Julie’s Comments (group member since Jun 08, 2011)

Julie’s comments from the flight paths group.

Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "Library books are, by nature, more pompous and demanding. They think they're so special with their mylar wrappings and secret code stickers. Much more difficult to ignore than the comfy friendly bo..."

Why isn't there a "Like" button?

Magdelanye wrote: "Yikes, 2 bleh books in a row is enough of a bummer for me. I make sure I have a few books around that I am primed for, just in case. Sometimes anticipation is a consolation. But your reading experi..."

I have far too many books that I'd love to pull out and read all in a row, but I have to ignore them far too often :)

Yes; I recently read my first Lehane and now I'm determined to buy and read them all (not all at once of course, but when I see one, I buy it). Same with Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah. And, of course, some series books (Cashore, Kagawa).

1. With all of the wonderful book bloggers around, I know which of them have my taste in reading, so quite often, the books that go into my TBR and to-buy list are books that I've seen good ratings for from those bloggers and reviewers. Other times, the general buzz will do it.

2. I get a lot of books for review, so my process of which to read next goes something like this:

ARC's - if the release date is within a week or two and I haven't read it yet, it's next
Review (ARC's and others) - by received date
Personal - I joined some reading challenges that helped me prioritize this reading by listing books in advance that I want to read this year

...and sometimes, I just have a book in my shelf that keeps yelling at me to read it, so I do :)

I try to alternate my reading between personal books and review books .. one review, one personal, but sometimes there will be a batch of review books whose release date is coming up or that I've had for longer than 8 weeks, so I'll read review books quite a bit more often.

And sometimes, I'll have read 3 or 4 bleh books in a row, and I'll just pull one out that I know I'm going to like to get back that "I love reading" feeling.

I have rated some books from past reading, but without a review, since I may still retain the general feeling I got from reading a book, but not the details that go into an informative review.