tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post5135378184249816281..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Spoilsport!Ally Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-28567688352656179722013-06-04T13:25:18.775+10:002013-06-04T13:25:18.775+10:00The only time I read the ending too early is when ...The only time I read the ending too early is when I absolutely hate the book. If I don't like the way a book is written, I flip forward to the last chapter and read my HEA ending. Then I throw the book against the wall, promising myself never to read that author again.<br /><br />Mind you, I have read a dozen or more books by one author and loved each one of them and not liked the 13th book. I keep reading that author's books, though, as I know you can't make everyone happy all the time, or something like that. With the example above, though, it has to be a really really really really bad book (in my eyes) to warrant that much aggression.Laney4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06990122242183752771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-69105731037614513632013-06-04T11:15:15.862+10:002013-06-04T11:15:15.862+10:00Thank God the kid didn't die- I could NEVER re...Thank God the kid didn't die- I could NEVER read another book by an author if he'd had a child eaten by a killer whale!! LOL!<br /><br />And you're right, the ending has always got to be right! I hate books where I feel cheated or disappointed by the ending. All that reading for little reward!Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-69232457417478070922013-06-04T11:12:39.793+10:002013-06-04T11:12:39.793+10:00Hi bookthingo! YES!!!! Another kindred spirit. Kil...Hi bookthingo! YES!!!! Another kindred spirit. Killing a fairy????? OMG, I hope I'm not doing that every time I skip ahead (I *do* believe in fairies...) I'm with you all the way- I can relax knowing the ending. Well, almost.Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-12842787587408459192013-06-04T11:09:50.919+10:002013-06-04T11:09:50.919+10:00Rachel- yes- I do that too- fast forward to the en...Rachel- yes- I do that too- fast forward to the end of the tension!!!! Maybe I'm just a wuss and you're all very brave!Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-89985026317048600702013-06-04T11:08:55.537+10:002013-06-04T11:08:55.537+10:00Hi Mary- another member of Camp Don't Peek! Yo...Hi Mary- another member of Camp Don't Peek! You're in good company here!Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-56012218619229190582013-06-04T11:08:18.781+10:002013-06-04T11:08:18.781+10:00Ah, Michelle- thanks for letting me know where tha...Ah, Michelle- thanks for letting me know where that quote comes from (Gotta love WHMS!)....<br /><br />Your patience is amazing! don't know how you can bear the suspense of waiting to find out what happens - I'm just as bad if I'm watching something like US X Factor, or Biggest Loser or something where the competition has already finished- I just HAVE to know who wins and always google as I'm watching!! Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-4862184123584519602013-06-04T11:02:15.727+10:002013-06-04T11:02:15.727+10:00Ha Helen! If the book's a stinker it doesn'...Ha Helen! If the book's a stinker it doesn't get finished full stop- I usually don't care what happens!! LOL...nice to meet someone else in camp peek!Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-90183781448612877232013-06-04T11:01:12.898+10:002013-06-04T11:01:12.898+10:00Hi Jen! I admire your restraint!! If I'm soooo...Hi Jen! I admire your restraint!! If I'm sooooooooo anxious to find out what happens I just can't help myself! (And I still don't really know everything that happens at the end of season 3 of DT- so no spoilers please!!)Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-24267177388146847982013-06-04T10:07:03.372+10:002013-06-04T10:07:03.372+10:00I dont read the endings first - the ending is my p...I dont read the endings first - the ending is my pay off. But man - dont piss me off with it, either!<br />I did once ask my husband about the end of Ice Station by Matthew Reilly. Well not really the ending, I needed to know if the kid was going to die - be eaten by a Killer Whale to be exact. I'd just had a baby and I couldn't bear the thought of it. He assured me the kid lived and I read the book quite hapily :-)Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-30428630341234994462013-06-04T09:26:30.530+10:002013-06-04T09:26:30.530+10:00You are not alone! Sometimes I'll skip straigh...You are not alone! Sometimes I'll skip straight to the last page. I use the euphemism 'killing a fairy', because when I mention this behaviour to other readers, they react with such horror, it's as if I'm killing innocent little creatures of magic. :D Sometimes peeking at the ending allows me to relax and enjoy the rest of the story instead of speeding through it and missing a lot of the details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-42453567341289723452013-06-03T20:02:51.728+10:002013-06-03T20:02:51.728+10:00Nooooo! I can't read the last page - in fact, ...Nooooo! I can't read the last page - in fact, sometimes I have to make myself not read ahead on the page if something tense is happening.<br /><br />Though, like others here, I can reread that same book over and over knowing the ending and still enjoy it as much. Sometimes more.<br /><br />Great topic, Louisa!Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-49862928504673067822013-06-03T17:41:05.072+10:002013-06-03T17:41:05.072+10:00I love the suspense. I want the story to unfold as...I love the suspense. I want the story to unfold as I read it. No peeking here.Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-64117046674160358012013-06-03T16:29:39.648+10:002013-06-03T16:29:39.648+10:00Ooh, that Nora Ephron quote is from one of my favo...Ooh, that Nora Ephron quote is from one of my favourite movies, Louisa--When Harry Met Sally. :-)<br /><br />Okay, I'm in camp "Don't Peek!" And yes I absolutely positively had to put the exclamation mark in. I want to eke every bit of pain and suspense I can from a story and I will howl at the sky if someone gives me a spoiler. Mind you, I can reread or re-watch these exact same books and films and gain just as much enjoyment from them the second and third time around. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-5172886034739683232013-06-03T13:42:10.793+10:002013-06-03T13:42:10.793+10:00Hi Louisa - I must admit to being a bit of peeker!...Hi Louisa - I must admit to being a bit of peeker! For two reasons - either the book is good I can't bear to NOT know how it's going to end...or it's a stinker and I want it to be over. <br /><br />Great post.Helen Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430510162241437623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-49918118558540400002013-06-03T12:48:18.418+10:002013-06-03T12:48:18.418+10:00Wow Louisa, I could never read the end first and I...Wow Louisa, I could never read the end first and I would have died if I'd known what was going to happen at the end of Season 3 of Downtown Abbey. Even if the suspense is killing me I read page by page. Having said that, I can watch my favourite movies over and over and over even though I know the ending.Jennifer St Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115014191040562984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-22048475680015084682013-06-03T11:50:34.256+10:002013-06-03T11:50:34.256+10:00Kaelee! I knew I wouldn't be the only one! And...Kaelee! I knew I wouldn't be the only one! And you can tell your husband that what you do is apparently very wise! LOL. I think knowing how the story ends can allow you to relax and read more slowly and enjoy the story more....Louisa Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516084905261935607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-18594624449988589362013-06-03T11:16:35.413+10:002013-06-03T11:16:35.413+10:00I peek! I peek! My husband has been known to tell ...I peek! I peek! My husband has been known to tell me that I don't need to read the end of the book when I tell him I have only a few pages left to read. He knows that I've usually read it already. Kaeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897964695988614355noreply@blogger.com