Friday, April 6, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday



Feature and Follow is a weekly meme hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee. It is a hop in which is make your own post, answer the question, follow the featured blog, link up to the original post and make sure to visit lots of blogs!

 
Q: Have you ever bought a book BECAUSE of a bad review?

Yes. Well, I'm actually going to be getting the book from the library when it comes out but close enough. I read a review for First Comes Love by Katie Kacvinsky and the reviewer HATED the book. Went on a rant about how much she disliked this book. I had never heard of the book and thought it sounded good minus the bad rant that I had just read so I went onto Goodreads (by far my all time favorite website ever) and looked at the book. It has a high rating. So I added it. I'm curious now.

But I do have to admit, one time I wrote a super bad review for a book. I ranted about it and how awful it was. All the comments I got on the review was "oh, I thought this book sounded really good. I'm still gonna read it" or "I've heard nothing but bad things about this book. I'm still gonna read it though." All I could think in reply to that was "WTF? Seriously?" One bad review isn't going to put me off of a book, but lots of bad reviews and nothing but bad reviews? That means I'm gonna stay away from it. Life is too short for bad books.

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  1. Small Blonde HippyApril 6, 2012 at 3:18 AM

    I wonder if the book will turn out to be as bad as the reviewer says? I find reviews very subjective. I'll ignore them unless a book has all bad reviews. Then I might sit up and take notice. New follower. Here's mine: My FF

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  2. Mel@ThedailyprophecyApril 6, 2012 at 5:34 AM

    Life is indeed to short for bad books, but sometimes, I just like to read it to see if I feel the same as everybody else. So I can talk with them :p

    http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.com/2012/04/feature-follow-1.html

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  3. yarereviewsApril 6, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    "Life is too short for bad books" haha love that. :)
    New follower.
    My FF;
    http://booknookgirl.blogspot.com/2012/04/follow-friday-4.html

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  4. PatriciaApril 7, 2012 at 2:19 AM

    Life's too short for bad books. True. BUT I also think that tastes differ and that it's, for me, better to judge them for myself. I wouldn't buy the books, but I'd borrow them or something, if I was interested enough. : D

    Patricia // My FF

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I love getting comments! I'm always checking to see if I have any new comments. It's actually pretty sad how often I check for them really. So if there is anything you want to say about a post of mine, please say it! I want feedback :)

As of lately, I'm making the blog a no-award blog. I love getting them and I'm always honored, but I don't have the time to do all the things that are required of them. Sorry :(
Also, my "reply" button does not seem to be working in my comments on my computer. I have to use a different computer to reply back so if I don't reply, it's not because I'm rude, it's just that I can't.

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