This week's question is:
What very popular and hyped book in the blogosphere did you NOT enjoy and how did you feel about posting your review?I hope I don't get beef for saying this, but Nightshade by Andrea Cremer. I mean, I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have because it was so over-hyped and my expectations of it were above normal. If I had had lower standards and not have expected to be wowed and dazzled, I probably would have enjoyed it more. I've had a blogger tell me with utmost certainty that I'd be torn between both boys in the book. That was so far from the case, it wasn't even funny. :/ But I won't Ren-bash on the Hop - I've ranted about his personality/character at other places. :P
I felt a bit bad for posting a slightly negative review as a guest post, but I'm not going to compromise honesty even if my views go against the crowd. I hope you guys don't, either!
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This week's question is:
My gosh, do you other bloggers even have time to do something other than reading and reviewing? :P For me, I'm either studying for chemistry, reading, or reviewing. Not particularly in that order. If I had time... I'd... play games? I think? Or take walks? Wow, my answer is pretty sad and pathetic. :P You can tell I'm a hermit that just reads/reviews.
What do you do besides reading / reviewing as a hobby??
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15 comments:
You know what book I really didn't like? The Lonely Hearts Club. I just found it so so obnoxious haha
As for what I do outside of blogging, I spend my time swimming and being an eco-activist! :D
Have a great Friday, Kristina!
FIRST!
lol, sorry, I just couldn't resist.
I still haven't read Nightshade. Its been sitting on my shelf for a few weeks now, but I'm afraid to pick it because of the love triangle thing. (You know how I feel about those) Eventually I'll bring myself to read it, and hopefully I'll be disappointed... Hopefully. ;~;
Happy happy Friday Kristina!
D:LFKSJDFKL DAGNABBIT I TOOK TOO LONG WRITING THE POST AND I WASN'T FIRST. I tip my hat to you, Melissa! xD
Happy Friday, just stopping by!
TGIF...stopping by!
I haven't read Nightshade. I am taking a break from paranormal stuff. I just can't take anymore vampires and werewolves.
Hop u stop by and see my answer.
~Jen
Happy Friday Kristina!Just hopping by to say hi!
Well,i don't do anything else than reading,reviewing and playing pc games and believe me i don't have much time to do anything else!So,i think my answer is more pathetic!When i was at university i didn't have time to do anything else so i'm spending my time doing nothing just to get it out my system!
Hey! I was your 300th follower. Cool.
Just stopping by from FF and I noticed we read a lot of the same books. Well, when I'm not reading dirty books, that is. Lol!
Have a great weekend.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Hi Kristina! Happy Friday:) Nightshade got a crazy amount of promotion, it was hard not to have huge huge expectations for it. I did enjoy it, I was a big confused at first, but then by the middle I got into it. Sorry it wasn't for you! I felt pretty out of the loop with my feelings on Crescendo, I just couldn't get past the angst on that one. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Happy weekend! I just got a copy of Nightshade yesterday, haha. But I don't let hype get to me really. I don't think I've ever been disappointed in a book because other people said it was awesome. Or that it is going to be awesome - I mean, they haven't even read it at this point, right?! So my hopes are the standard hopes of "we'll see" hehe. So I guess we'll see how I feel about it soon! Have fun studying, reading, and reviewing!
Oh! I just laughed so hard at your Friday Follow answer! I too don't understand how people can post 5 product reviews a day every day and still have time for anything else! (and sometimes there's nothing wrong with being a book hermit; but I take a day off each week to not blog .. period) I may have a pre-scheduled post or two, but ... and I generally use the time to kick back with the fam and ... read!
I kind of know the feeling of feeling bad about a review in special circumstances .. one of my reviews was tied to an author guest post where the author would be visiting and replying to the comments .. and I didn't really like the book very much, but I didn't RAG on it .. I just felt that the characters could have been more developed, etc. The author was livid because I didn't think her work was a lyrical piece of art .. so whatever .. Now, I post reviews and guest posts separately, especially for mediocre books. :) But I still tell my true feeling about the book in any review, even if I have to post it as a mixed review, with both the good and bad pointed out.
I have to say Nightshade was one that I really loved, which was odd because lately I've been really disappointed with YA paranormals.
KRISSSSSSS!
We basically have the same answer on both questions! Well except that the book I didn't really enjoy was Elixir. It's not that I feel bad for not liking it, it's just that it's the first book I've read that I didn't really like. I tried being as honest as I can w/ my review though. And I haven't read Nightshade! I'll reserve my judgment for that book. :)
*glomps* Hobby? What hobby? This is my hobby!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
Hi, I am here from the Hop! You have a wonderful blog and I enjoyed reading the answers to the questions of the week. :)
Hi There!
I'm an old follower dropping by to say hi! I know what you mean about time. More than one post a day??? Where do they find the time?? I can't do it! Hope you have a great weekend.
Hey Kristina, just fyi I responded to all your comments, on the original post where you'd written them. :) I didn't want to spam up your blog but I didn't know if you'd see them on my blog, so I settled for posting on my blog and posting about posting on yours... yeah. Hehe!
I finished "Do Tampons Take Your Virginity?" recently, on your recommendation. I did like it; I really enjoy books that are about peoples' experiences and views of the world, you know? She certainly had some crazy stuff to go through though. I found I was most upset over what her mother endured, though... I really, really hate bad marriages.
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