tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post2593358160607361784..comments2024-02-25T11:40:22.282+00:00Comments on Book Buddy: You're in Waterstones, what has inspired you to pick up that particular book?Louise Wisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-33256696112050432572009-10-17T11:15:30.269+01:002009-10-17T11:15:30.269+01:00Poll closed and the blurb won!
I'm glad about ...Poll closed and the blurb won!<br />I'm glad about that, but worryingly only by one point.<br />And that tells me that new authors are disadvantaged from all angles.Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-12522866982280822142009-10-12T23:23:57.849+01:002009-10-12T23:23:57.849+01:00The blurb is winning by ONE point! So there is hop...The blurb is winning by ONE point! So there is hope for new authors?<br /><br />Whoop! Whoop!Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-46185913236794013262009-10-06T09:23:47.119+01:002009-10-06T09:23:47.119+01:00"Formulas" is another pet hate of mine. ..."Formulas" is another pet hate of mine. At the moment it's all Twilight and Harry Potter repeated and repeated over and over....Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-74012647099034697842009-10-05T15:27:50.430+01:002009-10-05T15:27:50.430+01:00The story is the most important thing for me. I...The story is the most important thing for me. I'll try and read all the books by an author that I really love. But if they start going in directions that I'm not really interested in, I'll stop following them. <br /><br />The thing I hate most in stories is formula. If you read a lot, you recognize formulas immediately. And they're just boring.mary.anne.gruen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839396134411360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-63663793890844825652009-10-04T20:35:26.457+01:002009-10-04T20:35:26.457+01:00I agree, I don't think you can have just one c...I agree, I don't think you can have just one choice. I'm a visual person so head for the nice covers first (if I'm in a romantic mood I'll head for that type of cover, horror, it'll be a picture of blood and gore etc). But the blurb must be as good as the cover.<br /><br />I've bought books by authors that I know without reading the blurb or paying too much attention to the cover, just because I know I'll like it!Louise Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585797594757452007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420136041899384436.post-5467567229628408742009-10-04T15:22:13.556+01:002009-10-04T15:22:13.556+01:00I think all of the above. I have been swayed by th...I think all of the above. I have been swayed by the cover before but mostly the author if I've read them before.Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.com