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Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 12:54
by jacobgrey
@Julez don't think of it like Twilight or etc, it's very different than that 8D the vampire part is almost incidental I guess, it's more about the relationships and the circumstances.
I had a funny thing with reviews yesterday. I read the reviews for The Scarlet Letter and there was one which summed up my thoughts perfectly in this really funny satire. Best part: Someone I actually know well even commented on that review saying how much they found it funny, and she and I never talked about this book at all XD
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 13:32
by LittleJulez
I agree about the reviews!
Unless they are all negative, then I will probably take them into account.
Okay that sounds cool then, jacob!
Oh that's funny indeed.
I also read The Scarlett Letter a while ago for uni. I thought it was not too bad.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 14:17
by jacobgrey
I quite liked the storyline, I just wished he would get to the point XD Although I think I would like it more if I had studied it, because I'm sure there were references and meanings below the text that I wouldn't get without help.
I like to ignore reviews completely most of the time. If I do read them, usually I'm looking for some clue about how the storyline will go, if the blurb is too vague.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 16:42
by LittleJulez
I also don't look at reviews actually. I mostly do not care :P
There are a few hints here and there, yes. But admittedly the beginning was hard to read for me, but it got better with the course of the story.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 17:27
by Ghost
You know those little review quotes that are sometimes on books? Those are what really affect me. They always make me wanna read the book more even though I know they're really biased.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 14th, '18, 17:33
by AliceON
today's bookbub selection arrived with a new storybundle mail. that's too demanding of my attention span!
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 15th, '18, 09:19
by LittleJulez
Ghost - really? I couldn't care less about those opinions, I never read them :D
Oh yes, I downloaded about 20 books on bookbub already... They are free..
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 15th, '18, 09:55
by Ghost
I have a feeling it's because I don't read much so I have trouble deciding if i'll like a book before I buy it. Blurbs might be the obvious way of deciding but you just never know if you're going to like a book even if the blurb sounds amazing. I guess i'm just sitting on the fence a lot of the time, unsure about a book, and then I read the lil review thingos and it pushes me juust enough to tip me over the edge and make me decide that this book is worth buying after all.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 15th, '18, 13:19
by jacobgrey
I don't trust those ones at all because they're often misquoted XD Like, I could say "It could be excellent if they changed everything about it" and the cover quote will just say "excellent!"
Or even sneakier: "Everything about it... excellent!"
There are a lot of examples of this which have been documented, it's kind of crazy.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Jun 15th, '18, 15:24
by LittleJulez
Yep, that's true!