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Book Meme Day 26-28
Oct. 28th, 2016 07:17 pm Book Meme
26. Do you read reviews of books? Before or after you read the books themselves? Why? Why not?
I do read reviews on my flist and sometimes online if I'm looking for a book as a present, but I generally don't read review. I have a big to read list as it is, books I got as recs or as presents so I tend to go for those. Once in a while I would want to see what others thought of the book after I read, so I might look something up. When I lived in London, I did like to get the Sunday Times and read some reviews there but that was a long time ago.
27. The book you’re embarrassed to admit you’ve read
None? I don't really get embarrased to talk about books I've read.
28. The one where the fanfic was better than the original (and the relevant AO3 links, pls)
Most of my fanfic consumption is TV shows. Harry Potter is the exception as it was my gateway fanfic. I was reading a lot of Snape fic, which morphed into Snape/Hermione fics, and lately my focus has been Remus/Sirius, which I like to write. But "better than the original" is a false comparison. There are many wonderful Harry Potter fics but they serve a different purpose to me. I won't compare them. There are many amazing writers out there but I like canon too.
26. Do you read reviews of books? Before or after you read the books themselves? Why? Why not?
I do read reviews on my flist and sometimes online if I'm looking for a book as a present, but I generally don't read review. I have a big to read list as it is, books I got as recs or as presents so I tend to go for those. Once in a while I would want to see what others thought of the book after I read, so I might look something up. When I lived in London, I did like to get the Sunday Times and read some reviews there but that was a long time ago.
27. The book you’re embarrassed to admit you’ve read
None? I don't really get embarrased to talk about books I've read.
28. The one where the fanfic was better than the original (and the relevant AO3 links, pls)
Most of my fanfic consumption is TV shows. Harry Potter is the exception as it was my gateway fanfic. I was reading a lot of Snape fic, which morphed into Snape/Hermione fics, and lately my focus has been Remus/Sirius, which I like to write. But "better than the original" is a false comparison. There are many wonderful Harry Potter fics but they serve a different purpose to me. I won't compare them. There are many amazing writers out there but I like canon too.