tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post793248102180905090..comments2024-03-28T07:57:08.428-04:00Comments on Hannah McBride: Current Author, Former Irish Banana: Discussion: Why Books Scare MeHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-75166083629746318812013-01-21T11:49:27.030-05:002013-01-21T11:49:27.030-05:00Thanks, Dione!Thanks, Dione!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-62333773525850484622013-01-18T01:31:57.608-05:002013-01-18T01:31:57.608-05:00Okay so part of this discussion made me laugh. I a...Okay so part of this discussion made me laugh. I agree with you though, sometimes books are scary and not in the horror/suspense kind of way. I'm always nervous when I love a first book and then the second book comes out and I'm scared I won't like it, which in return may make me question how much I really liked the first book. (if that makes sense)!<br />Great discussion topic and very understandable!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08836547849984490769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-3481821482863351042013-01-16T11:25:26.046-05:002013-01-16T11:25:26.046-05:00It's so hard when you have a year to build exp...It's so hard when you have a year to build expectations for the next book in a series. I put books on a pedestal they'll easily fall off of and then I kick myself.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-32277166035067504062013-01-16T11:24:28.800-05:002013-01-16T11:24:28.800-05:00Isn't she adorable?!Isn't she adorable?!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-31865459633545995702013-01-16T11:24:15.563-05:002013-01-16T11:24:15.563-05:00I'm great with debuts - freaking LOVE them. De...I'm great with debuts - freaking LOVE them. Devour them. But then freak the rest won't be as good, characters will die or break up, or the book will spontaneously combust while I hold it. So I hide it.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-41146954560754648732013-01-16T11:23:20.380-05:002013-01-16T11:23:20.380-05:00I'm so glad people replied to this and I know ...I'm so glad people replied to this and I know I'm not the only one who hides from her books!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-73414738363863332392013-01-15T23:26:34.358-05:002013-01-15T23:26:34.358-05:00I just had to comment on that picture of a baby. S...I just had to comment on that picture of a baby. So cute lolAriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010201524640381070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-74471757694737476642013-01-15T20:04:03.997-05:002013-01-15T20:04:03.997-05:00Yes! I am definitely like that in regards to cliff...Yes! I am definitely like that in regards to cliffhangers. It's how I feel about most of the major series. I get excited about them and realize that I have to move on, because it's just so hard to maintain that excitement without fear of being disappointed. I've started reading more debut novels because you don't have that fear or excitement yet; you can find a new person to follow without going through these hard-to-meet expectations.Christina Reads YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937783114868207494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-1582329788955123022013-01-15T15:41:53.789-05:002013-01-15T15:41:53.789-05:00I used to do this but I've gotten a little bit...I used to do this but I've gotten a little bit better about it when it comes to series. Debuts, on the other hand, I'll pine and pine for, buy by the dozen and not read. It doesn't help that I'm a slow reader on top of that.<br /><br />I will always have a fear that I won't feel as much with the sequel as I did with the first but I tell myself that there is no way to know unless I try them out. Usually, I'm pleasantly surprised.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803751424984029342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-32223117501039129022013-01-15T11:14:16.275-05:002013-01-15T11:14:16.275-05:00I do this ALL the time! I've started only pick...I do this ALL the time! I've started only picking up series if they are already all released. It helps with the panic. Of course, final books in series always freak me out, because I never know if it's going to end like I want it to. Love this post, you are not alone :0)Sarah (The Book Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09337232061798651120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-631735410536128962013-01-15T11:10:39.156-05:002013-01-15T11:10:39.156-05:00I wish I was disciplined enough for internal deadl...I wish I was disciplined enough for internal deadlines. I'm just ... not. LOLHannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-41159093194283708792013-01-15T10:56:16.059-05:002013-01-15T10:56:16.059-05:00I did. I'm such an epic failure as a blogger. ...I did. I'm such an epic failure as a blogger. I had Unravel Me ... and I didn't read it. Sigh.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-22638572884166782102013-01-15T10:55:46.092-05:002013-01-15T10:55:46.092-05:00YES! YES TO ALL OF THIS! I get so worked up that I...YES! YES TO ALL OF THIS! I get so worked up that I can't enjoy the book! It's a mess! Clearly I just need to wait until the entire series is done so I can dedicate and entire weekend or week to finishing the series in one fell swoop.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609984238909948421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-57115476388648923142013-01-15T10:39:21.245-05:002013-01-15T10:39:21.245-05:00Yeah. That's like me as well.
I don't thin...Yeah. That's like me as well.<br />I don't think I'm like that with EVERY series, just some. With Boundless coming out soon, I've been so excited - but I bet once I get my hands on it I won't want to read it. I'm just too emotionally attached to the characters, you see. I don;t want it to end. Sad face.<br />WHAT?! You didn't read Unravel Me even though you had the chance to?!<br />Yeah, I love getting new books as well. I get so hyper. I love smelling them. I guess I'm weird like that.<br /><br />The Teen Reader<br />:)Basmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11209816597954557135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-35396177168929930422013-01-15T10:38:54.741-05:002013-01-15T10:38:54.741-05:00HANNAH!!!! I love this post so much! It's as t...HANNAH!!!! I love this post so much! It's as though I wrote it about me. I go through this exact thing sometimes - a book I've been dying to read finds its way into my hands and I just sort of freeze in terror and then set it aside. I have such high hopes for it - what if it doesn't meet them? What if something terrible happens to a beloved character/couple? What if, what if, what if? And then I work myself up into an epic tizzy and it's really all downhill from there. We're peas in a petrified-of-books-we-love pod:)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199685365145765394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781966284013710689.post-9197730986184088642013-01-15T10:23:03.576-05:002013-01-15T10:23:03.576-05:00Yes, sadly. I have a very anticipated sequel sitt...Yes, sadly. I have a very anticipated sequel sitting on my nightstand. It has been there for almost 2 weeks and I haven't cracked it yet. I try to make a plan though when I find myself shying away. Giving myself internal deadlines seems to help and in the end, I'm always glad I read it in a timely manner :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com