So last week, just as I was finishing up JoAnn Ross’s Blaze—which I read as research…yeah, that’s it, research…because of it’s South Carolina setting :cantputdown —I noticed in the TV guide that Sandra Brown’s Smoke Screen was going to be on Lifetime.

Did you know Sandra Brown’s Smoke Screen had been made into a TV movie?  I either didn’t, or did, but forgot. :tongue

I thought it would be fun to watch it, but I really like to read a book first before I see the movie version.  At least when it comes to romance novels; not so much when it comes to other stuff I probably wouldn’t read, anyway, like The Count of Monte Cristo (yum! :cupcake ) or the Twilight saga (blech! :spikey ).

And I was very excited, because I knew I had Smoke Screen somewhere on my teetering TBR pile & could start it right away!  So I quickly dug it up & started reading.  Yay for me!

Now ask me what it is that I’m currently reading.

Oh, that would be:

Uh-huh.  I totally grabbed the wrong Sandra Brown book! :knock I think I blame the proliferation of Ss & similarity in her recent titles.  That’s right, Ms. Brown, my confusion is all your fault! :wink

I can’t complain too loudly because it’s really good, but this doesn’t exactly help me get Smoke Screen read so that I can watch the movie, does it?  Sigh.

Now it’s your turn—

Have you ever started reading a book that you thought was something else?  Or picked up a book by one author, when you thought it was by another?

And if you remember the incident well enough, was it a happy accident (i.e. you ended up really liking the book, even though it wasn’t what you expected or you ended up discovering a great new author you might not have otherwise) or a sad one?

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   Mary Kirkland says:

   I have actually done that. I thought I was getting one book because I remembered the cover but what I actually got was a re-issued older book by the same author with a new cover that looked a lot like the one I was looking for. But it was cool ebcause I hadn’t read this particular book and it turned out to be pretty good.

   On March 29, 2011 at 9:27 am

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   Anne says:

   I stopped by to see the Hump Hunk…oh, yeah it’s only Tues. …sigh….

   I’m sure I’ve picked the wrong book a couple of times, but I can’t remember specifics.

   On March 29, 2011 at 1:27 pm

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   Hollie says:

   woohooooo New emoties!!!! :whistledev
   and wheres LJ to enjoy them??? :que Hopefully she’ll be in to see them soon!
   I like to read the excerpts in the back of books…then when the book finally comes out I think I’ve already read it…jeesh… :mistress

   still playing with the newbies….. :bw :devang :chick :naughty

   On March 29, 2011 at 2:28 pm