You had me at “last night.”
If I’m interested in a book by an unfamiliar author, I usually glance at the first few sentences to ensure I dig his/her writing style. I’ve never read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, but I’d seen in the New York Times there was some hulabaloo about a potential Broadway show getting canceled, so I thought [...]
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Zarah
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Oct 03, 2012 04:32AM
Yes! That's what I do too. If I can't find a snippet or an intro or anything, I usually back off unless I am VERY sure about the recommendations I've gotten. This is why excerpts will actually help sell books. Wish more people realized this. :)
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Chloe, that book is excellent! Hopefully, you'll enjoy it as much as I did when I read it while I was in High School. Darn it, I hated it when I actually enjoyed a book recommended by my mother!
