Are you more likely to read a book if you see it’s won a prize?
Are you more likely to read a book if you see it’s won a prize?
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Probably, less likely. I seldom read best sellers.
Maybe a little but it’s not something I pay much attention to
Not really
No
No.
No
No
Yes
no
More likely to at least check it out.
No
no
Strongly depends on the prize
No.
Nope.
No ?
Nope.
No
No
sometimes…more likely to read about the book & then decide..
No.
No. More likely not to read it, actually. Most of the books I’ve loved the most haven’t won prizes.
@Trina I can’t resist asking – do you have any Krieger relatives in northwest Alabama? There are a bunch of Kreigers in the little community I live in!
I don’t think so. I think the branch I married into came out of the north. My husband’s mom’s side comes out of there. Purser and Palmer.
LOL there are Pursers around here, too. The Kriegers around here immigrated to the US from Germany in the late 1870s.
Sometimes
No
no
no..
No
Not necessarily
I’m likely to read a review, then decide.
No
No, my interests are too broad to be restricted like that
no
Yes
Nope.
No
I always like to give popular books and series a try because most of the time you realize what all the hype is about. It happened to me when I checked out hunger games to see why everyone was so crazy about it. I finished the whole series in ONE WEEK. Don’t be afraid to ride that wagon!
Same here. I pull books from so many different sources. Library lists, book reviews, if I see a movie I love and find out it’s based on a book (I’ve found so many authors I love that way), if an author I love writes a blurb for another book praising it. And award winners and popular books everyone is talking about. I loved Hunger Games and wasn’t expecting to! There’s going to be at least some excellent ones from each source.
Nope
Less likely if it’s the Booker Prize! Those books are not the most readable!
Nope. I read whatever sounds interesting to me.
No
Nope
Not necessarily. I’ve been disappointed before.
no
I am more likely to read it if I win it as a “prize” ?
No. For the same reason I don’t care about critics’ reviews for movies. Just because some elite group said the book is amazing doesn’t mean I’ll enjoy it.
Yes! I love the magazine called Bookreads to see what they are and get an idea of what the book is about.
No, my favorite books haven’t won anything and no one has heard of them. I’ve read books that won prizes and every one claims to love and they were trash.
No
No
Nopw
Depends on what prize.
The booker prize: yes.
Just being on a bestseller list: nope.
For me ..no.
Possibly, but it’s not a deal breaker. What makes me not want to read a book is if instead of a synopsis on the back they put reviews. I wanna know what it’s about not what so-and-so from the New York Times thinks about it. I like forming my own opinion. I feel like those reviews are usually full of fluff anyway.
No
Nope
No
I will look at it to see if its something Im interested in. But I wont automatically read it or put it on my tbr list.
Not necessarily, BUT I’ve noticed that I have really enjoyed most Pulitzer Prize winners in recent years.
I also like to keep track of the Hugo and Nebula Award winners in the fantasy and science fiction genre. Those awards are voted by regular readers like us.
I use to do that but have had some disappointing experiences along the way. I do read the reviews and read those long written ones with good and bad ratings and see why they liked and didn’t like the book and go from there. If I see someone writes a review the same way I do, then I give it a try. I had more success this way and I am less disappointed. ?
No
Actually, just the opposite. I have found that every time a book wins a prize I find it pretentious and boring.
No.
Not really.
Possibly I might avoid it?
No.
No