JKR defenders - by all means, keep downvoting and commenting on this video without even listening to what I said about my thoughts about her work even before she was "cancelled." Please continue to cry about cancel culture's effects on one of the most famous authors of our time, who will continue to sit in her fame and fortune, and doesn't even know or care that you are defending her on the internet. Please continue to accuse me of telling you that you cannot enjoy Harry Potter, which is not what I said as someone who still owns the series. All engagement, even negative engagement, helps me in KZfaq's eyes. So thank you xoxo

I can't do Holly Black's pacing anymore. It's dear god slow and then all of a sudden 80 things happen at once.

I'm loving the *sorry-not-sorry* disclaimer. _That's how it's done!_

my guess before the vid begins: alexandra bracken sam: alex- me: I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!

I've only ever cared about JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. every time she's written a book outside of that I'm just like yeah no thank you I'm just gonna see what Harry is up to.

damn, you gave so many of these authors so many chances. I usually drop authors after 1 bad book.

I feel this with Sarah J Maas

I've given up on the majority of the popular YA contemporary writers. I'm not the biggest romance fan in general, but they managed to completely kill any sort of interest I had towards the genre.

I gave up on Tomi Adeyemi ...and the Nora Roberts drama cemented it. I remember finishing the first book and thinking, she has no idea where this story is going and after the second book and the announcement of a fourth in the series, my suspicions were confirmed. I'm only willing to go on a journey with an author if they know where they are going and how they are going to get there

“Use google... cause it’s everywhere” 😂 I love you

At this point in my life, I have drifted away so hard from any YA and NA popular authors, not because they are bad, just because I don't vibe like that anymore... Still, I have a few exceptions (like Leigh Bardugo) and some that, as you said, are on thin ice (like Cassandra Clare)

I took this a step further with Sarah J Maas’s ACOTAR series... I hate read the whole trilogy with a friend a highlighted all the lines that made me groan or roll my eyes or shit myself in pure anger and I ended up with more than 200 highlighted passages between the three of them

It’s such a shame about JK Rowling. I’m a part of the Harry Potter generation. It’s the series/author that got me into reading in the first place. The story got me through so much for several years and I want to say that it still does. But now I find myself hurt and confused. Though I’m not trans and don’t associate myself as another gender, I do associate myself on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum so it just devastates me. I want to separate work from author but it’s not easy. I’m torn between rereading the series from here on out or just leaving it at that. Thank you for joining my Ted Talks...

From a "not giving them more money" kind of done standpoint, I was done with JK waaaay back when the travesty that was Cursed Child came out. Yes, I know there were two other writers (if she did any writing at all), but it was her basic idea and she green-lit the final product, so... I haven't actually finished books by enough other authors lately to say yay or nay (aside from the ones I don't want to get into to start with).

If you ever try holly black again I would say the coldest girl in cold town is the most worth it. its one of the more unique vampire books out there (especially with YA) and its standalone

I had this conversation with a friend and I think, if Crescent City book 2 goes in the direct A Court of Silver Flames I think I’m gonna call it quits on Sarah J Maas which for me just feels so :( bc I found Throne of Glass in 2013 right after it came out and it was everything I needed and as her books have come out I think her desires for what she wants to write had changed and of course it’s her right to go in whatever direction she wants but I feel like she’s losing the touch on character she used to have in place the increased sex between the characters. Like I wouldn’t MIND 😩 but it just seems like she can’t balance character development with sex scenes. Idk I’m just kinda sad to have to let go of someone I really did enjoy (despite all her nonsense, as a gay black reader lmao 😭). But idk hopefully Crescent City 2 is gonna keep me around for a little bit.

An author I'm super on the fence about is Sarah J. Maas (which seems to be a more popular opinion than I thought, judging by some comments here!). I read the first three books in the Throne of Glass series and ACOTAR back when they came out and absolutely loved them, however, I never continued either series (due to not being able to afford the sequels at the time). Now I have reread ACOTAR and the first Throne of Glass book and gave them both 2 stars. I don't know why I loved them so much a few years ago - maybe I really was a very different person back then. But now I just don't vibe with her writing style and especially not with her way of writing romance. I'm currently reading ACOMAF so I know what all the hype is about, but I don't think I'll continue with any of her other series.

