This weeks question is:
“What keeps you reading beyond the first few pages of a book, and what makes you want to stop reading a book and put it back on the shelf?“
Usually what keeps me reading a book past the first few pages are the characters. Or the potential story line. The way the author writes too. Sometimes you can get a book and just tell within the first page or so that it isn't going to be good. I usually give the book a chance anyways and continue to read. If it improves, that's awesome and I'll finish it. If it gets worse, I probably won't. I've only read one book so far that was so...terrible I couldn't finish it.
Can't wait to see every one's answer to this weeks question! Thanks for Hopping by! :)
Couldn't agree more.
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These book blogger hop questions just get better and better. This one looks easy but I think it’s a trick question. We all know it’s the same answer – the writing – but we all have different perspectives of what good writing is.
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Howard Sherman, Implementor
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I usually stick things out for as long as possible. Always hoping things might pick up. I have been guilty of skimming pages but still finishing the book. But yeah, if I can't get into the book, storyline or characters, I don't finish it at all.
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Same here - I will normally stick out a book that I'm not sure of...usually I end up being pleasantly surprised.
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Hopping through. I usually can't tell if a book is going to be bad immediately but I often can tell if it's going to be great. It's the middle range that's the hardest to discern.
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I don't usually stop reading a book unless it's really, really bad. I've been known to skim a book till the end, however, if I just don't like it very much.
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~Brooke
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Stopping by via Crazy-For-Book's Blog Hop.
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Holjo @ Pedantic Phooka
www.pedanticphooka.com
It's hard for me to put a finger on what causes me to finish or not finish a book. I know it has to do with my mood at the time, but there's other factors too. I rarely stop reading a book, but once in a while....
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