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I'm back with another Top Ten Tuesday: Author Edition! Yesterday I reviewed the third book in the #gaymers series, Connection Error, so today I'm happy to introduce you all to author Annabeth Albert. I highly recommend you check her and her books out!
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Top Ten Book Series That should be TV Shows
Thanks so much for having me today! I love TV, especially
fall TV as the new shows premiere, but I also love books. I love shows with
long-ranging story arcs like Call the Midwife, House of Cards, Gilmore Girls,
and more, and I think there are a number of good book series that could lend
themselves well to TV.
Amy Jo Cousins’ Bend or Break series. We need
more really well done college TV shows, and what Cousins does particularly well
is representing characters across the rainbow spectrum—bi, straight, queer,
gay, and more.
Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove Series. Why should
Austen have all the fun for period drama? I’d sacrifice a corset and stage a
tea party for a show about the lovely spinsters of Spindle Cove or other Dare
series. Her empowered heroines would be perfect for today’s viewers.
Kris Ripper’s Queers of La Vista series. Like
Cousins’ series, this series has a variety of pairings, and a lovely, soap
opera feel and California setting that would make a great updated Melrose Place
of sorts—but with happy endings for everyone, of course.
ZA Maxfield’s Cowboy series. Can we please have
a series about gay cowboys where no one dies? Surely I’m not the only one who
would be all over a contemporary western drama with rugged cowboys who love
cowboys.
Cara McKenna’s Desert Dog series. With the
popularity of motorcycle clubs and anti-heroes, this series would appeal to a
wide segment of viewers, and her hunky heroes and spunky heroines provide
enough sexual tension for several seasons of drama.
Molly O’Keefe’s Seduced & Tempted. I’m
greedy. I don’t just want a contemporary western series. I want a historical
western series too, and this series from Molly O’Keefe is just amazing with
lyrical prose, unforgettable characters, and great ensemble casts.
AM
Arthur’s Belonging series. I love how all her Carina Press series interrelate
and I can totally see a great show centered around the coffee shop and
friendship group at the heart of this universe.
Keira Andrew’s Forbidden Rumspringa series. I
would totally glom a TV show where an Amish teenager struggles with coming out,
and this series is just dynamite with the supporting cast as well. I could
totally see this as an ensemble drama.
KJ Charles’s Society of Gentleman series. Why
should women get all the historical fun? This series centered around a group of
wealthy friends sharing a certain common interest is ridiculously well-done,
and would make a superb period drama.
Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen’s Chaos Station series. This series would make a great space opera for all the Stargate and
similar fans.
Thank you so much for letting me visit today! What book
series would YOU like to see made into a show?
5 comments:
I love the reasons behind why they would all make good shows. I've never read any of those series. I'm always down for a tea party and corset show. I think I'd go with the Throne of Glass series. I'd LOVE to see those assassins, Kings, Queens, Fae and magic all in a TV show.
I am not familiar with these books but I marvel at how the LGBT is now included in primetime. I remember the days where same-sex kissing scenes are unheard of, now every TV show has their own token gay/lesbian couple or character. I still dislike how they're stereotyping and jumping on the PC bandwagon, but it's a start
So, I haven't really read any of the books she's mentioned, and am only familiar with a few. But, her descriptions of them do make several sound like they would be shows I would give a chance. Thanks for sharing this!
I haven't read any of these series, but the author does make me curious about them with her reasons for why they would make a good tv series. Fun list!
There are so many series I would love to see at TV shows. Great list.
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