Thursday, June 2, 2011

Booking through Thursday - Reviews

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This week's question...

Do you read book reviews? Whose do you trust? Do they affect your reading habits? Your buying habits?

My answer...

Yes, I do read reviews. I read them from Amazon, Romantic Times, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads and fellow bloggers. I basically use the reviews to get a synopsis of the book to see if it's a storyline I'd like. I don't really go by the ratings or opinions. Reading is so subjective that I feel it's something I need to make up my own mind about.

Since I've had my blog, I do take what fellow bloggers say about books seriously. If I find a blogger who has similar reading tastes to mine, I will take their recommendations. But, ultimately, I do make my own decisions of which books I like. What's the old saying? "Someone else's junk is another person's treasure"? Or something like that and I think that's very true.

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7 comments:

  1. Gigi AnnJune 2, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    I like reading book reviews of other book bloggers, and for fun I like reading reviews on Goodreads.

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  2. Lisa (Lisa's World of Books)June 2, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    First, love the cat! Seriously!

    I really need to get out there and figure out what all goodreads has to offer.

    Here is my BTT Answer

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  3. Laurel-Rain SnowJune 2, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I like your answer...and yes, ultimately we like what we like.

    Love that cat visual....LOL

    Here's MY THURSDAY MEMES POST

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  4. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Good answer.

    here's mine:

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/06/booking-through-thursday.html

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  5. SallyJune 2, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Great answer I totally agree. I like getting the general feel for a book from the reviews.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/06/booking-through-thursday-20.html

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  6. Nise' June 2, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    The only reviews I read are from other book bloggers. I stay away from those reviews that critique the snot of out a book.

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  7. BlodeueddJune 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    I am the same, in the aspect how I read the and not look at ratings

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