This is a meme over at Booking Through Thursday.Do you read book reviews? Whose do you trust? Do they affect your reading habits? Your buying habits?
I do read book reviews. I quite enjoy reading them. I trust the book reviews of fellow bloggers or friends. I don't religiously read them. The book has to catch my eye in some way first. Or if the book reviewer and I have similar tastes then I always look out for that persons reviews. There are some I have learned not to trust. A few years ago (long before I took up blogging myself) I came across a fairly popular book blogger. I picked up a few books because of those reviews and I didn't enjoy them. These things happen mind you but I did eventually realise that every review on that blog was a positive one. Every book was amazing. You can't love every single book and I have learned to trust those who seem to give an honest opinion.
Book reviews do affect my reading habits a little. In the last few months my tr list has grown significantly because of it. I finally bought the Help because of lots of bloggers book reviews. It's a great way of discovering new authors or getting you to finally pick up that book you've been in two minds about.
Happy Thursday! TBR piles get out of control for me quickly!
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Good reply.
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Good point. Honest reviews are important I usually always find there is some aspect of a book I didn't enjoy so I am always wary of the bloggers who's reviews are consistenly positive.
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You make an important point about bloggers or reviewers who only write positive reviews. I tend not to trust those because they don't seem really real. I also like to stick to those with similar reading styles because even if a book is good, I might not necessarily enjoy it.
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