Monday, May 21, 2012

Musing Monday

MUSING MONDAYS… is a weekly event where MizB at Should be Reading will ask a book/reading-related question, and you answer with your own thoughts on the topic.

This week’s musing asks…

What do you do with the book before you start reading it?


I look at the front cover, the back cover.  Read the blurb about it.  Sometimes if I can't decide what to read next I'll have to look at the description online, then skim through some of the reviews because I don't like reading spoilers.  They upset me because I want to find things out on my own.  That's pretty much it really, then I just start reading and hopefully I'm into it enough to finish it quickly.  So I can move on to the next one of my ever growing to be read pile.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Reading the back cover to know what its about mostly. I normally refrain from reviews because I'd like to read something first then find out if there are those who like it or don't.

Thanks for dropping by! :)

Unknown said...

There are times when I won't even read the whole blurb because I think it's giving away too much information. And I never read an excerpt.

Melissa Wiebe said...

It really depends on the blurb/description of the book. I also try to read what others thought about the book. Thank you for dropping by earlier.

Kwizgiver said...

My answer is similar to yours, only I forgot to mention that I avoid spoilers.

Yvonne said...

My answer is similar to yours. I'm not much for spoilers for my books either.