Forwards, Afterthoughts, Prefaces, Acknowledgements… Do you read them? I skip them a lot unless I really enjoy the book.
Forwards, Afterthoughts, Prefaces, Acknowledgements… Do you read them? I skip them a lot unless I really enjoy the book.
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Glad I’m not alone! I always feel a bit guilty.
ill appreciate a funny dedication or acknowledgement though lol
Sometimes. Neil Gaiman writes the best ones.
i really like to read the dedications, they make me happy… and acknowledgements at the end, i usually read them(not all the names) but i like to see what the authors say.
Sometimes prefaces
I almost always read everything. I only skip things I’m afraid will spoil.
I read them all lol I like to see who they thanked
I read all of it! Sometimes I even read the copywrite ?
I do that! I want to know which edition I have!
Skip the acknowledgments
I read it all! Especially prefaces and/or prologues & afterthoughts and/or epilogues – the story is not complete without them! I always read the acknowledgements as well, but usually on the lookout for other authors names to see who works together & helps each other!
I also really like summaries of previous books, character lists, appendices with meanings of words/definitions/characters. I read mainly fantasy though, so these things come in quite handy, especially in worldbuilding where lots of words are made up. I also like it when they put pronunciation guides for made up words. Oh, and maps! Love studying maps & often go back and look at them again while reading (although this is impossible with kindle books)!
@Lisa-Marie I cheat and go to the cover and thumb until I get to the map. Then I hit the back button to go back to my page.
Ah, good plan! It always annoys me when I can’t look at the map as I’m reading when it’s an ebook – I shall try that in future! Thank you!
If you have Kindle you can bookmark pages for easy flipping. Sometimes I screenshot and then print ???
I had a really ancient kindle, that didn’t do any of the cool stuff, but I recently upgraded & I’m still getting used to it (touch screen instead of silly little buttons – woo hoo!) I shall have to learn how to do the bookmarking thing!
Someitnes I skip, sometimes I read
I skip unless it’s a classic or something where the forward is relevant.
I really like to just read the book and not know a lot about the author. I skip acknowledgments usually.
Read
I skim them.
I read them all. I love them.
I read everything!?
I sometimes read the author’s notes stuff. Sometimes
I’ve been trying to read them more. The author included them for a reason and there’s some really amazing ones there
Also prologue and epilogue are necessary read.
I always read them!
I read forwards first if they don’t spoil anything. If they are more than 3-5 pages, I do skip them and will likely come back to it after I finish the book. I read the afterwards, but I skim the thank you. I don’t usually know those people ?
I always get mad when I find a glossary at the end of my book that I wasn’t aware of while reading. I hate that!