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Would you read a book called Awaken?
Yes. It sound cool and intresting. [’; 6
Maybe? 7
Nope. It doesn’t sound like the type of book for me. 1
NO WAY. What kindof name os that? ]’’; 0
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Would You Read A Book Called Awaken?
Posted: 07 June 2010 05:20 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Would you? :O

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Posted: 07 June 2010 05:42 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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its not a name i would shy away from

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Posted: 07 June 2010 06:34 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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In general plot, good writing style, and good characters would appeal more than any particular name.

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Posted: 07 June 2010 07:54 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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I’ll use titles as a rough guide, like Leah I’ll tend to look at plot, writing style and most importantly the genre, I mean just look at Twilight, it’s acctually a pretty cool title but look at the tripe that is inbetween the pages!

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Posted: 07 June 2010 08:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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I sure would, one of the books i’m most looking forward to is the next House of Night book Awakened with is very similar! Hahah most people would probably laugh at some of the stuff I read but I always give stuff a chance and sometimes you can be very surprised so a titles never put me of before and shouldn’t really make you not want to read something based on it alone.

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Posted: 07 June 2010 09:09 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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You can sometimes tell the genre from the title (or the picture on the front cover) which can help you decide if your going to like it, for example Bidget Jones’ diary (which the film is based on) is quite obviously a “chick flick” style book which I don’t go for since I don’t like that genre!

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Posted: 07 June 2010 09:19 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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I know but my point is you can always be surprised. Even if it’s not my normal genre sometimes the quality of writing can surprise you!

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Posted: 07 June 2010 09:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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I’ll sometimes look into it more (particularly if it is an author I know of that is supposed to be good but not read anything from) but I’ll tend to get the feel for it from that and the blurb just confirms it.

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Posted: 09 June 2010 04:18 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
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Depends Wat It Is About, If Its About Rainbow Unicorns Which Awakened From Their Sleep Then No But If Something Interesting Then Yeah

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Posted: 22 June 2010 12:25 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
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i think it would depend on the story if it was exiting and fun to read then HELL YEAH i would but if it gets boreing and predictable about a quarter to half way then i would give it a HECK NO!!!

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Posted: 23 July 2010 01:35 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]
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Possibly. I’d be sure to read the blurb first, and possibly the first few pages.

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