....those all sounds REALLY sucky by the way...
BUT, what I really mean is being recommended the same book over and over again, by your homies that LOVE to read as well! The perpetual pushing and begging to finally go out and buy, their NEWEST favorite read!
I don't want to mention any names...*cough cough* Shawnee @YA Fiction *cough*...
...must have something in my throat. But I know a person, or two who has bullied me, successfully into buying their FAVORIT-ist book!
The other day, I was out, running some errands with my family and doing some shopping. While I wasn't at a book store, the store I did go to, has a few shelves of books, usually at twenty percent off. I wasn't really finding anything until I stumbled across the last copy of Prodigy by Marie Lu in paperback. And the weirdest thing happened to me...
Do you ever get that voice in your head that constantly reminds you to "do the right thing"? YEAH, well...Do ever get your best friend's voice in your head, telling that voice to "SHUT UP" and "do it anyways!"?
This is kind of what happened to me. There was a tiny voice in the back of my mind telling me to save the money for a book I REALLY am dying to read...but then there was Shawnee's voice, WAY louder, telling that tiny voice to "shut up" and telling me to "buy the damn book!"...so I did.
This is a prime example of book bullying. She wasn't even in the store with me, I hadn't even talked to her the last few days, yet I could hear her in my head, bullying me into buying the book. Maybe we're really good friends, or maybe she just a reading bully!!
(Shawnee if you read this, jokes...jokes are for jokin'! DUH)
Anyways, I'm pretty pumped to read it, though I don't know when I'll be getting to it, but hopefully VERY SOON!
My sister is doing something like this to me. Except not really with buying a book so much as reading a book I already own. She's obsessed with the Divergent series and she's been constantly nagging me to finish the trilogy. Sometimes it's really funny. I haven't finished them yet cause my attention is far more focused on other books, (if only I could read all of the things) but I do know I need to finish them, she says they're great and we usually have the same tastes. I must learn how to read faster! Haha!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'm going to be a bully right now, you HAVE to finish them! The last one had such an intense ending!
DeleteLisa
Lol no and I never do it to other people because well.. It tends to put them off quicker if I keep pushing them hah. I have been through this before, I never ended up reading the book.
ReplyDeleteWell it is a book I want to read, but I just always end up picking something else out, for reasons I don't even know. Anyways, thanks for your awesome comment!
DeleteLisa
I've never been "bullied" into buying or reading a book. It's always entirely up to me ;) If I feel like it then heck yes. But if not, well, nothing can move me. LOL. I hope you like Prodigy! It's really gooood :)
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to get started on it! My friend can't say enough about it, and I'm excited to know what she's been raving about this entire time!
DeleteLisa
I haven't been 'bullied' into reading a specific book either, but that's because most of my family members and friends aren't into reading.
ReplyDeleteI do urge my mom to read some of my favorites, so I guess I am the one who 'bullies' and I just give my mom specific books that I think she'd enjoy and she takes them:)
Well it's not THAT bad, and I don't mind being suggested books. I actually like it A LOT, because I know if my friends enjoyed a book, so would I! Thank you for your comment!
DeleteLisa
Since when do I bully you into buying a book? I may have been a little forceful on The Legend Series, but still! You're giving people the wrong impression of me Lisa ;)
ReplyDeleteShawnee Smith
YA Fiction Review
Hahaha, they know you mean well! If you forced me to read a crappy book, that would be a WHOLE different story (:
DeleteLisa
I can't say that has ever happened to me, but I've had my share of forcing people to read a book millions of times before. :)
ReplyDeleteCarly
Hahaha, you're the enforcer! I don't mind being recommended a good book! I think it shows that people care and just want you to enjoy something that they really enjoyed. Probably also so they would have someone to talk about it with. Anyways, thank you for your comment!
DeleteLisa