Trailer-palooza #3: Veronica Rossi

Based off of my gushing on Veronica Rossi's debut series, Under the Never Sky, which you can find here, you've probably noticed how obsessed I am with it. These books are really good. In fact, one of them may just be spotlighted in my Top 10 of 2012: Best Books I've Read in 2012 post.

And because I stalk Veronica Rossi, I just noticed that she posted the trailer for Through the Ever Night yesterday. And it's just so awesome, that I had to share it with you.

Watching this one brought me back to the FREAKIN' AMAZING-NESS of the trailer for the first book, Under the Never Sky. I personally like the first trailer better because it has more live action in it instead of just words and pictures. Albeit fabulous words and pictures filled with lightning and clouds. Anyway, here it is because if you haven't read the book yet, this will certainly pull you over.

Eh? Eh? You like? Isn't is beautiful? After reading the book, I can't exactly say that I agree with the choices of actors used to portray each of the characters, but it's still pretty awesome.

And this reminds me, I really need to write that review for Through the Ever Night before it comes out. I'm on it!

Trailer-palooza #2: Narrators

I absolutely love book trailers. I think they're a wonderful way to introduce readers to a new novel in a way that is much more interesting than a simple summary. There is so much that can be done with them, and even an awful book can have the most beautiful trailer.

But not all are so perfect.

My biggest pet peeve when it comes to book trailers are those awful narrators. You know the ones that sound like they're reading right off of a script? The ones that make you want to tear your ears out so that the whiny droning will finally stop? Yeah, me too.

Apparently people think that you don't need to be an actor if it's only your voice being recorded. Those people are horribly, horribly wrong. Somebody needs to slap them ASAP.

See what I mean?

Sometimes you can still have a great trailer even if the voice leaves something to be desired. But sometimes a poorly chosen narrator can completely ruin the whole thing.

On the other hand, a really great narrator can make a book trailer that I wouldn't have even considered all the more appealing.

What do you guys think? Do the narrators really make that much of a difference?

Trailer-palooza #1: James Patterson

So I just recently stumbled upon James Patterson's Youtube page. I have been looking for this for a very long time, hoping that I would find some trailers for his books. The Maximum Ride series was so action packed, and there's supposed to be a movie about it soon, so I figured the trailers would be pretty interesting.

Angel by James Patterson

Nevermore by James Patterson

To be completely honest, I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, they were beautifully created, but they just seemed a little too much like commercials for my taste. Not really enough substance. The characters also didn't look anything like how I had imagined them (which is a sad, but usually inevitable truth), and the narrator's voice really annoyed me.

Witch & Wizard: The Gift by James Patterson

This trailer, on the other hand, I enjoyed very much. I haven't read this book yet, but I think I might need to now. The guy's voice was a little cheesy, but I love how the female character blew at the dandelion and everything else around her came crashing down. Very well done.