Other people definitely influence my reading choices whether they be family, friends or strangers. I love getting recommendations. Those recommendations come from family and friends and they come from Goodreads and blogging. Someone hating a book really doesn't influence me other than giving me another opinion or simply reinforcing my own. If I want to read something, I will read it regardless of what other people think.
What about you?
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Yes, to a certain extent, others' recommendations do influence me, both for wanting to read a book or avoid it, especially if it has a topic I love or if it has content I want to steer clear from.
Good answer. I agree. I feel like other people's excitement is contagious, but only if it's something I'd already be interested in! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I totally don't let others people's recommendations effect my reading. I think about it but ultimately I decide.
I agree about the influences of others...and in compiling lists of some of my favorite books in the past couple of years, I realize that they are made up primarily of authors I hadn't read before I started blogging.
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Having your own book preferences is always good to.
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I base a lot of my reading on other people's recommendations, but occasionally, I will pick something different that calls out to me. As to the other half of this question, I do tend to get a little less excited about a book when someone I know and trust hates it, but that usually doesn't stop me from reading it and making my own decision.
I usually go with recommendations from family and friends but I read the books I want to read in the end. :)
I usually go with recommendations from friends but I read want I want in the end. :)
Tosh @ Quite Bookish
I love getting recommendations as well, though most are from what I hear because my family reads books that are "meh" to my tastes.
Ultimately, it's my decision whether or not I want to read it in the end :)
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~Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts
Other bloggers definitely influence me as well as a few close friends and my mother and my sister.
I pretty much feel the same way. If someone doesn't like a book, that won't cause me not to read it.
Nowadays I get most recommendations from bloggers.
Recommendations from other bloggers can influence me, if I already think the book seems interesting.
If I do not like a book, then no matter what people say, I will not read it. (fe The kite runner of Fifty shades)
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