BTT for 1/28
I'm doing pretty good with BTT this month!
1) i do like complicated plots and twisty tales. I don't like confusing ones though, which i think is basically a complicated plot with a poor author in charge of it. Complicated, well done, is great. George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series is complicated and i love it. if the next book ever comes out i don't think i'll have a problem getting right back into it.
2) A few that i thought of that i enjoyed that have an unexpected ending.
Ender's Game has a pretty big twist but i wouldn't say overall it's a twisty or complicated book.
The Lies of Locke Lamora has the advantage of being a caper novel. It is only mildly twisty but then "the plan comes together" and the reader gets a few great surprises at the end.
American Gods isn't exactly complicated but i think it has a nice twist.
lastly, got a little money you want to donate to Haiti? want to maybe get rewarded for it? The Harry Potter Alliance is basically having a raffle for items donated by various authors, actors and fans, including a signed boxed set of the HP books signed by JK Rowling, a copy of Harlequin Valentine signed by Neil Gaiman, a signed a set of first editions by John Green, and gobs of other fun things. Go here through Jan 30!
So, today’s question is in two parts.
1. Do YOU like books with complicated plots and unexpected endings?
2. What book with a surprise ending is your favorite? Or your least favorite?
1) i do like complicated plots and twisty tales. I don't like confusing ones though, which i think is basically a complicated plot with a poor author in charge of it. Complicated, well done, is great. George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series is complicated and i love it. if the next book ever comes out i don't think i'll have a problem getting right back into it.
2) A few that i thought of that i enjoyed that have an unexpected ending.
Ender's Game has a pretty big twist but i wouldn't say overall it's a twisty or complicated book.
The Lies of Locke Lamora has the advantage of being a caper novel. It is only mildly twisty but then "the plan comes together" and the reader gets a few great surprises at the end.
American Gods isn't exactly complicated but i think it has a nice twist.
lastly, got a little money you want to donate to Haiti? want to maybe get rewarded for it? The Harry Potter Alliance is basically having a raffle for items donated by various authors, actors and fans, including a signed boxed set of the HP books signed by JK Rowling, a copy of Harlequin Valentine signed by Neil Gaiman, a signed a set of first editions by John Green, and gobs of other fun things. Go here through Jan 30!
I read Ender's Game and enjoyed it too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting on my blog, fellow Nashville bibliophile. :)
ReplyDeleteI have read only the first in the Song of Fire and Ice series, but I enjoyed it a lot. It was for a book group and I've got the next one, but my to be read pile keeps growing.
I've tried Lies and couldn't get into it. I may need to give it another chance.
At least the weather this weekend looks like good book reading weather. :)
Sandra- I've noticed several people listed Ender's Game as a twist novel they enjoyed!
ReplyDeleteNBW- Lies was a slow start for me to, somewhere around halfway through it took off for me and i ended up loving it. And yes, i am cycling between watching dvd's and reading today!