Archive for November, 2012

Becomming a Professional Reader

Two weeks ago, I found this site called NetGalley where bloggers, social media types and the like can request books from publishers, to read and review. I thought, hey, I’ll give this a try. Requested a few books, got a few denials, found one I didn’t have to request, requested a bunch more thinking I wouldn’t get them, and surprisingly most of them I did get, so I have a lot of reading to do.

The fact the publishers are trusting me, just this guy who likes to read with digital copies of their books, I will return the favor, regardless of what NetGalley says my obligation is, and post a review of the book. Now, I am no critic, I do not want to be a critic, I do not like them. The nit-picky people who pick apart every little detail, if I did that, to me, it ruins the fun of reading, learning a new thing, or escaping the world in which I live.  I read for fun, I read to enjoy, and I read to learn. All this means, is I am doing this my way.

The first one will be posted soon, the first book I attempted to read I ran out of time to submit the review because of the holiday, that stinks.

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