Book Chatter

Today marks my very first Confessions of a Reader post. You can read more about the idea here, but here it is in a nutshell:

Whenever you have something you want to share, just spill it (you know you want to). Just create a post of your own, grab the button thingy above and then add your post link to Mister Linky below.

I will be here every Saturday, but you need not commit to a weekly post. Post when you have something to share.

Posts can be rants about something you are reading, or a deep, dark secret. All I ask is that the post relates to reading or blog reading in some way. If you want to piggy-back off of what I post, then that’s okay too.

Posts can be as short or as long as you like and can include more than one topic.

The goal is to get to know one another better.

Here’s mine:

I recently went through my reader and dropped some blogs from my follow list. These were blogs that I enjoyed, but after following them for several months and posting regular comments, these folks never once visited my blog…ever. At least not that I know of.

Now I realize that some bloggers are not in this for the comments. They blog about what they love and that’s fine. The difference with them is that they never comment on any blogs. I get that. What I don’t get are the ones that do comment elsewhere, but not on mine, yet I read and comment faithfully on theirs.

Is there such a thing as comment etiquette? Am I wrong to feel a bit jilted?

If someone posts a comment on my blog, and they sign-in with their contact info, then I almost always pay them a visit back. Why? Because I like to check out new blogs. I’ve met a lot of nice folks this way. I realize that everyone cannot do this, but stopping by to say ‘hi’ once every couple of months? Sounds doable to me. Would you agree?

So, there you go. I dropped them because interaction is important to me and I’ve never been a fan of one-sided relationships. Also, if you leave regular comments and wonder why I never visit your blog, then it’s probably because you post anonymously. I cannot pay you a visit when it posts as a “no-reply comment.” Some of you anonymous folks have wonderful things to say and I always want to respond to you but I am never sure if you will come back to see my comment. I need to figure out the threaded comments thing to make this process a bit easier.

On another note, I went to the bookstore last night and saw the Her Fearful Symmetry display and thought that the cover was u-g-l-y. Sorry, but it doesn’t look anything like the ones that have been floating across the blogosphere. I realize that I tossed this in here and that it has nothing to do with my topic but it was on my mind.

If you’d like to include your own confession, enter the name of your blog below and then add the permalink to your post. Or, if you aren’t quite ready to post your own confession then comments are fine too 😉

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading.

Here’s the blurb from the publisher:

These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed.
But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets.The one who saved me…and the one who cursed me.

So begins the journal of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore War throp, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a grueso me find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.

Critically acclaimed author Rick Yancey has written a gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does a man become the very thing he hunts?

What I didn’t know until I looked this one up, is that this is a Young Adult book. Maybe my son might enjoy it. Certainly suits the season.

What did you find this Friday?