Alfonso's comments (member since Sep 18, 2008)

Alfonso's comments from the Study Buddies group.

Actually I think that they have a over 50 copies of all. They are just not allocating them to the stores I think.

I think that Ingram had less than 10 in stock.

I watched The Seeker today and I think that the main girl could play Yelena.

Yes, of course they are. In all seriousness I don't think that the books are very girl-lit. When I look for a good book I don't care if the main character is a woman or man. What I care about is if the story is going to interest me. There were some points in the book that I felt that it was romancy, but not enough to turn me away from the book. For me the cover looks too much like a romance novel and that might turn away potential male readers. I liked the UK covers because they looked more fantasy than romance. I love strong women and that is why I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls.

I think that 13 year olds could read the book. I don't believe that the rape scene or the violence is horrible that a 13 year old would be horrified.

Drew, do you read Danielle Steel?

Jane made me read it.

Jane- They had to wrap up what happened to the Scarecrow at the end of the first one. Plus at the end of the first one all of the criminals got away. I don't think that is was pointless to have him show up.

I read the book and I liked it. I work for one of the largest independent bookstore on the west coast and I will make sure to let my book buyers know that it is something that we should carry. As soon as I am done with some of my other books I will start on the second book.

Maybe the will do some creative editing with some of the adult content. I don't know, but it seems to me that a lot of the young adult stuff has adult content or could be questionable for someone younger. There is a book called 13 Reasons Why that deals with someone who wrote a list of 13 reasons they wanted to commit suicide. I did not think that the first book was too bad, I don't know about the next two.

As an artists I enjoy the UK cover a lot better than the America version. I don't associate the figures in the cover with the characters in the book. Initially the covers are what draw me in at first glance. I am also someone who loves realism and impressionism so the covers are what I look for. I would love the book cover Alethea. Maybe I can have a book cover that looks like an art biography.

Jane recommended the book to me and I did enjoy the first one. I will be reading the next two in between reading some other books that I have to get through. I hope the the next two are as good as the first one.