How I Read.
I started writing this post when I was feeling great, and doing the evaluations.
When I pick up a book, I really, really want to like it. I want to be all Fangirl-Squee about it.
Even if I'm dreading reading a book for whatever reason (i.e.The Shack), I want to be proven wrong. I want to be surprised.
I do not want to feel like I wasted my time.
I am extremely forgiving if there's a little problem here, or a little trip there.
I do nitpick, but my nitpicking doesn't often stand in the way of my enjoyment of a book.
I think this is because I'm a learning writer. Nitpicking and analyzing and comprehending what I'm reading is part of my pseudo-apprenticeship.
The books I love the most are ones where I am 100% interested in the character. A strong plot is a definite plus, but there are a lot of books I read that take me forever to get through because the characters aren't pulling me through.
This is probably why so much nonfiction takes me two or three times to get through.
I love effortless narrative. It challenges me more than literary prose.
I get jealous when a writer "Has me at hello." Because I don't know how to do that yet.
Your goal as a writer: make me jealous. If you make me jealous, you will also have a diehard fangirl. Seelisamantchev for a writer who makes me jealous, but also made me a diehard fangirl. Also, see icon, for such fangirly fangirnesses. :-D
There are only a handful of books that I enjoy disliking. The Alchemist is one of them. BAH ON THAT BOOK! BAH ON EVERYONE WHO LIKED IT! //end bah, resume friendship
Even if I really didn't like a book, I'll probably read something else from that author. I like giving second chances. It makes me feel good inside.
Pete Hamill is one of the authors who I was VERY disappointed in. I read Forever and was just terribly disappointed. So I read Snow in August. And was disappointed. I WANTED TO LIKE IT. I like him, I wanted to like his book. So then I read North River and OMG IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD! And my heart gets happy whenever I think of that book. See? PROVE ME WRONG!
I drink a lot of water when I read.
I love to read in my jammies. LOVE IT IT IS THE MOST FUNNEST THING I CAN THINK OF. Sometimes.
I pity any author who's writing in a genre in which I write. Because that's when I pay the most attention.
I am afraid to write reviews for anything I didn't LOVELOVELOVE. I've gotten comments from authors, and it makes me feel bad that they actually read the thoughts of dumb little me.
I really think it's in poor taste to defend yourself in a response to a review. Even if you're nice, it kind of puts the reader off.
And I feel awful saying that much.
I hate reviews that are actually summaries. That annoys me so much. I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE PLOT! IF I WANT TO KNOW THE PLOT I WILL READ. THE. BOOK.
When I pick up a book, I really, really want to like it. I want to be all Fangirl-Squee about it.
Even if I'm dreading reading a book for whatever reason (i.e.The Shack), I want to be proven wrong. I want to be surprised.
I do not want to feel like I wasted my time.
I am extremely forgiving if there's a little problem here, or a little trip there.
I do nitpick, but my nitpicking doesn't often stand in the way of my enjoyment of a book.
I think this is because I'm a learning writer. Nitpicking and analyzing and comprehending what I'm reading is part of my pseudo-apprenticeship.
The books I love the most are ones where I am 100% interested in the character. A strong plot is a definite plus, but there are a lot of books I read that take me forever to get through because the characters aren't pulling me through.
This is probably why so much nonfiction takes me two or three times to get through.
I love effortless narrative. It challenges me more than literary prose.
I get jealous when a writer "Has me at hello." Because I don't know how to do that yet.
Your goal as a writer: make me jealous. If you make me jealous, you will also have a diehard fangirl. Seelisamantchev for a writer who makes me jealous, but also made me a diehard fangirl. Also, see icon, for such fangirly fangirnesses. :-D
There are only a handful of books that I enjoy disliking. The Alchemist is one of them. BAH ON THAT BOOK! BAH ON EVERYONE WHO LIKED IT! //end bah, resume friendship
Even if I really didn't like a book, I'll probably read something else from that author. I like giving second chances. It makes me feel good inside.
Pete Hamill is one of the authors who I was VERY disappointed in. I read Forever and was just terribly disappointed. So I read Snow in August. And was disappointed. I WANTED TO LIKE IT. I like him, I wanted to like his book. So then I read North River and OMG IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD! And my heart gets happy whenever I think of that book. See? PROVE ME WRONG!
I drink a lot of water when I read.
I love to read in my jammies. LOVE IT IT IS THE MOST FUNNEST THING I CAN THINK OF. Sometimes.
I pity any author who's writing in a genre in which I write. Because that's when I pay the most attention.
I am afraid to write reviews for anything I didn't LOVELOVELOVE. I've gotten comments from authors, and it makes me feel bad that they actually read the thoughts of dumb little me.
I really think it's in poor taste to defend yourself in a response to a review. Even if you're nice, it kind of puts the reader off.
And I feel awful saying that much.
I hate reviews that are actually summaries. That annoys me so much. I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THE PLOT! IF I WANT TO KNOW THE PLOT I WILL READ. THE. BOOK.