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]]> By: AAR Sandy http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27945 AAR Sandy Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:01 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27945 I agree, Claire. Viewers want Sookie-Bill-Eric. BTW, I am seriously hoping the next season will be book 4. Book 4 is my favorite.

]]> By: Claire http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27856 Claire Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:17:29 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27856 Sandy, I agree with everything you said in your post. I can’t understand it either.

I just saw yesterday that True Blood has gained viewers every season and imho a lot of it has to do with the Bill-Sookie-Eric plot.

]]> By: AAR Sandy http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27761 AAR Sandy Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:21:17 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27761 I find it incredibly mysterious still that Hollywood churns out lame rom com after lame rom com when there is a treasure trove of romance novels to choose from. I seriously don’t get it — and never will.

Nora Roberts, a huge, bestselling author, has to settle for Lifetime movies? John Grisham gets mainstream movies with mega movie stars and she gets LeAnn Rimes?

I find it especially satisfying that Charlaine Harris did better. True, she’s not traditional romance but we’ve claimed her (and she comes to romance conferences) and she got Alan Ball and HBO. For once, a rom writer got what she earned in Hollywood. The fact that True Blood has been so successful will (I hope) bode well for other romance authors.

]]> By: Leigh AAR http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27738 Leigh AAR Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:52:44 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27738 Haven’t figured out how to edit. . . .but to add to my post.

Reading allows me to visualize the heroine and hero in a certain way, and usually what I have envisioned doesn’t match the movie.

]]> By: Leigh AAR http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27737 Leigh AAR Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27737 I am probably in the minority, but I don’t watch Lifetime. . .and while I like romantic comedy movies, I not tempted by romance movies. . .

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]]> By: Tee http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941&cpage=1#comment-27722 Tee Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:53:29 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=5941#comment-27722 I too enjoyed Blue Smoke as a movie, as well as loving it as a book. I felt the other three failed as movies (for me). It’s really too bad because, with the exception of Northern Lights (a book I didn’t like), the films chosen were good reads, especially High Noon. The acting, along with the story narrations, were awkwardly done in the three.

Two movies that come to mind adapted from romance books and were well done were The Outsider by Penelope Williamson and A Season for Miracles by Marilyn Pappano. I have caught them on TV at various times and still enjoy them. Other than those two, no other films pop out at me adapted from romance books that were done well enough to remember.

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