Yesterday, I started a new book. This book was from an author whose previous book I’ve read and enjoyed tremendously. I loved the premise of this new book and pretty much thought it a ‘can’t miss’ since her writing is, in my opinion top notch.<\/p>\n
I settled down and threw myself into the book. After the first 20 pages, I was still waiting for the magic of her words to take over and take me away. When this didn’t happen by page 30, I had to remind myself of a certain Lisa Kleypas book\u00a0 that began with a perfume shop scene. It Happened One Autumn<\/strong> was my first foray into Lisa Kleypas’s world of historical romance and I quickly put the book aside to tackle something else. Eventually, for lack of anything else to read, I went back to it because everyone I asked had raved about Lisa’s books, and boy was I happy I did. I’ve reread that book countless\u00a0 times since then and it’s one of my favourites from her.\u00a0 So my thought was perhaps this book just has a slow start but will get better in the next 10-20 pages.<\/p>\n Finally on page 61 I had to cry “Uncle”. Unfortunately, this surefire can’t miss plot had failed to strike the right chord in me. I put the book down disappointed because I had enjoyed the author’s book so very much. I had hoped to put her on my auto buy list. Alas, at this point, I cannot. But I do have hopes that her next book will work for me because I won’t give up on her just yet.<\/p>\n So what about you? How far into a book will you read before you realize the story isn’t working for you? How far will you read before you cry ‘Uncle’ and put the book down?<\/strong><\/p>\n [poll id=”20″]<\/strong><\/p>\n [poll id=”21″] Yesterday, I started a new book. This book was from an author whose previous book I’ve read and enjoyed tremendously. I loved the premise of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polls","tag-editorial"],"yoast_head":"\n
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