tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post2894806387369050885..comments2024-03-27T15:04:59.794-07:00Comments on Lark Writes...on books and life: Bookish Thoughts...Lark http://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-46707488777157304632015-06-01T08:36:35.306-07:002015-06-01T08:36:35.306-07:00That's my biggest fear with this "renovat...That's my biggest fear with this "renovation"...that they're using it as an excuse to purge books. Why don't libraries want to keep books any more? Isn't that what they're for? I'm sorry about your library transformation. (But am glad you commented.) Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-87938437088143848422015-06-01T03:54:32.948-07:002015-06-01T03:54:32.948-07:00My local library closed for 18 months for refurbis...My local library closed for 18 months for refurbishing and when it reopened at least half of the books were missing. They ripped out the old high wooden shelves and replaced them with low modern metal and plastic shelf units, presumably because they are reachable for people in wheelchairs but it's very sad. I hope your library's transformation isn't so drastic.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-77142544012688786712015-05-26T16:25:50.984-07:002015-05-26T16:25:50.984-07:00Smart to wait for the trilogy to be done before be...Smart to wait for the trilogy to be done before beginning...I started a couple, and by the time the second book was published, I'd forgotten what happened in the first book, and had no desire to go back and reread it, so I ended up just dropping the whole thing. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-91398935388424706222015-05-26T08:45:06.032-07:002015-05-26T08:45:06.032-07:00Yup, I could do without love triangles. Yuck. Wher...Yup, I could do without love triangles. Yuck. Where are all of these people in real life who have not one, but two love interests?!?<br /><br />The trilogy thing is quite frustrating. I've had several recently where I really couldn't remember the events of the past book. From now on, I'm waiting until I can read them all at once!<br /><br />Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333927782181943347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-67568410490113586662015-05-23T14:49:57.542-07:002015-05-23T14:49:57.542-07:00There does seem to be a lack of copy-editing these...There does seem to be a lack of copy-editing these days. Sad commentary on the literacy of our country. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-30676550425501597552015-05-22T10:22:15.429-07:002015-05-22T10:22:15.429-07:00I love trilogies and series - more time to enjoy t...I love trilogies and series - more time to enjoy the world and the characters! - but I am sometimes leery of starting a series before it's completed. That said, as I've gotten older, I've become more patient, so it's easier to wait now than it used to be.<br /><br />Pet peeves in books - oh, I agree with you on some of those. Instalove. Triangles (and how ubiquitous they've become in YA.) TSTL heroines. Badly-handled flashbacks. Too much telling, not enough showing. Bad copy-editing and proofreading that result in continuity issues and/or characters whose appearance changes when it shouldn't (blonde hair to brown, etc.)Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639732368395025578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-73672050421323888222015-05-20T16:33:57.114-07:002015-05-20T16:33:57.114-07:00I should have thought of prologues! Why are people...I should have thought of prologues! Why are people using them so much lately? Laziness? <br />And you're right about good trilogies...but the bad ones. Ugh.Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-35094734233177783342015-05-20T09:05:41.195-07:002015-05-20T09:05:41.195-07:00I love a good trilogy--if all three books are alre...I love a good trilogy--if all three books are already in print. I don't like the tendency to take a long book and chop it into 3 parts. :) I've thought about doing a post about some of the things in books that annoy me, and you've named several of them. The alternating narratives and past to present trend has begun to annoy me. It is great, if done well, but seems to be more of a fad now and way too frequent. Another one: prologues. Again, not always bad, but is overdone--especially the super violent ones. jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com