FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2015

[Fbone]

Party Crashers (Body Movers 0.5) by Stephanie Bond is FREE today. Romantic mystery.

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[Blossom]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

I should probably mention that I haven't read the Fifty Shades books at all.

I read the free Kindle sample, came to the conclusion that no one had ever told this particular writer that writing a novel in first person is something that no one should ever dare to attempt unless they're actually a skilled and talented writer (which I obviously don't think this one is) and moved on to reading something that didn't make my brain cringe on sight.

She's actually a talented story teller but has alot of issues as it was written as fan fiction so it does not have the polish of someone who knows how to write a novel. It's amazing to see how the internet is split on this movie. Some call it abusive and some disagree with that. It's all over Facebook I'll be glad with the hype dies down. I found the first book to be awful it's more of a thriller and Christian scares me but the second book is more of a romance and the third is just no story line whatsoever. She wrote whatever she could as you could tell she ran out of ideas.

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by Blossom

She's actually a talented story teller but has alot of issues as it was written as fan fiction so it does not have the polish of someone who knows how to write a novel.

That would explain why I couldn't stand it.

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by Blossom

She's actually a talented story teller but has alot of issues as it was written as fan fiction so it does not have the polish of someone who knows how to write a novel.

I remember there was this amazing Twilight fandom meltdown* back when the author started taking the original fanfic down so she could publish the modified version as a novel.

It was especially hilarious because the other fan she'd gotten into a fight with over that was someone who'd written what amounted to Twilight crackfic where "unicorn" was substituted as a euphemism for something else entirely during the NSFW love scenes (kind of like this SMBC cartoon), which was itself the cause of another previous fandom meltdown, and the unicorn-euphemism writer actually came off as being the classier person in the ensuing squabble.

And that's the first time I ever heard of 50SOG in the first place, and still what I think about it whenever it gets mentioned.

* Sometimes I really miss the Fandom W*nk Wiki, which had great write-ups and easy linkage for these kinds of kerfuffles.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

That would explain why I couldn't stand it.

Very possible. I went into knowing it was a fanfic so I realized that the story had been written for author instead of the story being written for the reader. That is a big difference of fan fiction vs a Novel.

Originally Posted by ATDrake

I remember there was this amazing Twilight fandom meltdown* back when the author started taking the original fanfic down so she could publish the modified version as a novel.

It was especially hilarious because the other fan she'd gotten into a fight with over that was someone who'd written what amounted to Twilight crackfic where "unicorn" was substituted as a euphemism for something else entirely during the NSFW love scenes (kind of like this SMBC cartoon), which was itself the cause of another previous fandom meltdown, and the unicorn-euphemism writer actually came off as being the classier person in the ensuing squabble.

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Sounds funny. I have the original fan fic and it's pretty much word for word of 50 Shades just the characters names and some descriptions have been changed. When I went into I couldn't get the with the changes and kept seeing Bella and Edward.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by BuyMore

I don't read the series, but I thought it's book #40 ... ?

It's the 40th full length book in the series, but there are also 10 novellas. And twenty years ago when the series started there wasn't Goodreads or the whole point five way of numbering them, so each story had a whole number on all the original listings so that's the way I have them set up in Calibre and my author list in Word.

[BuyMore]

Originally Posted by library addict

It's the 40th full length book in the series, but there are also 10 novellas. And twenty years ago when the series started there wasn't Goodreads or the whole point five way of numbering them, so each story had a whole number on all the original listings so that's the way I have them set up in Calibre and my author list in Word.

Ahh. I see. Thanks for the clarification.

[danicca]

I read a lot of fanfiction and some of those are pretty good. I'd happily buy book if authors decide to get published.

[Keslynn]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I thought the girl they got to play Ana was horrible. She looked like she was about hyperventilate or pass out any time she talked in the clips I've seen. In the book she is not like that. She is outgoing, funny and says witty stuff like inner goddess. She reminded me a of a young Rory Gillmore although I know Ana was originally Bella (Kristen Stewart) from Twilight. The girl in the clips seemed none of that. That voice she uses what is up with that? Who talks like that?

I saw the movie yesterday and I honestly thought Dakota Johnson was the best part. The trailers do not do her justice. I laughed several times during the movie because of her lines. That being said, the movie wasn't all that great. Besides a few funny parts, both intentional and unintentional, it dragged pretty badly.

I tried reading the book but after about 15 pages, I had to quit. I thought the writing was terrible.

[Fbone]

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[Fbone]

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[Blue2u]

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Spoiler:

A new adult romance from Entangled’s Embrace imprint…

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[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Keslynn

I saw the movie yesterday and I honestly thought Dakota Johnson was the best part. The trailers do not do her justice. I laughed several times during the movie because of her lines. That being said, the movie wasn't all that great. Besides a few funny parts, both intentional and unintentional, it dragged pretty badly.

I tried reading the book but after about 15 pages, I had to quit. I thought the writing was terrible.

I read the books so I immediately noticed Ana personality was completely off just from the clips.

[ATDrake]

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[Blue2u]

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Spoiler:

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Spoiler:

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Spoiler:

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