I tend to agree with this. When I see a name that's unusual or difficult to pronounce, I just generally come up with my own take on it in my head without even really thinking about it. I don't find it off putting or that it takes me out of the story at all.
A few times when I have had my own...
That's interesting. I'm sort of the opposite in approach. I always look forward to finishing the last page and starting something new. I'm much more open to starting something with a smaller word count for that reason. A thicker book requires more of a time investment, so I tend to gravitate...
I have always felt I could do a good rewrite on some of these TV shows and films. A lot of the time I would watch them and come up with numerous potentially better story-line directions using their template, but the truth is more often than not, the original idea probably would have never come...
I'm currently reading my first Neil Gaiman story American Gods. It had been on my shelf for a few years now and I've only just got around to starting it a week or two ago. Prior to that I had read small bits of his comics only and for whatever reason I had never felt all that compelled to delve...