Booking Through Thursday's question as suggested by Prairie Progressive asks:
Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it?
It's been awhile since I've participated in this weekly meme, but I thought I could handle this one. Mainly, I do NOT read the flap because there's usually spoilers!! Nothing could be worse than to be reading the book description and have it all spelled out for you. I hate that. However, I will usually read the author info on the back flap. And sometimes I do read the front flap maybe halfway through the book, just to see if what has been described matches at all what I'm reading, to see if I agree with it I guess. But still, I'm wary of spoilers even then.
You'd think flap writers would get it, right? The spoiler fear.
How about you? Are you a flapper, or not?
Our answers are very similar. Mine: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-14-january.html
ReplyDeleteI'd be really upset if I read spoilers in a flap. I haven't yet, knock on wood!
ReplyDeleteAlayne - The Crowded Leaf.
I'm the polar opposite. I enjoy reading the flaps, almost hoping for spoilers...particularly for those pesky novels with "surprise" twists. (If I'm having difficulty with a novel I sometimes even go online to seek spoilers but that's another topic entirely.) I enjoy the flaps that don't quite represent the contents...they make me wonder if the flap-writer didn't actually read the book at all, which I find amusing. :)
ReplyDeleteI do read the flap. There are SOOO many books that I want to read. When I read the flap or back cover, I get a little more information to know if I want to devote time to this particular book
ReplyDeleteI try to avoid reading them if there's a chance of spoilers, too. And I like to read the author info on the back ones, especially for nonfiction books. Reading them at the end to see if they agree with what I got out of a book is always fun!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm a jacket flap person (as would be evidenced by my Jacket flap-a-thon, huh?). I love the teasers, and I love comparing the flap to the book after I get done. Then again, I'm ok with spoilers, so it doesn't bother me much.
ReplyDeleteI may be a bit odd in this, though.
I'm a flapper! I like to know what I'm getting myself into :)
ReplyDeleteSpoilers or no spoilers, I read the flaps. My post is here.
ReplyDeleteI am one of those weird ones that can read a spoiler and if I really liked the book before I read the spoiler I would read it anyway. I am also one that can't stand the suspense and will read the last few pages and then go back to fill in all of the details. So yes. I read the flaps.
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