A fine line between love and hate... or entertaining and annoying?!

Last week a friend of mine started lending me a series of books I had not read. I had actually never had any desire to read them, as they are about vampires and I think vampires are just too trendy for my taste. I must read to the beat of a different drummer! So, the series is Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books. The ones the HBO series Trueblood is (loosely) based on. I actually had a conversation at work today with somebody who watches the show but has not read the books. But that is another story for another day...

Back to the topic at hand. Probably, one is not supposed to read seven books in a series back to back in a week. For, as I found out, Ms. Harris is not such an expert on her own characters, plots, et cetera. Perhaps, most authors get the odd fact wrong now and then. And, perhaps, they are not noticeable when you read books as they come out once a year or so. But these errors are making me crazy! How hard is it to remember a husband's name is Ralph, not Micah? Or the name of the cult is the Fellowship of the Sun, not the Brotherhood of the Sun? Come on! Is that not what you get paid to do? Write books? If you do not want to keep up with a series, do not write them!

So, at what point is enough enough? Or too much? I want to just stop reading them. But would she know? Nope! I did not buy them, I borrowed them, so I cannot take them back for a refund. And now I have become vested in the characters! I want to know which guy she ends up with! The one I adore? Or the one who annoys me? When do I say, "I have had enough!"

Obviously not yet. I just cannot stop. I finished the seventh book last evening and just had to have the next one. I even tried looking online to see if the library had a digital copy I could checkout online. (It was out, I had to place a hold!) But, lo and behold, my wonderful friend brought me the next two at work today! So, there I was this afternoon bringing books INTO the library!

What do you think? Is it worth it to stop reading when authors annoy you? I admit, I am not an author and I bet I would not do a better job. But I would try, since it is such a pet peeve of mine. And authors are supposed to be perfect, are they not? That is what I always thought! I guess I would get a little peace of mind by not reading any more errors, but would that be worth the loss of enjoyment I get from them? I just do not know!

Back to the book!