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For the June talking meme wheatear asked me:

June 15th: A book or game you would like to turn into a TV show or film and how you would do it.

( A few answers )

So I went to see Ender’s Game. Short version: go read the book.

( Read more...really )

I decided to stick with the Stefan’s Diary books for another round. Now I’m taking a short break from TVD books but when I get back to them I’ll probably start the Return books, which I hear are awful. SO I complaining I do about this one will be nothing next to that I can only assume.

( SD: vol 3: The Carving )

So I’ve never really explained it before, but I get a lot of reading done during baseball games, especially when my boys aren’t doing so hot. I still watch all the games but I spend a lot of it with my nose in the book when I can’t bear to watch the game too closely.

As such I’m already done with TVD volume 4: Dark Reunion

( There's actually a fair amount of show commentary in this one, FYI )

A while ago, turtle_goose posted the following meme

1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.

and at my response gave me an E to work with.

( A couple of obvious ones, others less so )

So I finished up ‘The Struggle’ otherwise known as TVD book 2 (or the second half of book one I think), and...

( It...sucked less )

Okay, so I went to the library today and figured I might as well check out some more of the Vampire Diaries books since I was there anyway. (I haven't gotten very far in The Struggle yet actually, but that's mostly because I still have to stop and remind myself of things like: "They don't mean MY Katherine is weak and soft," "It's okay, MY Salvatores totally love each other," etc.)

Anyway, I don't know if the library didn't have them last time I was looking or if I just didn't notice, but it turns out there's a series of Stefan's Diaries. And reading the back I discovered these ones are BASED ON THE SHOW. This weirds me out; books based on a show that was originally based on a book series. They're probably going to be totally fanficy aren't they? But I also kind of can't resist the idea of reading it NOW, for MY Stefan, MY Damon, MY Katherine, probably some Lexi, the Founding Families, Bennett witches, and everything I love about the Civil War era flashbacks. (And is it too much to hope for some Originals? They were hunting Katherine after all.)

I guess I'll see what I feel like reading first...

So we're at day 4 of FMM, so another day of my thoughts on the subject.

( We're almost done )

But you know what I *do* still care about? TVD and Community will be back in TWO DAYS, this makes me happy. I kind of forgot my idea of doing some flashback TVD ep reviews, oh well there's always summer hiatus. I've had so many fic ideas it's not even funny anymore. I think I need to rewatch the last few episodes just to get my head out of fic land and back into canon.

I have also tried reading the first book of The Vampire Diaries. I think the only way to read it is for the lulz, because it's really bad. I know if one only took the first few episodes of TVD they might say the same thing so it may not be fair to judge the first half the first book but...it's what I think a lot of us *expected* the show to be. I may end up tempted to write crack fic about book characters meeting their show counterparts because it should provide even more funny that way.

So my goal to have reread ASOIAF 1-4 before Dance With Dragons comes out has not worked. Even though it looks like mine is still a couple days away I’m not even through rereading GoT yet. That’s several thousand words left before I’ve reread everything PLUS the thousand or so of the next book. So basically I think I’ll finish GoT and just go on memory for the rest (which I know is spotty because there’s a lot to keep track of) because once I have Dance in my hands I’m not going to be able to resist it (actually I *may* be able to keep my hands off it for a few days but I can’t swear to it).

It may be interesting to try and document my thoughts as I read but I’m not going to commit to it. I’m as unlikely to do it if I say I will as if I say nothing, which is a poorly constructed sentence that I don’t feel like editing.

What I can give you though is some babble about my predictions/hopes for the series.

( Spoilers through AFFC, I don't think any of what little I know about ADWD slipped in )