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nohara66

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My Taste
If We Were Villains
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Radio Silence
Reading...
Baker's Magic
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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nohara66 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Reviews and books.

    Sometimes reading a ton of reviews about a book you were initially interested in (by reading the synopsis) can ruin the experience of reading it and discovering for ourselves what part of it we like or don't like. Reviewers point out what part was their least favourite and what left an impact while reading, which creates an already set narrative about that book in our head, it's like reading a book through somebody else's glasses. I realised that sometimes while reading, we are not actually reading ( subconsciously), we are nitpicking good moments or bad moments that we read about that book in those reviews. Reviews are not a bad thing, they are great for when you have limited time and want to get the best out of it. For someone like me they create a little hindrance on the path of actually discovering what I like and what I don't. That's probably when readalongs and clubs come to rescue. Read the books and judge for yourself, although I have never participated in any. I love reviews though, some are very funny. I sometimes read them more than the actual book and it's a problem.

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  • Reviews and books.

    Sometimes reading a ton of reviews about a book you were initially interested in (by reading the synopsis) can ruin the experience of reading it and discovering for ourselves what part of it we like or don't like. Reviewers point out what part was their least favourite and what left an impact while reading, which creates an already set narrative about that book in our head, it's like reading a book through somebody else's glasses. I realised that sometimes while reading, we are not actually reading ( subconsciously), we are nitpicking good moments or bad moments that we read about that book in those reviews. Reviews are not a bad thing, they are great for when you have limited time and want to get the best out of it. For someone like me they create a little hindrance on the path of actually discovering what I like and what I don't. That's probably when readalongs and clubs come to rescue. Read the books and judge for yourself, although I have never participated in any. I love reviews though, some are very funny. I sometimes read them more than the actual book and it's a problem.

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  • nohara66 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Reading slump

    There is nothing more annoying than being in a reading slump... Nothing is working, it doesn't matter what genre I pick up it just doesn't work.... The last time I had a reading slump like this was in March

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