Thursday, December 1, 2011

Follow Friday





FEATURE AND FOLLOW FRIDAY IS A BLOG HOP PUT TOGETHER BY TWO HOSTS:  PARAJUNKEE AND ALISON CAN READ AS A WAY TO HELP BLOGGERS BECOME AWARE OF OTHER BLOGS AND BLOGGERS. 

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MAKE NEW BLOGGER FRIENDS.

Q: What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books? Maybe you don’t like love triangles or thin plots? Tell us about it!

Hmmm....So this may sound silly, but I HATE it when animals are killed in my books! I don't mind when people die, sure its sad but usually serves a purpose. BUT when they kill an animal or a pet, it just breaks my heart.
                          
 
Dear Authors, 
please don't kill any pets in your books.

P.S. An offender recently was
 "Anna Dressed in Blood" 

Good Book but a pet death scene...a cat dies :( 
You are warned!

25 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness YES!
    Sookie's cat in Dead Until Dark, and Hedwig in Deathly Hallows! I still haven't forgiven JKR for that >:/

    I'm a total cat lady, AND a vegetarian, and I SO can't cope with animal harm. I'm like that with movies, too. There's an old John Wayne movie where a dog dies saving its human and I was devastated. Would the human have died to save the dog? A**hole. Again in True Grit, where The Dude rides the horse into the ground I was screaming-at-the-TV FURIOUS. Honestly, I wanted the horse to live and the girl to die. My husband thinks I was being silly :P

    Crossing Anna Dressed In Blood off my TBR :P

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  2. You have the most unique response! Killing animals in books seems so strange. It doesn't really add anything other than shock and disgust. New follower :)

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  3. I don't think you are alone. I was book-talking The Art of Racing in the Rain the other day and a teacher said aloud in front of her class, "that book is too sad, the dog dies." Guess what? No one checked it out. Ha!

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  4. Hi! Happy follow Friday. I'm a new follower.

    http://readinginthemountains.blogspot.com/

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  5. AGREED!

    Follower. Come see my Friday too! Also don't miss my "The Cowboy and The Vampire Weekend!" with 5 Star Review, Guest Blog, Co-author Interview and a Signed Book Giveaway!

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  6. Hopping through. I'm bad but I usually don't mind when animals die in books. Because it's so emotional. But I did think the scene in Anna Dressed in Blood was unnecessary.
    My Hop

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  7. I've not read a book where there is a scene when an animal is killed yet. But I can see where you are coming from. Awesome answer

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  8. OMG! I am the same way! I hate that scene in Anna Dressed in Blood. Kill the people but touch the animals and then I am pissed and disgusted. They are just innocent bystanders that should be left out.
    New follower
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  9. Hello! New follower! That's funny, I completely agree! Two of my least favorite animal deaths? The Goose Girl and A Mango-shaped Space. I actually cried when I read the latter. So sad.

    Here's mine! epiBloguer

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  10. Great FF! I can't stand animals dying (Poor Hedwig!!), you can blast Harry with a thousand times Avada Kedavra but don't harm Hedwig!

    Old follower:)

    Come check out my FF: Dreamland Teenage Fantasy

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  11. I agree--animals and/or innocent characters (RIP Dobby).

    New follower :)

    Have a great weekend!

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  12. I can't recall ever coming across an animal biting the dust in a book but it'd make me sad for sure. It just seems unnecessary to me.

    I'm a new follower. :)

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  13. As an animal lover I just slapped my forehead and asked myself why didn't *I* think of that?

    I totally hate seeing animals killed in books. The last horror novel I read -- Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo -- had a number of gory, violent scenes involving animals. It put me off a lot but I held on because yeah, it's a horror novel, and I wanted to see where he was going with it.

    Turns out the whole thing made sense in the end but I was still a little unsettled by the graphic depictions of animal slaughter.

    I ended up going with a completely different pet peeve (if you can even call it that) Follow me back to my blog and find out what it is - http:///www.howardsherman.net

    TGIFF!

    Howard Sherman
    http://www.howardsherman.net

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  14. New follower here :0)

    I love animals as well. We recently watched Conan (the new one) and throughout all the gore, all I could think of was "poor horses." My hubby snorted because, of course, I was more worried about the animals then humans.

    I hate reading about animals getting killed for no reason. Great answer! And I haven't read Anna Dressed in Blood yet, but I have it. I've heard so many good reviews, but no one said anything about a cat dying :0( I'm a huge cat lover too. Grr.

    Here's my FF

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  15. Awe that would be terrible . I'm reading 'You Suck'by Christopher Moore. It's a vampire book and I don't care much for vampires but ya, they had to suck the blood out of this cat and lucky for me they don't kill it , which would really suck so I'm glad you brought that up :)

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  16. I am a fairly new follower but I would be delighted if you followed me back . Take care .

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  17. Oh. My. Goodness. I am so with you! It's especially sad when you feel more sadness at the animal dying than the human, but it happens! :) You're totally right about Anna Dressed in Blood! Amazing book, such a terrible death of a poor kitty. I hated that. :(

    Thanks for hopping by today!

    Rachel @ Paper Cuts

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  18. Great post! I haven't read Anna Dressed in Blood but I totally agree! I don't want innocent animals to die in books!

    Happy friday and thanks for stopping by my blog! I am following you back :)

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  19. What an original answer! Thanks for stopping by my blog this weekend.

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  20. HAHA! This made my day! This is the first FF that was different than any of the others out there! I agree with you! I hate when a puppy dies...
    New follower! :)
    My Follow Friday
    -Roxy

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  21. I totally agree! I really dislike it when authors kill off pets in books. I love pets! :)
    Thanks for hopping by!

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  22. LOL! this made me smile! and definitley a first of it's kind that I've read haha love it!

    New follower :D
    http://thebookbluff.blogspot.com

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  23. I totally agree with ya on pet deaths. The few that I've come across didn't help or hurt the plot in any way...so why even throw it in there. Definitely a worthy pet peeve.

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  24. Yeah I don't understand pet death scenes. Why write the pet in the book?

    Thanks for stopping by.

    Old follower
    Danielle @Ramblings From This Chick

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  25. Hello!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog! Sorry, but I'm a few days late!

    Hmm, I don't think I've read any with pets that die but it would certainly bother me too!

    Happy Blog Hop!

    Lisa Jo @ Once Upon A Chapter

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