I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of.
Tashmere Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM
It wasn't the breakroom at work but it was the only book available in what was turning into a long, unexpected wait. I picked it up in desperation and it happened to actually be the second book in the series. I was hooked on the first page. When my husband saw me reading it later he had to make me put it down and read book one of the series first. It was The Deeds of Paksenarrion series by Elizabeth Moon. It is still one of my favorite series ever. First loves always hold a special place.
The point being that you can find wonderful books by taking a chance. They don't have to be something you have heard of.
The point being that you can find wonderful books by taking a chance. They don't have to be something you have heard of.
Titles or covers?
18/06/2010 02:15:56 PM
- 702 Views
Nope
18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM
- 482 Views
Title if I had to choose, but unlikely I'd get an unheard-of book without a blurb. *NM*
18/06/2010 04:17:23 PM
- 206 Views
Why don't you people want to play?
18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM
- 465 Views
Okay, so the Martians come down and make you pick between McDonald's and Burger King.
18/06/2010 04:53:26 PM
- 427 Views
That is not a fair comparison
18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM
- 406 Views
Yes it is. And you didn't answer my question. Why won't you just play the game?
18/06/2010 10:57:24 PM
- 474 Views
18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM
- 491 Views
Stop spelling it wrong!
18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM
- 464 Views
really you just never pick up a book ans say "what the hell I will read this one"
18/06/2010 05:49:05 PM
- 516 Views
Very rarely, and only in the library if that.
18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM
- 444 Views
I found one of my favorite writers that way
18/06/2010 06:12:00 PM
- 463 Views
I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of.
18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM
- 442 Views
Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone.
18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM
- 435 Views
Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone.
18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM
- 443 Views
No they don't. I have lost on several gambles. But I have had enough success that I keep trying.
18/06/2010 11:24:09 PM
- 436 Views
The Aardvark is Ready for War.
18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM
- 478 Views
Huh. I suppose, since I have to choose, I'd go for cover. At least it would look pretty.
18/06/2010 05:56:43 PM
- 419 Views
I was noticing when I went to the public book sale that I am a title person.
18/06/2010 07:56:13 PM
- 424 Views
Hmm, that's a toughy. It's really a toss of the dice; could go either way. I'd go with cover...
18/06/2010 08:08:00 PM
- 484 Views
Neither would be the determinant factor for me...
18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM
- 508 Views
Now that's a reply
18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM
- 529 Views
Re: Now that's a reply
18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM
- 515 Views
Re: Now that's a reply
18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM
- 511 Views
Why? *NM*
21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM
- 227 Views
Because
21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM
- 460 Views
Author of a vastly
21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM
- 446 Views
Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly.
19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM
- 473 Views
Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM*
19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM
- 296 Views
What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM*
20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM
- 198 Views