She could be credited with making reading popular again. I certainly don't think it's a stretch to say that.
That, I will definitely give you.
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That, I will definitely give you.
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Stephen King- He has wrote quite a few good books but has also wrote quite a few flops. His collection of short stories called "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" is quite good and I actually enjoyed parts of the first book in the dark tower series (the gunslinger). But lots of his stuff is just kind of blah....
Not to mention the HORRIBLE tv-movies some of them turned into.
Not to mention the HORRIBLE tv-movies some of them turned into.
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thefunkyone wrote:Stephen King- He has wrote quite a few good books but has also wrote quite a few flops. His collection of short stories called "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" is quite good and I actually enjoyed parts of the first book in the dark tower series (the gunslinger). But lots of his stuff is just kind of blah....
Not to mention the HORRIBLE tv-movies some of them turned into.
I disagree. I enjoyed the movie IT thouroughly,and Storm of the Century. Stephen King is an incredibly good horror writer: I look up to him.
I'll put forth Stephenie Meyer. Sweet books, but ever since Eclipse she's sucked.
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I disagree. I liked Breaking Dawn.
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Zankou 2.0 wrote:I disagree. I liked Breaking Dawn.
D: You did?!
...Wow. XD
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Yeah. I'm hazarding to guess that you didn't enjoy it simply because of the plot twist with Bella getting pregnant. After reading it, that plot twist actually makes sense, so I have no problem with it.
I liked the ending, too.
I liked the ending, too.
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Zankou 2.0 wrote:Yeah. I'm hazarding to guess that you didn't enjoy it simply because of the plot twist with Bella getting pregnant. After reading it, that plot twist actually makes sense, so I have no problem with it.
I liked the ending, too.
I don't know... Edward just annoyed the crap outta me. I didn't like it SIMPLY because Bella got pregnant, however, that is a big reason. I prefered the series whenever they were in High School. I never cared too much for the idea after they got out of High School. Just me.
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GreenRain22 wrote:Zankou 2.0 wrote:Yeah. I'm hazarding to guess that you didn't enjoy it simply because of the plot twist with Bella getting pregnant. After reading it, that plot twist actually makes sense, so I have no problem with it.
I liked the ending, too.
I don't know... Edward just annoyed the crap outta me. I didn't like it SIMPLY because Bella got pregnant, however, that is a big reason. I prefered the series whenever they were in High School. I never cared too much for the idea after they got out of High School. Just me.
Meh, w/e. I liked it.
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I vote F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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I agree on Anne Rice. Her early stuff was good, but she ran out of steam and just went downhill. THEN she went and got religion, so I won't touch her recent stuff. Ugh.
And I love Harry Potter. I agree that the epilogue of the seventh book was a little weak, should have been longer, perhaps with a better-written last line. But look what she accomplished. The books stand as children's literature, they work as fantasy, most of them also work as mysteries as well. They grow in maturity with their reader, so a youngster reading the first one hasn't outgrown them by the seventh. They've hooked a whole generation on reading. (And I have the smug satisfaction that I had Snape's motivations totally figured out before the Seventh book came out.)
And I love Harry Potter. I agree that the epilogue of the seventh book was a little weak, should have been longer, perhaps with a better-written last line. But look what she accomplished. The books stand as children's literature, they work as fantasy, most of them also work as mysteries as well. They grow in maturity with their reader, so a youngster reading the first one hasn't outgrown them by the seventh. They've hooked a whole generation on reading. (And I have the smug satisfaction that I had Snape's motivations totally figured out before the Seventh book came out.)
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Whoever wrote the Twilight series.
I read the first one, and it was good, but seriously, I'm not completely invested in it.
And Lois Duncan.
I tried to read I Know What You Did Last Summer and had to stop after the second page. I was quite irked by the way she wrote, because no one talks/thinks like that.
I read the first one, and it was good, but seriously, I'm not completely invested in it.
And Lois Duncan.
I tried to read I Know What You Did Last Summer and had to stop after the second page. I was quite irked by the way she wrote, because no one talks/thinks like that.
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I thought that The Road was incredibly overrated. It was good, but I don't think it was good enough for all of critical acclaim it received.
Oh and I didn't have a problem with the last Harry Potter. If anything how dark the series turned is a testament to Rowling's writing skills. As her characters turned more adult, the more the style and mood changed to a more serious less child like nature.
Oh and I didn't have a problem with the last Harry Potter. If anything how dark the series turned is a testament to Rowling's writing skills. As her characters turned more adult, the more the style and mood changed to a more serious less child like nature.
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im going to say (besides J.K Rowling)...well you probably never heard of him...because just like my old topic prove it...you dont know anything about colombia...or probably never had the oportunity to read one of his books...but Gabriel García Marquez just...bah..."El coronel no tiene quien les escriba" its one of the worst books i've ever read...i kind hope someone says to me...hey i've read all his books and he is great...you just dont understand him...but i know its hard...
and if you do know him...WHY YOU DIDNT MENTIONED IN MY POST ABOUT COLOMBIA?????? (i got a bad of impresion of you guys...jejeje...no really but i want to make you feel guilty)
and if you do know him...WHY YOU DIDNT MENTIONED IN MY POST ABOUT COLOMBIA?????? (i got a bad of impresion of you guys...jejeje...no really but i want to make you feel guilty)
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Because I didn't know he was Colombian.
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Really? well he is...he was born in aracataca a pretty poor town in the pacific region of my beloved country...and...in my opinion...he is a pretty regular writer...i dont like the narrative in his books...
but the whole world just love him...
but the whole world just love him...
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