Comments on: More Book Crimes http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/09/20/more-book-crimes/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anna Watkins http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/09/20/more-book-crimes/comment-page-1/#comment-807832 Anna Watkins Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:31:39 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=8179#comment-807832 Anything that remotely smacks of “my love/hate relationship with a gorgeous, tortured magical elvish vampire boy” ought to be locked up in the same cell with all the other books featuring this overused plotline.

]]> By: Ian Chipman http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/09/20/more-book-crimes/comment-page-1/#comment-805346 Ian Chipman Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:54:27 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=8179#comment-805346 Ok ok–with due respect to the many fine examples of time travel, I’m willing to decriminalize it. My problem is that the tortured logic of time travel makes it nearly impossible to stick to the arbitrary set of rules and limitations erected to make it possible in the first place. But when done well, yes–time travel rules.

]]> By: Marcus http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/09/20/more-book-crimes/comment-page-1/#comment-805234 Marcus Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:59:14 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=8179#comment-805234 Definitely disagree with you on time travel. I agree that anything time travel related needs to have a new twist and I think some recent books have done that (to varying degrees of success). But it’s not something that’s overdone (at this point).

]]> By: Daniel Kraus http://blog.booklistonline.com/2011/09/20/more-book-crimes/comment-page-1/#comment-805123 Daniel Kraus Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:28:01 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=8179#comment-805123 Please, sweet gods above, no more prophecies!

I’m not sure I’m with you on time travel (aren’t there too many good exceptions?), but otherwise I’m all aboard the Chipman Express.

]]>