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Just out of curiosity: Do you read the acknowledgements?

Just out of curiosity: Do you read the acknowledgements?

Julie #questionnaire

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Savanna

I do if I really like the book and I just need more ? Sometimes they have funny stuff in there! The last one I read was Obsidio’s, it was hilarious!

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JulieQuestion author

haven’t read the illuminae files yet. now I feel compelled too, just bc of the acknowledgements?

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Stephanie

Almost, always.

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Nicole

Just if I like the ending. If I’m angry, I don’t. I fight with the authors that way

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Nicole

I read all Victoria Aveyard’s

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Donna

Yes

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Tessa

Absolutely!

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Zara

Yeah sometimes they are so sweet or funny

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Jenn

Yep. Maybe I’m just weird…but I feel like I have to read all the pages. ?

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JulieQuestion author

hahaha yeah ok I get that! I also feel like I have to read them, or I can’t say I’ve read the whole book. But very often I just skim over them, since I don’t know any of the people mentioned (but I freak out if I do?)

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Vero

I only read them the first time i read the book

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Jennifer

I do.

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Mette

nope

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Jennifer

Most of the time

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Michelle

Same here.

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Jessica

Usually.

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Varisha

Always.

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Jessica

I like to know the team that helps make the books I love happen. Who has helped inspire.

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Sarah

Sometimes

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Tina

Yup

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Valerie

Most of the time!

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Angel

Yep

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Kelly

Yes

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Brenda

Always

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Rachel

I never used to, but I always do now

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Lissa

Sometimes.

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Alex

Nope. Acknowledgements to mean are for the person who they are specifically put there for. Otherwise it’s like reading a very private thank letter or text. It makes it too personal.

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JulieQuestion author

I get that. Acknowledgements are more for the authors themselves and the people they thank than for the readers. Though I suppose it could also be seen as a way to show the reader all the people that were involved. In a way it’s private, but in a way it’s not^^

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Kaja

I read them when I finish the book and I can´t realize that the book is actually over?. And I read them because some authors thank other authors for help and I find that kinda interesting….idk whyXD

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Rend

No.
Well, every once in a while when I feel like it but I rarely do.

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Nena

Always

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Stephanie

no. my fantasty world ive just lived in would become fake 😛

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Linda

This is exacly how I feel.

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Sarah

Yep

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Ezra

If I really connect with a book I do, otherwise I just skim. If I didn’t like the book at all, I skip it altogether because I just want the book to be over lol

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Sheree

Depends on the book. If I’m really not ready for it to end I’ll read the acknowledgements just to hang on for a little bit more ?

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Ezra

Same! :’D

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Fernanda

yeeeesh, always

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Lauricia

Only when I’m studying them for inspiration when I have to write my own. ?

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Gecko

Yes I do

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Christy

Always.

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Elizabeth

Yes! I try to make the book last as long as possible!

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Sarah

Yea all the time. Sometimes I don’t like to think that the book is over so it’s my way of prolonging it

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Linda

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Lucky

only if it was a really good book

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Munaza

Yessss! For some reason I really like reading the acknowledgments.

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Abigail

Every time. Lol

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Jules

Sometimes :\

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Clare

Most of the times

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Lani

Nope

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Ellie

No, when I get a book I just start reading it

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Kara

Not usually but occasionally

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Brittney

If its an author that I love then yes I do.

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Taiye

No, I head straight to chapter one.

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JulieQuestion author

and if the acknowledgements are at the end?:)

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Taiye

Reminisce about the story and flip through the rest of the pages dazed, glance through the acknowledgement like a binary code. Close the book.

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Alyssa

Yes, sometimes. Because a book doesn’t just happen because of an author. All the people that are mentioned contributed too.

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Sandy

I love them!

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Emma

No ?‍♀️

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Deborah

Always ❤️

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Morgan

Every time. I love knowing more from the author.

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Dani

I usually do.

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Darina

Never

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Rachel

Not until I finish the book Lol and if the book was bad then I usually skip it!

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Rachel

It depends

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María

Sometimes, it depends on the author I think

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Taylor-Kita

Sometimes if Ive read the book a couple of times before.

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Duchess

Depends on the author

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