I love this! Especially what you said in the beginning... so important!! I haven't read a lot of these authors works, but I have a list as well of authors I probably won't read more from... 😅

Again an excellent topic ! For me, it'll be B. Sanderson and SJ Maas. Would equally be interested in your auto-buy list! (Just a thought😉)

Loved the intro. YES, it is ok to not like an author, just because everyone else does. That's what's great about reading, music, art, it's all subjective. What's the saying? One person's garbage is another person's treasure.

I'm not a huge fan of Gaiman. I read Ocean at the End of the Lane and found it kind of boring at times. I liked a lot of the ideas he presented in the novel, but even the climax wasn't very exciting. (The boy was literally just sitting in a protective circle just waiting for his magical friend to come get him! *rolls eyes*)

I love your videos, kisses from Poland! 🖤

I agree so much!!

I've tried so many times to get into Kameron Hurley and would love to see her succeed as an author, but like you I haven't enjoyed the books in the end. Ah well.

Your thoughts on Holly Black are interesting! In my case if I enjoy 1 book in a trilogy and the others are not *bad* but meh, I see it as “well there’s potential” and remember to keep an eye on the author’s new releases :) not as in omg excited 🤩 but as a hm let’s see what the early reviews look like 👀

I feel that way with Sarah J Maas. The hyper masculinity in her books... I can’t. It’s been around 5 years since I’ve read a book from her and I couldn’t even finish it. I wish her well but I just can’t.

Your lipstick looks like satin. I'm here for it :^)

I wonder if quarantine has affected people in the sense that I too only want to read books that I KNOW I really want to read. I'm just not giving energy to books that are just ok. I want to feel a potential 4.5-5 from a book now. Maybe it's just me.

"The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein" and "Mind Games" by Kiersten White were awesome.

I was expecting V.E. Schwab to be on the “almost there” list.

Thank you for your intro. I am trying to be more confident in my opinion and less insecure when someone dislikes something that I like. Because it's not personal. Also, I am currently struggling with the "Red Queen" series. I just started the last book ("War Storm") and it's so frustrating, that I am unsure if I should read Victoria Aveyards new series "Realm Breaker". Thoughts on that?

A lot of the authors I used to read when I was new to bookube I don't think I'll read anymore. Marissa Meyer, SJM, Morgan Matson etc. My tastes have vastly changed. JKR will not be getting a CENT more from me.

haven't even started watching yet but the pile of sanderson books on the shelf tells me these will be excellent takes

Julie Kagawa. I read two of her books. Talon and Shadow of the Fox. I tried with Talon (mostly because I love dragons) and was admittedly interested in the premise of Dragons in modern world, training to hide themselves with magic and a military style dragon hunting group. But the story became a very dull romance and i quickly became irritated with the main character. Then I tried Shadow of the Fox. Again, i was interested in the Japanese fantasy world. However, once more it devolved into a cliche romance that was very predictable and the lead annoyed me so much. I was much more interested in the the second lead..until he became part of the romance. I dnf and have refused to finsh. Next I would say is Kylie Chan. I have only read 3 books, the Dark heaven trilogy Again, interesting and fun premieres. A romance story of an Australian child care worker who falls in love with the Chinese god of martial arts and he trains her to fight demons. The books is kind of problematic and its a mess plot wise and while I was intrigued with the world building....i ended up hating the characters. By the end of the third book. I was so done with the characters that i couldn't continue and decided to not pick up her other books.

Sam: "Never say never" Also Sam, for the previous 5 minutes: "I'm never reading another book by these authors"

Maggie Steifvater is my done. I’ve tried her stuff and I just don’t like it. I won’t be reading any of her books. Have you read From Blood and Ash?

I think one author that I've given up on is Adam Silvera. I've read both More Happy Than Not and History Is All You Left Me and I hated both of them, the latter irritating me the most. I did enjoy the book he co-authored with Becky Albertalli, but on his own, I don't think his books are for me and that's okay.

I hope this video helps other people see that it’s ok to not like the same popular authors that “everyone else” seems to like. 🙌🏽

Taylor Jenkins Reid does nothing for me. Hate to say it because her books are popular and highly rated but, I've tried The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six and couldn't get into either of them. I don't like her writing style.

