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Onesome- Beginnings: Are there any television shows out there that you've watched regularly from the very beginning? Or for those of you not into TV, any book authors that you've read from the very beginning?
I don't think so. I'm not a television person and, unless you count authors who've only barely gotten started with a couple books, then you can only really state that I've read them voraciously since I found them, generally including their early books. There are a lot of those. If you count the folks who are still at one or two books, then yeah, you can get a lot higher count, but....
Twosome- Middles: What about shows that you came into in the middle of the season but immediately grabbed your attention and turned you into a die-hard fan? Again, for non-TV fans, have you ever begun reading a series of books in the middle and then just had to read everything else in the series?
Generally, no, but this is because with a series of books, I will check to see what the order is and start at the beginning. I'm trying to think of any that I did come in in the middle, and can't think of an example since I read And All Between by Zilpha Keatley Snyder when I was younger. (I still own, and love, that book; and the first and third books in the series are excellent as well.)
Threesome- And Ends: Recently, a number of big name shows have ended, Friends, Fraiser, The Drew Carey Show, and the cult hit, Angel. Did you watch any of the big finales? Have you ever been really sad to see a show go? Ok, readers, here's one for you. Have you ever read the end of a book first? Why? ;)
Actually, in spite of not watching television, I was affected by the endings, mostly by severe annoyance. My radio station spent several days going on and on about the upcoming end of Friends and, when it hit, spent the next morning spoilering it apart. Which, I really don't care about the spoilers, but will you people talk about something else please?
As far as books, the only time I read the end of a book first is when the author has managed to engage me enough that I care what happens, but I can't stand writing style or something about the book. I'll skip to the end, read enough to satisfy my curiosity, and then return it to the library (or resell, if I was dumb enough to buy it).
I don't think so. I'm not a television person and, unless you count authors who've only barely gotten started with a couple books, then you can only really state that I've read them voraciously since I found them, generally including their early books. There are a lot of those. If you count the folks who are still at one or two books, then yeah, you can get a lot higher count, but....
Twosome- Middles: What about shows that you came into in the middle of the season but immediately grabbed your attention and turned you into a die-hard fan? Again, for non-TV fans, have you ever begun reading a series of books in the middle and then just had to read everything else in the series?
Generally, no, but this is because with a series of books, I will check to see what the order is and start at the beginning. I'm trying to think of any that I did come in in the middle, and can't think of an example since I read And All Between by Zilpha Keatley Snyder when I was younger. (I still own, and love, that book; and the first and third books in the series are excellent as well.)
Threesome- And Ends: Recently, a number of big name shows have ended, Friends, Fraiser, The Drew Carey Show, and the cult hit, Angel. Did you watch any of the big finales? Have you ever been really sad to see a show go? Ok, readers, here's one for you. Have you ever read the end of a book first? Why? ;)
Actually, in spite of not watching television, I was affected by the endings, mostly by severe annoyance. My radio station spent several days going on and on about the upcoming end of Friends and, when it hit, spent the next morning spoilering it apart. Which, I really don't care about the spoilers, but will you people talk about something else please?
As far as books, the only time I read the end of a book first is when the author has managed to engage me enough that I care what happens, but I can't stand writing style or something about the book. I'll skip to the end, read enough to satisfy my curiosity, and then return it to the library (or resell, if I was dumb enough to buy it).
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Anyway, I love her work but have seen very little of it up here in Canada, so cannot check out the title you recommend. That's what my eventual U.S. reading list is for!!
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