Hi readers! Today, I wanted to talk about one of my pet peeves, and that is bandwagon fans.

I’m not talking about book fans who are a bit late in getting around to reading a book…. I am talking about those people you know outside of the book community. The ones that hate reading, or maybe they do like reading, but they frown upon YA books (I have a few of these in my life). Each to their own.

What annoys me about it though, is that there are people in my life that I have talked to about books I’ve been REALLY excited about. You know when you finish a book, and you just want to share how great it is? The people I am referring to are the same ones that poo poo’ed anything I had to say about how amazing The Hunger Games series was (or really any book for that matter, but this is the best example I can think of!).

And then something happens to change that…. they are in the movie theatre and they see a preview for The Hunger Games, and then they ask me all about it and suddenly want in on the action because they can see how big this release is going to be. In some cases, I offered to loan my copy of the books to these people before the movie was out, and recommended they read it and got told “Oh no, it doesn’t sound like something I would read.” And then after seeing the preview of The Hunger Games, raced out to Dymocks and bought the whole frigging set of them!! $#@*&*(@!

Are you with me on this, or am I being really petty? Nothing frustrates me more than this! They read the books and then hype on about how amazing they are, and then go and see the movie and act like we’re on the same level. It kills me.

And 2013… I can tell, whilst it’s going to be an amazing year for books and film, is also going to take my frustrations to a whole new place… so many movies coming out based on books, and many of them based specifically on YA books. I make no secret to people I meet that I run a YA blog. Some people love that, and visit, and others clearly aren’t interested. It’s the people that clearly don’t care about the books that get to me. If you love reading, and you love books, then you’ll never hear me say a bad word about you jumping in on a fandom (at ANY point). But please don’t hate on books and then pick one up and start raving to everyone about how you’re so nerdy because you read a book. I will want to slap you.

Where I am going with this, is that in 2013 we’re going to see some amazing film based on books and I can’t contain my excitement! Released this year is:

Warm Bodies (Based on the book of the same title by Isaac Marion)
Beautiful Creatures ((Based on the book of the same title by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl)
Oz: The Great & Powerful (Based on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L Baum)
The Host ((Based on the book of the same title by Stephanie Meyer)
World War Z (Based on the book of the same title by Max Brooks)
City Of Bones (Based on the book of the same title by Cassandra Clare)
Catching Fire (Based on the book of the same title by Suzanne Collins)

I am already fangirling now about many of these and have seen trailers for Warm Bodies, Beautiful Creatures, Oz: The Great & Powerful (This took my breathe away!) and City of Bones. They look AMAZING!!! If my bookish friends ask me, I’d be happy to talk movies and books, and loan them copies.

For the others… well, I will just try and bite my tongue and do my best to not say “I told you so.”