A couple of months ago I asked you to fill out a survey about why you use Goodreads. The survey was for my thesis project. Since the project is pretty much done, I can close the survey. Here are the results:
I started reading A Game of Thrones then stopped. Started reading Wraeththu by Storm Constantine then stopped. Didn’t even make it halfway through. Started Shadows in the Asylum by D.A. Stern then…stopped. Notice a pattern. I can’t find any flaws in the story. They got great reviews. The writing was brilliant but after a while, I just got…
I’ve loved horror most of my life so why are most of my favorites on Goodreads fantasy? Don’t worry, they’re still dark. But why the change? I’ve sampled other genres but horror was always my favorite. Years ago I didn’t even like fantasy. When I was doing research on the characteristic of a horror novel,…
I was reading through this Goodreads discussion and found that some authors comment on 4 or 5 star reviews of their book. They thank the person or “like” the review. I know we don’t respond to negative comments, but I never thought about positive ones. I don’t pay much attention to comments for positive reviews…
I read this interesting review about Prince of Thorns recently. What got me thinking wasn’t the review itself but this statement: “I’d heard so much that I was starting to fall into the ‘There is so much hype that it is bound to be terrible’ camp.” This is not the first time I’ve come across a statement like…
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Just because someone says you should be on that social network, doesn’t mean it’s right for you. I’m talking about you Facebook. Social media is not a one-size fits all approach. That bugs me, sometime. You can’t say, do this on Twitter and it will guarantee you 100 retweets. I’ve been rethinking my social media…
