What a crazy few weeks it has been! Started off with my hubby taking a fall and breaking his shoulder blade. Yikes! Lot's of shuttling him and the kids around has caused me to fall behind in my blog posts. But, I am back to reading again and will be posting a review very soon.
The reading bug has caught up to our daughter. Her only request for her upcoming 9th birthday is a Kindle. So, looks like a new generation of avid readers is on the horizon. She absolutely devours books.
One thing that I love about reviewing is that I am trying out new-to-me authors. I am definitely a creature of habit. Typically, I will find a few authors whose work I love. I then buy and read everything they publish. One librarian once told me that I am a difficult person to recommend books to. I definitely have a set idea of what I like. Doing the reviews, I am finding that there are a lot of authors out there who write books that I thoroughly enjoy.
Something that has been mentioned to me is the lack of negative reviews on my blog. There is a reason for that. If I really don't like a book, I will send the review directly to the publisher through a review site. I have often read bad reviews for books that I totally loved. I have also had the experience of reading a review of an author I was unfamiliar with, then not purchasing the book based upon that review. I would not want to have someone possibly not purchase a book based upon something that I wrote. What I will be doing in the future however is make a suggestion for books I haven't liked. If in doubt on whether you would like a book, rent it from the library first, Then, if you like it, buy the book to add to your home library or eReader.
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