carpe librum
seize the book
Today is:
last month RTR and myself each interviewed each other (i asked her the questions below) so this go around, i'm answering them.
i'd love to hear any thoughts about your own feeling regarding the questions.
Name one of the biggest clunker
books that you have ever read and why . This can be -in whole OR in part-
and include if you’d still
tend recommend it or not .
Ugh- I HATED the heroine in this
book. She has to be one of my top five. She does something so utterly
deplorable to the hero that I still can’t wrap my mind around it. The hero and
book itself were otherwise fine. I’d recommend it with the above forewarning –
plus I’d love to see if others agreed with me! Oh – the book is Be Very Afraid
by S.K. McClafferty .
Many times in the front or back
of an author’s book, there will be a “coming soon” blurb and or excerpt (etc)-
define what “coming soon” means to you and do you enjoy this
tease/taste
LOVE them! Although sometimes it
stinks…it makes me want the book, like yesterday! LOL And “coming soon” to me, means about six months NOT a year (as
many times that’s what it is! )
Do you think authors (or their
reps/assistants) should be more proactive /on top of social media as in websites , facebook , twitter etc?
Plain and simple- without a
doubt. There are enough ways to promote
and update readers/fans that even if only an author used ONE social media
medium they could keep us informed. They don’t need to post daily, but if they
use Facebook/Twitter etc , a post once a month is kind of useless.
Do you think there is a marked
difference in the tone of many of the books published today compared to the
past decade (10 yrs)
Again- without a doubt. My answer here will tie in to my response
below. I use to be a die- hard romance only
reader. Although I still read and love both paranormal and historical romances,
I’ve pretty much stopped reading almost all contemporary ones (with the
exception of a few favorites). The tone, age and attitude of (some of ) the
characters is just not appealing to me anymore.
Again- I said SOME and NOT all. I get books need to be reflective of
current times regarding technology and current events but that is not
necessarily what I am referring too.
If you could only read one
sub-genre from your favorite genre of fiction books from this point forward,
what would it be (Example Romance/ Historical )
Fiction and the
thriller/suspense/mystery genre. I know I took a liberty there with that pretty
broad based answer! LOL
Now stop over at RTR to see her own "interview"
march 21
throwback thursday
Nice answers.
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