Will you take some recommendations? / myLot

Philippines

December 7, 2015 6:48am CST

List. Top books and the bookstore recommends them. But i don't really take those recommendations. I look for other books. Trying not to go with the flow. For i remember a line that says, "only dead fish go with the flow." I never asked for book recommendations. But i always recommend. Haha. If i ever read a good book review, i will think twice of buying one. Try to convince me more. Haha. I am more of discovering books rather than asking for a tip on what to read. Will you buy some or try to discover good books aside from the recommended?

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12069)

• United States

7 Dec 15

Avoiding good books because someone thinks they are good makes no sense to me.

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theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

7 Dec 15

I completely agree. But I think she means, the reviews as they appear on Internet. Not sure though.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

The book maybe good on them, but not good on me. I was once recommended by a friend but didn't liked it. Phasing is too slow. Dialogues are too much. I prefer to have more details to get me on imagining everything.

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

I am always into detective novels like those of John Grisham and the Bourne series. Books? I cannot buy recommended books, but I can read on tablet anyway.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

Wow ma'am great writers/authors :)

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

8 Dec 15

@Lucky15 hehe! may I ask a favor from you? Please do not call me Ma'am, okay? I feel too old being addressed as Ma'am!

theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

7 Dec 15

Depends on what books are being purchased and by whom and for what purpose. I have always recommended my students to spend at least a few hours at the stores, try to grasp the way the author has written, and if it makes sense to the student, s/he may purchase it. If not, look out the other books on the subject.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

Nice point. Maybe it was on the purpose that made me not to see the recommended ones. Just maybe. Haha

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502483)

• Italy

7 Dec 15

I am confused, why should you avoid to read a good book only because someone suggested it? I decide according my preferences.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

I am crazy ma'am.

nah. Because the person who suggested a book may have a different taste of what i love. Haha. Like someone wanted me to read book series because the movie is a hit. I would rather buy another series that is not on movie yet. Now i am confused too

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Dec 15

I have this problem with reading the best sellers. I just don't do it, unless I've already read that author before I knew they were best sellers. I read the back cover and if the book interests me I'll buy it and hope the content lives up to the back cover.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37391)

• Philippines

7 Dec 15

The back cover will indeed decide which book i wil read too. Haha

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