January 16th's Friday Post

We've made it to another Friday!  Time for this week's Friday Post, where I will be linking up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

This week's quotes for the first three will come from Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart.

This is book sixteen in the Death on Demand series.  Normally, I read this via audiobook, but I read my hardcover copy of this one, so I figured it was time to spotlight it.  The main character is this series, Annie Darling, owns a mystery bookstore on an island off the coast of South Carolina.  

Here's how this particular entry in the series begins:

The room wasn't moving.  Britt Barlow held to that reality, no matter her dizziness.

Moving on to page 56, we find this:

Annie pictured a figure kneeling on the stairs in darkness, heart pounding, hands sweaty, perhaps with a pencil-sized flashlight resting on a tread, illumination a death trap.

I enjoyed this entry.  I'll have my full review up on Tuesday, so I hope you'll come back to see my full thoughts then.

Meanwhile, let's take a look at this week's Book Blogger Hop.  The question is:

Is there a book or series so precious to you that you wouldn’t want it adapted for screen, fearing it might be ruined? If it did happen, would you still find yourself watching it? 

I had to answer this question since I submitted it to the Hop.  (And I will get around to reading everyone's answer at some point.)

For me, it's an easy answer.  As much as I love the Trixie Belden series, I don't want to see it turned into a series.  For those unfamiliar, it's a middle grade mystery series, kind of like the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew.  You can read more about it here.  Anyway, I love these characters, and I have a very specific view of them in my mind.  Plus, I've seen what various producers and writers have done to other characters, like the Hardys and Nancy, over the years.  I don't want them to do that to Trixie.

And if they did?  Yeah, I'd probably wind up watching.  I would hope to be pleasantly surprised, but I wouldn't hold out much hope.

I'll be curious to read everyone's answers.

Hope you have a great weekend!