Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. This week's featured blogs are Love, Literature, Art, and Reason and Fiction Predictions.
This week's question is:
What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can't deal with bad editing?
My answer:
First will have to be bad editing. This is one of the reasons why I tend to stay away from self-published books, but - though it rarely happens - it's even more annoying when I see it in traditionally-published ones. Also, terrible covers. I know, "Don't judge a book by its cover", but I can't help it! I love me some pretty visuals. Lastly, I hate slow pacing. As Kurt Vonnegut said, "Start as close to the end as possible".
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Great quote from Vonnegut! I have to agree with pacing too. There have been many books that I almost (and very which I have) stopped reading because of how slow it was going.
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Really good points there, I'm alos big on the book covers - though I try not to think about it if I like the description of the book. But really, the cover is such a big influence!
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My FF post
I pick books by their covers all the time, can't help myself!! Great answer!
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Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace
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I'm with you on this one! I CANNOT help but judge a book by it's cover. ;) Bad editing sucks too!
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Sarika @ The Readdicts
So many people have trouble with covers. I tend to ignore them, because I've found books I love with bad covers. Terrible editing can be extremely distracting and slow pacing can really drag a book down. Great answers!
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My FF
Good answer. I don't like bad covers, but they are deal breakers for me because I know it happens and it doesn't necessarily represent the book. It SHOULD, but I don't take points off if it doesn't.
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Megan @ Love, Literature, Art, and Reason
I agree with all those! They really bug. I tend to veer away from indie books because of editing, too. Old follower via GFC. My FFs are at Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. Happy Friday! :D
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http://kimberlysnovelnotes.blogspot.com/2012/11/friday-56-9-feature-friday-8.html
A good cover is essential. The old adage, Don't judge a book by its cover, is crap. We all do it. An interesting/pretty cover draws us in enough to read the description, but that cover is what prompts us to pick it up. A good title is vital too, imo. New GFC follower.
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Great points. I totally judge books by their covers. If I don't like the cover, I won't read the summary, and if I don't read the summary, I will never have a chance of reading the book unless the author approaches me with a copy. It's awful habit, but covers are like the clothes you wear to a job interview, and first impressions really are the key to selling yourself.
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-Ariel
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Bad covers and bad editing, I agree.
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haha YES! this is so similar to my FFF this week it's scary! I mentioned both pacing and editing! I didn't however mention tacky or corny covers but it's true: if they're really lame I'll more than likely pass up the book. Great answer, thanks for sharing :)
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oh i agree with you about covers. it's so hard NOT to judge a book by it's cover! i like that quote too!
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Bad editing definitely seems to be numero uno today, and I couldn't agree more!
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Bad covers won't make me quit or not pick up a book, but it does make me judge it before I've read it. New follower via GFC.
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I agree about covers. My friends call me a cover whore. :P I would hope that I wouldn't not read a book because of the cover but I do tend to love the ones I read.
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Christine
Rainy Day Reads
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I'm definitely a cover judger as well. I'll definitely buy a book by its cover. I'll buy a book if I don't like the cover much only if I've heard amazing things about it.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I totally agree with you, bad editing and bad covers. Yep. New follower~
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Totally agree with the bad editing and bad covers. I think I might have missed a few good books just because of the bad covers alone!
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Katie @ Fiction Predictions