This week's topic is an interesting counterpart to last week's list of things that automatically make me want to read a book... It would be tempting simply to invert those notions - what would turn me off a book? Unconvincing characters, inauthentic relationships etc... and yes that would be true. But a little bit of a cheat perhaps! That said, my wife came home from work yesterday with conjunctivitis which she has merrily shared, so my vision is a little blurred right now... tonight, I am not averse to the concept of a short cut! My other issue is that I do read widely and whilst I will offer some of the themes and tropes that may discourage me from reading a book, none of these will necessarily stop me from reading it. They may, however, make it an uphill job for the author to grab my attention. I wonder what examples of these I can come up with that I did read...
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Top Ten Tuesday: School Freebie
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with [xxx] On the Cover
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Top Ten Tuesday: Fictional Crushes
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Top Ten Tuesday: Secondary / Minor Characters Who Deserve More Love
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Should be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies
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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles That Would Make Good Band Names
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Top Ten Tuesday: Recent Additions
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2019: A Year in Books
2019 has been a good year in books for me: many great books and some outstanding have been read, few stinkers if any. Favourite Reads I have already blogged here about my favourite reads of 2019 so perhaps just the images will suffice. Any by golly they include some stunning covers! Stinkers It seems almost… Continue reading 2019: A Year in Books
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