There is something funny about me and reading, I’m hoping it’s not just me but I do know people that don’t do it so perhaps I am odd, and the funny thing is that there are just some books that I can’t read all the time. Under the Dome is a bit like that. I’m [...]
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Question: How do you choose what to read next?
I’m only asking as I’ve been having a think today. I’m feeling a little too constrained if I’m honest. I’ve brought it on myself as I’ve let the focus narrow on my blog. Blogging about books is hard. Well I find it hard. There are a lot of books that flow onto the shelves of [...]
Question: Every new book represents a risk that the publisher and the author take on, discuss?
Alright, this all stems from the whole debate around authors/publishers missing deadlines. I keep having deferring opinions on it. The writer in me thinks that well it’s got to be good and it can’t be rushed and it’s going to bad if they rush it so everyone is going to just have to wait. The [...]
Question: How Many Books has X Author Sold?
I like blog posts like this: A question that comes up a fair bit on literature forums is: “How many books has Author X sold?”. Compared to TV, where audience figures are easily available, and movies, where box office figures are even more easily retrieved, book sales figures are virtually impossible to calculate for an [...]
Question: Is one just enough?
Do you ever read and author and think, ok I’ve read them now and never go back? I don’t mean you hated what you read and wouldn’t touch it again even on threat of pain of death. More that you want to read a particular author for whatever reason and once you’ve done it you [...]