I'm becoming this way towards Gena Showalter. I used to be excited when a new Lords of the Underworld came out and though I have all the books I'm really just staring at the last three like "Do I have to?" I never really read anything by J.K. Rowling after Harry Potter and I didn't even finish that. I tripped at the finish line and the only reason I know anything about the last book is because of osmosis. I kept the first three books and cut out the others, though part of me is considering finding the fourth book because I didn't hate it or feel like I was being dragged over nails on a meandering plot.

I just can't with your intros!!! Haha hahaha love it! 💕

I think there are going to be more of the Sarah Morgenthaler Alaska series books than the three but I could be mistaken. I do feel like the third book was better than the previous two but I agree that it’s not a series that wows me.

interesting and creative video. Feel the same with Shea Ernshaw. Loved the Wicked Deep but Winterwood not so much. Have to disagree with Kristan White. Am really enjoying the Camolot Rising series. Have given up on the YA contemporary genre. Still conflicted about The Falconer. Never watched Buffy. I loved Margaret Rogerson's fae story. Would I like this series? As a beginner to fantasy what I like Is very specific so far. It can be frusterating.

marie lu is also on my list. i read the Legend trilogy as a teenager and enjoyed it at the time, but i have a feeling that if i reread them as an adult, i won't like them. i also read the young elites and warcross and was completely underwhelmed. there's nothing particularly *bad* about her books per se, but sometimes i feel like she tries to add depth to her characters in a way that feels a bit forced or arbitrary?? i don't quite know how to articulate it

I think you would love Danielle L. Jensen’s The Bridge Kingdom! It’s very much better than her other books, the characters are older and some super angsty/sexy romance!

I had a good laugh at the ‘I. Dont. Care.’. I appreciate this energy a lot 😹

Irony! I actually googled this morning to see what the problem with JK is. I do remember seeing some stuff months ago and talking about it a bit. I'm just surprised it's still a problem. Hmm it seems to me that she said something really unfortunate she probably shouldn't have and she doesn't know how to say she made a mistake. I don't get why she feels using terminology that's inclusive for transgendered people is somehow damaging to women who have lived through abuse. It seems to me she's made it about two separate issues. I get the feeling that maybe her own experiences have made her a bit over sensitive to the issues of women and make her feel the need to defend her position on this when all she really needed to do in the beginning was acknowledge she spoke out of turn and say my bad. I think she may have gone through something pretty awful and l feel like we could show a little sympathy, you know? I'll be honest, I don't hate JK now because of this. I just feel she made a mistake and doesn't know when to back off. Of course! I get why transgendered people are pissed too. Of course I do. I just don't feel JKs comments came from a place of hate towards transgendered people but from a stronger need to defend women's rights. I don't agree with what she said at all, but compared to hating transgendered people just for being transgendered, I don't think her comments make her the monster people seem to feel she is right now. I think everyone's really heated and just needs to take a step back.

Holly Black definaitely I could not even get into the first book, Cassandra Clare, she is very soap opera and not my thing. Tamora Pierce, man I tried I just think they are for younger people than I am. I am sure there are more. One I would recomend only because the concept was pretty cool and the story was as well was The Merciful Crow Book by MARGARET OWEN and The Faithless Hawk. Also was going to say Yes read the Demon King, it was really good. The story was so good i often stayed up late to finish them lol Also I still have not finished the Gilded Wolves. It is good, i enjoy it while i am reading it i put it down and go on to the next book that catches my fancy. I am pretty sure this issue is mine and not the books, as I know you loved them and i trust your good judgement lol

oh man i feel you on kameron hurley! it makes me so sad because all of her synposys are *so cool and tempting* but every time i try her something about the writing style just puts me off and makes the reading experience a sludge! tho i did really like her essay collection! you're so right about jk - i felt iffy on her ever since the whole native American appropriation in the American school thing, anyone else remember that? and obviously the transphobia is unforgivable

I tried reading And I Darken too and it's just so bizarre

I have mixed feelings about SJM. Throne of Glass is one of my favourite series. I just started a reread and am loving it so far (although I know it’s more nostalgia than anything). ACOTAR I did not love. Everything that everyone loved about ACOMAF and a certain character, I didn’t and it annoys me so much. I haven’t read Crescent City yet but I still want to give it a try despite the mixed reviews.

