Booking Through Thursday

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Do you read book reviews? Do you let them change your mind about reading/not reading a particular book?

I read reviews, especially if its an author I've never read before. I have to say that there are places I won't read reviews. I've never been keen on places like Amazon for reviews because a great deal of the time, the writers always seem to be out to get attention in either their favoring of the book or dissing. I prefer to read reviews on book blogs, because they seem to be more honest.

There isn't a review that would make me not read a book if I really wanted to, basically because everyone takes away a different impression of a book. Writing is art, and just like people will have different perceptions of a painting, people will have different perceptions of a book. I've seen some of my favorite books get low marks on Goodreads and some books I can't stand get high ones. It is all a matter of perception.

Booking Through Thursday

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Do you prefer reading current books? Or older ones? Or outright old ones? (As in, yes, there’s a difference between a book from 10 years ago and, say, Charles Dickens or Plato.)

I have to say that I have no real preference as long as the story is a good one. I certainly read my share of current fiction, but I have been reading some older books, thanks to those boxes I found in my basement as well as finding some authors that have been around that haven't read. I also enjoy reading classic literature, and this summer I'm trying to read some of the books I've wanted to read for awhile. I will say that more contemporary fiction is easier to read, but that's really a different matter all together.

Booking Through Thursday

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Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you?

I love signed copies of books, especially if its by a favorite author. I had a friend of mine go to Borders when Jen Lancaster was doing a book signing, so I could have a signed copy of Such A Pretty Fat.

I've won a lot of copies of Harlequins and I adore my signed copies.

I would love to actually be present when one of my books was getting signed. Book tours don't seem to come through Pittsburgh and that makes me very sad indeed.