plot change. If something happens and a character changes due to that I can follow along - as..."

Oooh yeah Heather I wouldn't like that

E.C. wrote: "I hate so many things... where shall I start? In no particular order:

1) I hate when I know what's going to happen next. I mean.... seriously... HATE IT.

2) Similarly, I love it when I THINK I k..."

Responding to your #'s..

1) I HATE THAT TOO -- If it's just a straight thru story to get to the end without any kind of rollercoaster of some kind of turmoil, conflict, etc... Forget it lol, Might as well just write a page.. Here you have so and so - They made it...The end LOL..

2) I love books like this- how they have you thinking one thing, not seeing what's going on in the background then BAM ... Great.

3) Yeah especially if you read a whole series expecting one thing or another.. :/

4) Hahaha - yeah they all can't be Victoria's Sercret Models ....

5) Most times after you finish a book you need a little bit of time to think over what happened and get your emotions in order. Especially before I write a review lol..

No Victoria Secret model heroines...ever!

Right !

Krystle ~A Booknatic~ wrote: "Right !"

Seriously, those girls don't need any more perks in life. I hereby swear to never use a model as a heroine in my books, upon pain of death.

E.C. wrote: "Rosanna wrote: "Krystle ~A Booknatic~ wrote: "Right !"

Seriously, those girls don't need any more perks in life. I hereby swear to never use a model as a heroine in my books, upon pain of death."
..."

LOL. I might use a model as a friend to the heroine, and you'd better believe she'd have some flaws! Being an average-sized woman with curves, I don't think I could ever in good faith make my leading lady a model. Can't relate. :)