The Bourne Identity.

It’s extremely slow, and he kidnapped a woman, slapped her a few times, threatened to kill her, later saved her from a rapist and voila she fell in love with him.

IMO, publishers should. When they publish a book, they have an audience in mind. Just like movies we have PG-13 and stuff. Books should have the same rating, and we can put this silly stuff behind us.

GRRM.

I hated the prologue of Game of Thrones, still do. Chapter 1 didn’t open with a conflict either.

So I picked it up, put it down, picked it up, put it down like a dozen times, but the more I read, the amazing that world becomes. George really knows how to maximize the pain. Ned didn’t want to become the King’s Hand. He was going to tell the king no, but his wife talked him into it. Then the king fired him, and he packed his things ready to go home. Inches from freedom. Then all hell broke loose.

There’s no wrong. The book and the show exist separately. Your imagination and the director’s imagination can’t be the same. It’s just an interpretation of the book.

There was a book called Nobody’s Boy. Sans Famille in French. It was a book about a boy who lived happily with his mother. Then one day a man showed up and his mom said it was his dad. The man didn’t like him and sold him. Turned out he wasn’t their biological son.

Why did it connect so well with me?

I was a boy living happily with my mom. Then a man showed up. My dad. He didn’t like me. He abused me and wanted to get rid of me. For years I didn’t dare to go anywhere alone with him because I feared he would sell me. There were nights I cried myself to sleep for fear that I wouldn’t see my mother again.

What kind of books are we talking about here? I don’t read most novels the second time. What is the point of printing out to keep them?

Since everyone advises you to buy, I would add that only buy when you actually lose the digital copy. There’s no point of buying ahead unless you fear it will be out of print and somehow no used books will be available either.

Really bad writing quality

This gives me hope. Maybe I can write a hit too :-)