For me I used to love SJM books a lot and then after the 4th throne of glass one i kinda stopped readings her books for like 2 years and last year i tried so many of her books and ended up hating them i will probably not read anything by her ever again

I have long since given up on James Patterson for sure - and I think after I’m finished with Blood and Honey, I’m unfortunately going to give up on Shelby Mahurin. I’ve only read Serpent and Dove, and Blood and Honey is fine so far, but I have a feeling it’ll just be another 3 star “meh” for me. Also, Holly Black and Laini Taylor; I have only ready The Cruel Prince series and I’ve read Strange the Dreamer (yet to read Muse of Nightmares) but Cruel Prince was a 3 star series overall, and I think for me Laini Taylor’s writing is just too flowery for me to fully understand what it is going on sometimes while reading.

I also gave up on Sarah Raasch. I read 2 of her books and they were both meh. Same with Marie Lu. I also think I've mostly given up Sarah J. Maas. I used to love her stuff, but now she just writes an annoying amount of smut and it's boring. I'd read like a censored version of her books lol They'd probably be 500 pages instead of 800 that's how much smut there is.

It’s funny, the only Holly Black book I’ve read is White Cat. I’ve steered clear of her other books because it’s just not for me, but that one was a good one.

I only have one and it's VE Schwab. Even her personality isn't for me but I always get caught up in hype and am ultimately disappointed with her and her books. Every thing I've read has been 3 stara or below 😩

nice to hear some validation on the holly black front...i read the cruel prince a while back and it just made me SO mad. but then I checked Goodreads and everyone was like...raving about it?!?!?!? that is the only book I've read by her and that was enough to solidify that I don't wanna read any more, even if the next book in the series is great, just the fact that it's leading on from the chaos of that first book makes it a no from me :')

I'm Giving up on Guy Gavriel Kay. I read Tigana and hated how he portrayed the women. I heard similar things about Under Heaven from others and I just don't want to put myself through that again. So, I'm done with his books.

Speaking as someone who used to be firmly up JKRs arse, pre-TERFiness, I think I agree with you. Even when I was a kid, I only wanted more Harry Potter content and I hesitated to call her my favourite author because I only liked the one series by her. I read The Casual Vacancy when it first came out but...I never think about it. I'm just not interested in anything else she's written.

Amie Kaufman has a solo book series. It is a middle grade fantasy and the first is called Ice Wolves. It was cute and I really think it is great for the middle grade age group but as someone who reads mainly adult fantasy it did feel super young and I didn’t love it.

agree with many haha Alexandra Bracken for me is always hit or miss, I loved original darkest minds trilogy and also the middle grade she released but then some other books are bit meh. Great video!

I'm surprised you didn't like And I Darken. I thought it would be right up your alley. I never really give up on authors. If I like the synopsis I'll at least read the sample.

I think I am sort of giving up on Cassandra Clare, I read three of her trilogies and while I really enjoyed the last one The Dark Artifices, I think I am just done with shadow hunters period and all the characters who are named after other characters, it all starts to bleed together in my mind after a while. Maybe if she writes another genre all together or something that has nothing to do with any of her Shadow Hunter universe I might give it a try.

I've fully given up on Cassandra Clare. I used to be obsessed with TMI when I was around 13, but I've since lost all interest in the Shadowhunter world and I just don't get along with her writing anymore. I can't decide if V. E. Schwab is someone I've given up on or if she's on thin ice. I read ADSOM last year and DNF'd it. Nothing else of hers seems interesting to me now and I've heard all her female characters are very similar to Lila Bard, who I *hate* with a passionate fury. Victoria Aveyard and Stephanie Garber are both on thin ice too. If I don't like their next books, I won't be picking up any more of their work.

I agree with so many of these authors! Bracken, Rowling, Jensen, and White

I totally agree with you about Alexandra Bracken, I've tried to read The Darkest Minds three times and I just don't jive with her writing. Victoria Roth and Victoria Aveyard are both in thin ice for me. No more Becca Fitzpatrick, Sarah B. Larson, Gena Showalter, Michelle Hodkin, Ally Condie and probably more I'm forgetting.

