Have you ever read a book that was written in conjunction with a TV show?

@AmbiePam (93944)
United States
June 7, 2007 5:44pm CST
I was at a book store yesterday when I saw a book written by the Roloff family, who has a reality type television show called "Little People Big World" on TLC. I would have liked to have read it, but didn't have the money so I didn't even read the book jacket. But I've seen books come out of TV shows like a Trading Spaces book by one time host Paige. Also, I believe the soap opera Passions released a rather long companion book to the show. And I know when 'Alias' books came out a few years ago, my sister bought them all. So I was wondering if you have ever bought a book because it goes with a person on a TV show, because it is a companion to the show, or because it is fiction based on the TV show. Hope I didn't confuse anyone. I'd love to hear your answers!
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emeraldisle
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I've read a few actually. The first one was "Robin's Diary". It was based off the relationship on General Hospital of Robin and Stone. It's a great story and one I'd recommend even if you aren't a fan of General Hospital. It was well done. Another was one of the Star Trek books. Dealt with after the seventh movie. It was quite good and William Shatner helped write it. The last one was an Angel book, based off the Angel series. That one the author did a fantastic job of writing the book. My niece has one here for one off the Buffy series but haven't red it yet.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I never knew they did 'Angel' books. I saw fan magazines, but I didn't know they had more. I use to watch GH but I joined it after the Robin/Stone story. It's a good thing too because I've seen the flashbacks and I would have cried a lot!
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emeraldisle
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Check the dollar store for the Angel and Buffy books. That's where we have found them. THe Robin/Stone story was fantastic and well done. It was a tear jerker time but it was well handled by the writers. If you get a chance read the book, it starts out with when they first met. It's all done in diary format from Robin's point of veiw. It's one though that shows how AIDS can really hit people.
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gberlin
@gberlin (3836)
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8 Jun 07
No, I have not bought books related to TV shows. I have bought books that were later made into movies. Like "Lord of the Rings", "The Polar Express" just to name two.
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gberlin
@gberlin (3836)
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8 Jun 07
That is when I read Lord of the Rings also.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
8 Jun 07
My dad is not a real movie guy, but when the Lord of the Rings became a movie he was interested because he had read the books in high school.
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AmberN
@AmberNormandin (883)
• United States
9 Jun 07
i cant think of any off hand, but now that i know there is a little people big world book, i might have to check and see if the library carries it.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I didn't even think of the library. Hopefully they have it in Moore's or Norman's. Moore's is more likely because Norman's is behind Moore's in quality.
66jerseygirl
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
8 Jun 07
there are a lot of books I read that went with a tv shows. there was csi,sci:miami,star trek,star wars etc. I love them but sometimes i don't like the way they change an idea in a tv show to suit their needs for a book. for instance,I love star trek and in one of their episodes it delt with a race called the horta that hatched every 50,000 years but them an author turned around and brought them back in one of his books.I hate that. I wish they would stick to the premise of the show
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
8 Jun 07
It's a lot better when the books maintain the quality of the show, instead of just writing something solely for profit.
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66jerseygirl
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
8 Jun 07
tell me about it. I used to just grab any book in the library that was in conjunction with a tv show but now I am more careful and real the plot first
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KarenO52
@KarenO52 (2950)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I read the first two Dexter books, on which the series based. The third book is coming out in September. I can't wait. The books were so good I read them in a couple of days. The series is close to the books, but some of the characters are changed a bit.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Do you think "Dexter" the TV series will be as big as some of the other premium channel's TV series?
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KarenO52
@KarenO52 (2950)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Maybe not, I think Dexter may be a little too gory for some people. It will definitely have a certain following though. The actor who plays Dexter was on the series 6 feet under, which I think was pretty popular.
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angelfantasy23
@angelfantasy23 (561)
• United States
10 Jun 07
yeah when I was kid I used to reae the babysitters club and goosebumbs bumps both of those books were made into TV shows.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
10 Jun 07
The Babysitter's Club! Yes, I read those as a child too. I remember getting the movie for my birthday. Not the big motion picture movie, but the ones that went straight to the video store.
jessescottus
@jessescottus (807)
• United States
8 Jun 07
No,I haven't,"read a book that was written in conjunction with a TV show." ;)
charms88
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
Hello ambie. I haven't come across a book that was used as a basis for TV show. I only knows of movies shown particularly books written by popular authors. There are a lot of local soap operas shown in TV and I heard everything was written by local authors here. Did I answer your questions correctly, LOL!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93944)
• United States
8 Jun 07
As always, you excel in my discussions! : )