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    Never-Ending Song Titles: Words in Common (pt6)

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    Y'all sure love a bit of country music ... :)

     

    Heart Be Still - Lorraine Ellison

     

     

    Ya'll noticed? :giggle2:

    We joke about liking both kinds of music, Country AND Western...actually, I like a little bit of everything...mom and dad watched every musical program they could find on the tv when I was a kid, so I grew up with Arthur Godfrey, Mitch Miller, Porter Waggoner, the Wilburn Brothers, Lawrence Welk, Hee Haw, and American Bandstand. My taste is a a little eclectic...

     

    Still the One-Orleans

    Do you sometimes refuse to read sequels?

    in General Book Discussions

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    Oh, so do I (Jasper Fforde should start paying me commission any day now :D!), I just wish authors whose story would make a marvellous standalone had the courage of conviction to write that one marvellous book rather than ruin the whole story by dragging it out beyond the pages it's meant to fill.

     

     

    Definately...I'm thinking now of the late Robert Jordan...I gave up on the Wheel of Time series after the first 5 books. I just couldn't keep track of it all. One monster book would have been sufficient.

    Do you sometimes refuse to read sequels?

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    In general terms, I'm annoyed by series. They take up space, time, and often end up milking one good idea well past its sell-by date. There have of course been exceptions to these findings, but I do try to research series 100% more thoroughly than standalone books, for I have much more to lose than with standalones should they turn out to be horrible. Although I believe in the reader's right to abandon a book, I don't like doing it unless I'm utterly forced to, so much so that even though I couldn't bear to finish HP6 and 7, I will get Stephen Fry to read them to me for the sake of completeness. Then, having experienced them, I can pretend like they never happened.

     

     

    I'm much more likely to do more research these days too. Some series are worth sinking the time and energy into trying to read them in order. Others deserve to be abandoned in mid series. Life is short and there's more books in the Literary Sea. That said, I have some favorite series I like to recommend to anyone who'll listen :blush:

    Do you sometimes refuse to read sequels?

    in General Book Discussions

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    I like series that don't have to be read in order. One of my favorites is the Ballad series by Sharyn McCrumb. I read two or three of them before I read the first title in the series, and I'm so glad I did it that way. The first title is If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-0 and I think it's the weakest book in the series. McCrumb was just getting warmed up with that one. Subsequent titles are much better.

    Book Journal

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    My only book journal is my list of books read for the year. That includes the date finished and a 1-5 rating. I use notecards for bookmarks sometimes, particularly for books I think I'll find a good quote or unfamiliar words. My books read list is kept in a 3-ring binder full of lists of potential reads..that list is always incomplete.

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