With Marie Lu I absolutely loved the Legend trilogy but haven't enjoyed anything else she's written. I just got Kingdom of Back and really hope I'll love it because I'm a music buff and the Mozart plot sounds interesting, but I'm worried that I won't enjoy it either /:

This is how I feel about Murakami. He's seen as such a pillar of literary fabulism and maybe I've tried the wrong books, but I just find it so repetitive. Unlikeable men, their fantasy projection women and pretentious love of jazz and spaghetti. It just never felt right for me. The Harry Potter books are isolated from every other work for me, I tried the casual vacancy and couldn't finish it, and I refused to read the cursed child. I never want to read anything else that would ruin my own experience growing up with the series. I've heard other people say "Fuck you I get to keep HP in the divorce" and I think the fandom and community that grew up around the series was and is such its own entity that I take the good the community put into the world as not belonging to her.

On topic _(which is rare for me on BookTube ;^P),_ I should say that there aren't any authors on who I'd give up. I'm an eternal optimist.

i don't know why my youtube algorithm forgot about you but god it's good to be back

OH my god. I love ur introduction

That "disclaimer" was 😂🔥👍

I live for that "disclaimer"

Im not going to read anything by Rainbow Rowell. Her books bore me 🤣

This made me thinking who I suddenly gave up on reading.

The beginning of this list is entirely authors I enjoyed 9 years ago but I just lost interest in so I feel you. I still have Passenger wrapped (and signed!) somewhere on my shelves but I'm feeling there's a 50/50 chance I will DNF. It's so hard when an author seems like such a great person but their work just does not work for you. It's not personal! I did pick up 3 of the Robert Galbraith books but I hated the direction they were going in and realized I was only reading them because everyone was and not because I actually liked them? (It's helps that I'm EXTREMELY PICKY about mysteries) It's much harder to give up an author whose work you are actively enjoying or that has been part of your identity formation so I feel for people trying to do that with Rowling, I'm just not them. Oh and finally, I ALSO FOUND THE FALCONER A HUGE LETDOWN AND FEEL SO VINDICATED BY THIS.

There is far too much amazing fanfic written by good people that no one needs to touch JKR anymore

Laini Taylor. I wanted to read her stuff and love it like everyone else. But I just really dont connect with her writing for reasons I don't understand to this day.

Me with Sarah J Maas

I agreed with most of what you said to the tee in regards to Holly Black, I'm definitely in the minority with you surrounding The Cruel Prince-UGH. I've given up on Alexandra Bracken for the same reasons. I've read three of her books and Lore will definitely make my worst of 2021. I gave Marie Lu one more chance with with Kingdom of Back and YIKES! I'm over her and Kirsten White. I, however, loved The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman, it was in my top five of 2020. I didn't like Illuminae tho so I get where you're coming from.

Kiersten White for me too. I read the first two books of the And I Darken series and Slayer. I have no interest in continuing. I don’t even want to find a synopsis of the 3rd And I Darken book because I just don’t care.

Becky Albertalli was an auhtor I highly enjoyed for a time but her last few books just kept disappointing me and now I'm not inclined to pick up any more,... same with Rainbow Rowell. Ohter authors are Jeff VanderMeer (I don't get his work), Diane Setterfield (always ranks 3 stars), Dan Brown (if you've read one of his books you've read them all), Adam Silvera (too depressing), John Green (just don't vibe with his work anymore) and Tomi Adeyemi (I immensly disliked Children of Blood and Bone, the romance was so toxic). With Holly Black I'm still indecisive ... I love "The darkest part of the forest" but other books just have been meh for me.

Kiersten White and Marie Lu are definitely on the list for me, which is frustrating because I read the synopses of their books and I SHOULD love them. Holly Black is also on the list. I tried to read The Cruel Prince and couldn’t get into it, and read an earlier book from her (I think it was called The Darkest Part of the Forest) and really disliked it. Thin ice for me: Tehereh Mafi (the second half of the Shatter Me series was hot garbage) Also, Christina Lauren. The last book I loved from them was The Unhoneymooners. I enjoy some of their earlier books, but the past couple years it’s been mediocre book after mediocre book and I kind of wish instead of pumping out 2-3 meh books a year they focused on one really excellent one.

Completely agree with Alexandra Bracken. I feel exactly the same.

