tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post1324577796170044520..comments2024-03-13T15:42:04.448+01:00Comments on Offbeat YA: A Reader's Quirks #2: Five Steps to Reading a NovelRoberta R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18228840429799100354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-35394654781417181462013-08-25T14:19:58.292+02:002013-08-25T14:19:58.292+02:00Wow wow, thanks! :D
To me the matter with covers ...Wow wow, thanks! :D<br /><br />To me the matter with covers is...I wouldn't want for books to get an easy appeal just because someone glued a pretty pic in front of them...I mean, if the publishers should suspect that an average (or bad) book can sell just on account of its cover, we could be easily fooled. But wait...maybe they already think so...?Roberta R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18228840429799100354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-12196029678891690052013-08-24T21:06:32.724+02:002013-08-24T21:06:32.724+02:00I LOVE THIS POST. Seriously, Roberta, I pretty muc...I LOVE THIS POST. Seriously, Roberta, I pretty much have the same process. Not to just buy (since I do that rarely) but to prioritize my time since there seems to be so many to read all at once. Or interests of trying to find something to read, if that makes since. The title needs to hook me, the blurb needs to not confuse me or sound hokey, I want to see all kinds of reviews (because like you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00343758249538361290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-30618722689584133852013-08-24T20:37:08.168+02:002013-08-24T20:37:08.168+02:00Well, there's no harm in being attracted to co...Well, there's no harm in being attracted to covers...if they match their content ;).<br /><br /><i>Lucid</i>, yes, I read it...still have to write a proper review...but I gave it 4 stars on GR. It was extremely well written, and I particularly loved the final chapters, where the two worlds start to collide. Recommended :).<br /><br />I only discovered the Recent Reviews of My Books feature a Roberta R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18228840429799100354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-10623655546073543922013-08-24T19:18:30.511+02:002013-08-24T19:18:30.511+02:00I am bit shallow compared to everyone here...I am ...I am bit shallow compared to everyone here...I am way too attracted to covers! ^_^<br /><br />Even though I love looking at pretty covers, the first thing that usually gets my attention is the title. (Have you read Lucid? I haven't...but I find lucid dreaming very interesting)<br />And I agree with you on the early reviews! I do the exact same thing! I browse all the reviews on Goodreads but Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922427417831981780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-29730333188165787422013-08-24T18:50:42.501+02:002013-08-24T18:50:42.501+02:00Your cover comment was amusing. And the tweets one...Your cover comment was amusing. And the tweets one...too. Even on GR these OMG comments tend to pop up a lot...completed with gifs (often Supernatural ones, I noticed - or more specifically...Dean ones)...so I can only imagine what's like on T. Also, there's the huge amount of 5 stars freely given to books that aren't even out yet!<br /><br />I agree that less-than-stellar reviews areRoberta R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18228840429799100354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-34997864155380151062013-08-24T16:51:45.699+02:002013-08-24T16:51:45.699+02:00Covers really don't work for me anymore. They ...Covers really don't work for me anymore. They are almost all the same these days and if I see one more girl looking over her surlier in a beautiful dress I'll scream lol<br /><br />I usually see tweets that generally say OMG OMG OMG THIS BOOK. I then head over to Goodreads and read a few reviews from people I trust then I seek out the 2-3 star reviews to make my decision. I will never buyKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-63208428262412188202013-08-24T10:48:29.126+02:002013-08-24T10:48:29.126+02:00LOL, I'm glad I'm not the only one obsessi...LOL, I'm glad I'm not the only one obsessing over reviews - and digging for the negative ones ;). And you're totally right about the amount of 4-5 stars reviews where people only seem to gush about the book without giving a specific reason for it, or addressing a single negative point, slight as it may be. It also looks like many indie authors have fellow writers leaving positive Roberta R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18228840429799100354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381281230448720689.post-62987390871498963642013-08-23T23:36:41.779+02:002013-08-23T23:36:41.779+02:00I think outside of the cover and blurb the thing I...I think outside of the cover and blurb the thing I do to weed books out are read their reviews, ESPECIALLY the bad ones. I swear I will spend an entire hour reading reviews on amazon. My sister really relies on me for this because she just doesn't have the patience, but I hate to invest in a book that I'm not sure about. <br /><br />There have been a few books where if I relied on the GL Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927131507204092153noreply@blogger.com