Books you're currently reading???

[Chocolatl]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Just picked up Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, and am very much looking forward to how the series ends!

I ended up staying up the whole night to read the book through, and finished the 700+ page beast around 6:30 this morning.

I was very disappointed with the twist the series took at the end. I think I'd rather pretend this book never happened than see the story end so oddly.

Is there a literary equivalent of "jumping the shark"?

[glatt]

Just read Water for Elephants it was good. About a guy in the circus.

Last night, I started Honeymoon with my Brother, about a guy who gets dumped just before his wedding, but the reception and honeymoon are already paid for, so he has a big party with all his friends and family, and then goes on the honeymoon trip with his brother. Too soon to tell if it's any good.

[Stress Puppy]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

I ended up staying up the whole night to read the book through, and finished the 700+ page beast around 6:30 this morning.

I was very disappointed with the twist the series took at the end. I think I'd rather pretend this book never happened than see the story end so oddly.

Is there a literary equivalent of "jumping the shark"?

I don't know if there's been a phrase coined for it, but I've seen it in a few series. Dune, for instance. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well.

I tend to be very leery of a series when the series wasn't planned out in its entirety ahead of time. For instance, Lord of the Rings. Love it. Was written as one huge book, then broken down by publishers so the public would actually read it. But when the author is just trying to come up with more ideas for a character to do to milk the success of a previous novel ...