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Today is:
Now stop over at Ann's blog to see (or not LOL) what she asked me:
Romancing the Readers
February 21
throwback thursday
Thanks to Ann for letting me pick her brain...bookish minds want to know (or maybe they don't LOL)...
BTRB: 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 .
RTR: Come
Home to Me by Brenda Novak. I really enjoy this series but this book was so bad
for me. I hated the heroine and couldn't get past that fact. I would tell
people about the series but warn them how bad this one was.
BTRB: 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
RTR: Coming soon is within the year. If it's
long then that its not soon. Hell, I'd rather six months but that doesn't
always happen. I don't read them so I can't say I enjoy them.
BTRB: Do you
think authors (or their reps/assistants) should be more proactive /on top of
social media as in websites , facebook ,
twitter etc?
RTR: Yes I do. I want to know what's coming
out and when it's come. I get that they don't always have a set date but I'd
love to know if it's coming out in the next year or so. Don't tell me your book
is coming out on this date then years later I'm still waiting. And if you do
that make sure we know why. We don't need all the information but it's helpful
when you know there is family issues going on and things have been pushed back.
BTRB: 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)
RTR: Yes and
no. I think books are always going to be date because of technology or world
affairs but I don't see a huge difference. But I think you still have sex in
books maybe a little more now then before. I think the one thing that's changed
a lot is that now the authors mention more about condoms. Before it wasn't mentioned as much.
BTRB: 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 )
RTR: I would stick with contemporary romance. I read more of
that then anything else. I would miss the books I read in other sub genre's,
but not enough.
Now stop over at Ann's blog to see (or not LOL) what she asked me:
Romancing the Readers
February 21
throwback thursday
It was a fun week!
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