This or That Book Tag

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I was tagged by the lovely Hannah of Hannah's Bookshelf to take part in the This or That book tag! Read on for my various reading preferences.

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To DNF or Not to DNF?

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Titles marked with an asterisk (*) were gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Today I want to discuss deciding whether or not to stop reading a book you don't enjoy - or DNF (did not finish) as it's known in the book community (which isn't grammatically correct, as to DNF is "to did not finish," but we use it anyway). It's something I never used to do, but something I've been doing more often.

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How the Way I Read Affects What I Read

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I was going to talk to you today about the way I read - until I realised I've already posted about How My Imagination Takes Over When I Read. But what I didn't talk about is how the way I read affects what I read. Because while, yes, I love the stories, and the plot, and the characters of the books I read, what I love most is the reading experience.

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Are You On Father Christmas' Naughty or Nice List?

Merry Christmas! It's Chrsitmas Day, and so what better day to think about whether my behaviour over the past year has me on Father Christmas' Nice List. I don't know about you, but for me. Christmas just isn't Christmas without a visit from Father Christmas. To find out if I am on his Nice List, I have stolen the The Naughty or Nice Book Tag from Cait of Paper Fury. So let's see, shall we?

Received an ARC and not reviewed it - Naughty

Ahem. There are quite a few. But that doesn't mean I won't review them. Except for those I never requested/accepted in the first place and aren't my cup of tea. The others will get reviewed at some point. But being a mood reader, I can't just pick up a book because I have to review it. I can only read what I fancy reading. But I'll read and review once I'm in the right mood. Some of the ARCs from this year I've yet to read, but am looking forward to. Click the images to go to Goodreads.

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How Blogging Has Changed My Reading

Today, inspired by Laura of Boats Against the Current's post, Has Blogging Changed Your Reading Habits?, I thought I would share with you guys how becoming a book blogger has changed reading for me.

I Read More

Before blogging, most of the time, I read books belonging to my Dad, as it's through his high fantasy books that I discovered reading, and he let me borrow whatever I wanted - but he only had so many book, and I didn't like the sound of everything he has. Then I discovered urban fantasy, and would be buying books as I discovered them, and when I could afford them. But then I became a book blogger, and after a while, started getting sent ARCs pretty regularly. There was no more waiting until I had money to buy a new book, I had books to choose from whenever I finished a book.

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Discussion: How My Imagination Takes Over When I Read

Today, I thought I'd talk about the way I read. Back before I fell in love with reading, it was such a chore. I hated it. Words on a page that go on and on and on. It was so boring. I couldn't understand why anyone enjoyed it. Why would you put yourself through all those words for hours on end?

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