Readers, how much time are you willing to invest into a paranormal story before it becomes too unbelievable?

[CassieQ]

20 minutes ago, droughtquake said:

What about books like the Goosebumps series the I recall had a new title every month (at least back in the ‘90s)!  ;-)

Weren't those for kids?

[Aceinthehole]

1 hour ago, droughtquake said:

What about books like the Goosebumps series the I recall had a new title every month (at least back in the ‘90s)!  ;-)

 

To be fair I ate up Goodsebumps as a kid! Especially when they had make your own adventure! Still put on the old tv show when Halloween rolls around.

[Cynus]

1 hour ago, BlindAmbition said:

 If you’re pushing a book every 18 months, most plots not  thought out well.

Maybe I should slow down...

[FormerMember4]

15 minutes ago, Cynus said:

Maybe I should slow down...

Not you! I know you have some on reserve. Your stories are thought out with care.

A perfect example of an author I’m referring. James Patterson. He’s constantly spewing out vomit for books. Most are now written with someone else. To keep pumping his gravy train.

[Mikiesboy]

23 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

Not you! I know you have some on reserve. Your stories are thought out with care.

A perfect example of an author I’m referring. James Patterson. He’s constantly spewing out vomit for books. Most are now written with someone else. To keep pumping his gravy train.

i read something of his years ago and within the last few years cuz it was recommended to me .. don't recall what but yeah, neither of them was particularly good. 

[CassieQ]

I picked up a James Patterson book once, because it was always on a Bestseller's list.  It was awful.  I remember making it a couple of chapters into the story, then threw it down in disgust and wrote a long email to one of my friends about how awful it was.  

[Mikiesboy]

5 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I picked up a James Patterson book once, because it was always on a Bestseller's list.  It was awful.  I remember making it a couple of chapters into the story, then threw it down in disgust and wrote a long email to one of my friends about how awful it was.  

now i'm curious about which one i read ... back when i'm talking about i'd read anything.. bit more discerning now!  

 

may have been along came a spider.. but i'm not sure

Edited February 25, 2018 by Mikiesboy

[Defiance19]

You guys are funny.. but you’re right. I read half of a James Patterson book. I can’t do it. 

When I was in my pre- teen, early teen years, I would swipe my mom’s Sidney Sheldon books. I remember being totally lost in the thrill of it. I haven’t read him in years since then, and now I’m kinda curious if he’d still hold up to my changed taste when it comes to that genre.  

[FormerMember4]

10 minutes ago, Defiance19 said:

You guys are funny.. but you’re right. I read half of a James Patterson book. I can’t do it. 

When I was in my pre- teen, early teen years, I would swipe my mom’s Sidney Sheldon books. I remember being totally lost in the thrill of it. I haven’t read him in years since then, and now I’m kinda curious if he’d still hold up to my changed taste when it comes to that genre.  

OMG! My mom and Rage of Angels. Sheldon groupie.