It’s time for another Feature and Follow Friday, as hosted by Parajunkee’s Review and Alison Can Read! What this means is, you see this post, you follow me, you tell me you’re a new follower and then I follow you! Everybody wins!
My preferred way to be followed is email!
This week’s question: Have you ever bought a book BECAUSE of a bad review?
The only book I can think of that I did this with is Hush, Hush. I got it at an awkward time and still haven’t read it, but I’d heard either glowing things, or that the writing was bad and Patch was abusive. At the same time I got it, I was reading Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey that resulted in this rant about abusive relationships in YA books, so I never ended up reading Hush, Hush because I was so disgusted and didn’t want to go through that again so soon. (And maybe that isn’t in there. I still don’t know how I feel about it because I haven’t read it. :P) Personally, bad reviews have never affected me, unless there were a lot of them. I know that some people just don’t like things, and other people love them!
My Life is a Notebook 
Your reply is so similar to mine! I talk about Hush Hush too! We are clearly kindred book spirits 😛
New follower 🙂
My FF: http://pocketfulofbooksblogger.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/follow-friday.html
Hahaha, awesome! 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
Great answer. Followed via email! 🙂
Thanks so much!
Love your blog layout! And I bought Hush Hush and havent read it either =/
New follower 🙂
Bri @ Kindling the Fire
My FF (Make sure to enter my giveaways!)
Thanks for becoming a follower of my site, I’m now following you back via Facebook. My book budget is too tight to spend on books already known to be bad. Have a wonderful weekend!
The Scarf Princess
I read books that my friends hated because I’m DYING to know if they’re really as bad as others say lol
Thanks for stopping by! Following back on email and FB 🙂
Jess
The Romanceaholic
Great answer! I have to read your review now. Oh and I see you’re reading Shadowed Ground by Cicki Keire right now. How is it? I started it today and so far it’s.. mhe.
New FB-Fan! 🙂
Patricia // My FF
Also meh! I’m only like 15 pages into it right now, so we’ll see, but already I can tell you it’s going to be way too short. 😛
Nice answer. I agree that unless there are an overwhelming number of bad reviews, a few negative reviews wouldn’t stop me from reading a book.
New follower 🙂
New follower from Feature & Follow, pleased to meet you! It’s my first week signed up, I’d love it if you came by to visit 🙂 Link to my FF post.