There is so much about the book industry that I don't know, but I wish I knew more. I would jump on the opportunity to become a book editor or someone involved with marketing and reviewing books. What a life! Unfortunately, I think I might be in a geographically poor location for this type of work. But second to doing voiceovers, working with books and publishing may be a dream job for me.
So as many of you may have noticed, I have been tearing through books lately, devouring just about anything I can get my hands on (aside from The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. This book may hold the record for longest time spent on Chapter One). Well, I have an overwhelming list of what I want to read, and I have been collecting a backlog, which is great.
Except.
Every time I get a book in mind, it seems like a movie is coming out faster than I can read it. And typically, I prefer (as I think most readers do) to read the book first, so I form my own images (Mad Eye Moody as Haymitch anyone?). But when they even go so far as to just cast in advance, it all gets mucked up. And with each movie I see, it seems there are five more previews for books I was about to read that are already coming out on the big screen.
Really. How does Hollywood even find out about these titles so quickly? Are publishing companies just pitching films in advance of books even being printed? Is that how it goes now? Or am I looking in the wrong place to find my future "to reads" and I need to look elsewhere?
If I could ask just one favor, it's for the movie producers of the world to just please take a little bit of time before rushing off to film. Let us readers savor the moment and have our chance to bask in the sun.
Or, maybe, that's the point. Not so many people read anymore and maybe they know it. I shudder at the thought.
Braaaiiiinnnfood: What books do you think I should read? Hopefully ones without movies.
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