I Like It Like That

It's funny. Usually, I read the book before I see the movie, but there haven't been too many book series that TV shows have been based on that I've watched. Bones is one of them, but those books are so different it's really only the Temperance Brennan character who is the same. When I do read a book and see the movie I'm inevitably disappointed in how the movie portrayed a character or changed something. I hardly ever think the movie change was for the better, but in the case of Gossip Girl the changes that were made were mostly for the better in my opinion.

My favorite characters on the TV show were Chuck and Blair. The only reason why I watched the show after the second season was only because of the two of them. The rest of them could have all died in a fiery soap opera plane crash and I would have continued watching as long as Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf were still there. In the end, I didn't even care who Gossip Girl was. I just care about what happened to Chuck & Blair.

So while I loved them on the show, the book is much different. Chuck is nowhere near the show Chuck. He's like first episode Chuck, but much further out there. Plus, he's a background character that we hardly get to see, much less get into his head.

Still, I find myself drawn to Blair. I could care less about Nate, Serena, Jenny, Dan or Vanessa. Their chapters are just annoying interruptions to my Blair story! Out of those Vanessa is probably most interesting. Dan is just as ridiculous as he was on the show and even Jenny, who I loved in the It Girl books, is boring.

However, it doesn't matter what I don't like about these books because I still love reading them! I'll keep reading just in case my Chuck Bass comes back.