Maybe it's just cause I'm not a teenager anymore but I've pretty much given up on most YA authors, with the exception of authors whose books I got really attached to when I was younger. I always thought I'm always gonna be into YA I love these books and Adult seems so boring but now that I'm in my 20s.... yeah, that's changed. Makes me a bit sad but :/

Elizabeth May writes historical romance under the name Katrina Kendrick, I've never read any of them but they look fun if you ever want to give her another chance with the adult age range

Yeah the only different JK being cancelled has made on my reading is that it's tarnished my nostalgia for the series as it was. As someone who creates content online I'll never promote her stuff/mention it, but I'd like to have the nostalgia back for me, with the copies I already own. Fingers crossed if you ever give any of those "on the edge" authors another shot that they don't disappoint!!

I read the Stolen Songbird Series Danielle Jense. It was ok there were some things I really liked but looking back I can say it was ok I dont regret reading it but didn't like the ending at all.

I am still reading Lore and this is my first Alexandra Bracken book. I will let you know either way how I feel, but I think it's healthy and produces discussion on why you don't like an author's work. I like the baseball rules; three strikes and you're out, unless the book was seriously unreadable. I am not offended, by anyone liking or disliking the opposite of how I feel and there are so many books out there why waste your time on a book by an author you have read that's not doing it for you. Also, with the Harry Potter series, I was done when the last movie came out. HP had his time and I can't deny that it took the world by storm, but now it's someone else's turn and Rowling needs to give it up, she's made her coin and will continue until she dies, but I have been done and when she refused to let it die then I have to wonder if she's a greedy person. No, I am not going to buy anything else from you because I want to move on and then those hateful comments she made turned me away from her forever. I can separate author from art, I still love the original series, but I don't like Rowling as a person.

Thank You for saying out loud it is okay not to like a book or writer just because they don’t jive with you. Why can’t people have opinions anymore. I love WW2 and biographies but I don’t go around bashing people that don’t. That is the beauty of reading there is something out there for everyone. If we all liked the same thing reading would suck.

i've given up on Veronica Roth

I never have heard of Cameron hurley or Sarah rosh?

Elise Kova. I read a Deal with the Elfking and was it bad. If my ass can find grammatical errors, then we have a problem.

I've personally given up on SJM, Bracken, Kristoff, Mafi... JKR was never a thing for me either, there was the original HP and that was it. Schwab and Bardugo are on thin ice for me

Laura Thalassa. I read her Bargainers series (starting in 2017) and really enjoyed the fae smuttiness. It was exactly what I needed at the time, I was going through some very serious surgeries and the distraction was perfect. I know I’ll read them again. Every other book I’ve tried from her is complete garbage. She was a one hit wonder for me. Blah.

I’ve read a couple Marie Lu books and I am legitimately sad I didn’t have them when I was like 14, I would have loved her but in my 30s they’re not enough. When I was an angsty artsy teen in a catholic school with conservative parents I thought Holly Black’s Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside were these dark edgy faerie stories that were amazing and I will always love her for giving me that escape but her books feel like they belong to someone else now.

Brandon Sanderson is on the fence for me. I DNF'd the first Mistborn book half way through. I might try to finish it in a few months. I have heard wonderful things about his next series but was told I HAD to read the Mistborn trilogy first. 🥴🙄 Deborah Harkness is 100% done for me. I tried to read A Discovery of Witches. I'm 200 pages from the end but I'm so damn tired of hearing about exercise and wine. I DNF'D ADOW last month. I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy reader and these were my big fails so far this year. My FAVORITE of the year is John Gwynne. Literally anything by John Gwynne.

Margaret Atwood is the big one for me. I've read a few of her books and always feel gross and mad when I finish them. Not mad about the subject matter, but mad that all of the characters are unpleasant people that I think I was supposed to root for? I have no desire to read books that make me feel like the world has no good people in it

I don't read any of these anyway. So no loss.

i’ve given up on veronica roth and rainbow rowell. they are not bad writers, it’s just that I couldn’t care less about their characters. I thought I was gonna love RR’s Simon Snow but I just thought it was a hp fanfiction, and not even a good one - i’m a huge hp fan and read ff all the time, so I could see the similarities. About jkr, besides hp, i’m not interested in her other books. I love fantasy, and since they’re mistery novels (i think), i’m not interest at all. if one day she decides to write another magical world book, maybe i’ll read it. but right now, nothing she writes appeals to me.