Favorite Quotes

'Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods...... But even the great can tremble with fear. Even the great can Fall.

Mary E. Pearson, Kiss of Deception

Friday, November 2, 2012

friday 56 (9) & feature friday (8)


Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post to Freda's Voice in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

 This is page 56 on my nook

 "This isn't about my feelings for Maggie. This is about my respect for the Visionary. You can't get jealous over that. Get over yourself." Kyle said. 









Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

Rules
  • Leave your name on the post.
  • Create a post on your own blog that links back to the post (just grab the FF button) visit as many blogs as you can and tell them hello! In their comments.
  • Be sure to follow them and if someone follows you follow back!!!

Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can't deal with bad editing? 

     There are very few things, that are in a book, that I can't find a saving grace for. Like, if I am reading a book and I hate the characters but love the plot, I will keep reading the book for the plot or vice versa. However, there is one thing that almost can never have a good enough saving grace and that is when the pacing in a book i so incredibly slow. When it is slow I can't like the characters, I can't get into the plot, it just ruins the book. That is exactly why I couldn't finish Eon and the Tiger's Curse. 




That was my answer, what was yours?
Happy reading










13 comments:

  1. Wow, I've never seen anyone say Eon and Tiger's Curse has slow pacing. I really need to check those out for myself XD

    Thanks for dropping by my F&F Friday! New follower :)

    - Kazhy @ My Library in the Making

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  2. I have the same answer. If the book is boring, I want to put it down.

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/11/follow-friday.html

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  3. I think the beginning of the book needs to captivating but I don't mind a book being slow towards the middle if its building up to something good.

    Old follower :)
    Becca @ Lost in Thought
    http://lostinthought-becca.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/feature-follow-4.html

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  4. I hate when I'm reading a book and about half way through or toward the end the author throws in something paranormal. I do not enjoy paranormal like so many others. I think if there is paranormal in a book it should be revealed in the synopsis. The books I am talking about are not listed in the paranormal genre, they are listed under other genres. When that happens to me, it ruins the whole book for me.

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    1. That's happened to me a few times. Its like I was reading a perfectly good romance then bam! A witch gets thrown in. Its annoying.

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  5. I like your Friday 56, as well as your answer to "what's a deal breaker." For me, I'm turned off by errors. Bad formatting, incorrect words, spelling and punctuation errors -- they all take me out of the story.

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  6. I'll DNF a book if it is too slow!

    New follower

    -Amanda P
    Paranormal Romance

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  7. Agreed! S-l-o-w pace is a killer!

    New Follower via GFC. Would love for you to stop by my blog and check it out. :)

    Christine
    Rainy Day Reads
    www.rainydayreads.com

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  8. Slow sometimes wins the race :) But i know what you mean!

    http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.ca/2012/11/friday-56-book-beginnings.html

    btw - the captcha is killing me. this is my fifth try

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  9. Yup, if a book is putting me to sleep, then I probably won't pick it up again!

    I'm a new follower! Here's my FFF

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