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Anonymous |
fifteen page verdict
Aug 14 2007, 12:14 PM EDT what a ludicrous way to treat a novel. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
 Meekalee |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Aug 14 2007, 6:45 PM EDT It may seem to be a ludicrous way to treat a novel, and I always try to stick it out to get to the end, but if ANY novel hasn't caught you by page 15, then you shouldn't bother with it. I occaisionally do make it past page 15 for those books that don't grab my interests but they never get any better. Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it and I will try Hellfire again, but I make no promises. Meeka Do you find this valuable? |
 TemlynWriting |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Aug 21 2007, 4:00 PM EDT Popular librarian Nancy Pearl (author of Book Lust) talks about something called "The Rule of 50," which is similar, but involves more reading: Link: http://booklust.wetpaint.com/page/The+Rule+of+50 One of Nancy's strongest held beliefs is that no one should ever finish a book that they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is. To solve that problem, she has developed The Rule of 50, which she explains in Book Lust: "Believe me, nobody is going to get any points in heaven by slogging their way through a book they aren't enjoying but think they ought to read. I live by what I call 'the rule of fifty,' which acknowledges that time is short and the world of books is immense. If you're fifty years old or younger, give every book about fifty pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you're over fifty, which is when time gets even shorter, subtract your age from 100. The result is the number of pages you should read before deciding. "Sometimes, your mood has a lot to do with whether you'll like a book. "I always leave open the option of going back to a book that I haven't liked (especially if someone I respect has recommended it to me) sometime later. I've begun many books, put them down unfinished, then returned a month or two, or years, later and ended up loving them. This happened with Matthew Kneale's English Passengers, John Crowley's Little, Big, and Andrea Barrett's The Voyage of the Narwhal." Source: http://booklust.wetpaint.com/page/The+Rule+of+50 Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Nov 9 2007, 3:24 PM EST You dont know what youre missing if you dont read this- it is wonderfully written and absolutely horrific in parts- it kept me awake at night. Maybe Im prejuduiced cos Im Irish but I havent been moved by a book like this in a long time. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Meekalee |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Nov 13 2007, 4:00 PM EST What can I say? It doesn't have anything to do with me not being Irish, as I love other Irish authors, this book, just didn't sing to me like other books do. Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Jan 9 2008, 4:29 PM EST i absolutely agree with you (im irish too) Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 27 2008, 3:25 PM EST read the reviews on Amazon as well as the Guardian and Irish Independent. Do you find this valuable? |
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Meekalee |
RE: fifteen page verdict
Jan 31 2008, 2:32 AM EST I have read the reviews, and they are glowing, this is one of those books that is not for everyone, and I'm one of those who it isn't for. It happens. I have found that the majority of first books authors have published go two ways, a blockbuster smash or it fades away into obscurity. I'm sorry to say that I think this is one of those to fade away, BUT I bought the book as it interested me, so Mia Gallagher has promise and I'm looking forward to reading her next book, as the second I'm hopeful will be wonderful. Do you find this valuable? |
