31 replies to this topic

[Arra Tonks]

If you answer yes, you have to tell why. Same if you anwser no. I should know I bought a series with JK's recommendation on the back and it turned out to be an amazing series.

Tip....If you are a reader, don't close in only on HP books. Open up and read, there great books out there.

[gracy]

Yes, I would. Will you let me know what book that was? Please and thank you.

[Magic Evolution]

Yeah, for sure, considering it's intertesting!

[marymcbeth]

I would as I don't think she would take that kind of endorsement lightly. Plus I like reading almost everything. There have only been two books I've picked up that I thought were so awful I couldn't finish them.

[HPgirl12]

Sometimes I would,but not all the time.There was this book that I didn't like(can't remember the name) and it had her recommendation.

[MagikGuy]

If you answer yes, you have to tell why. Same if you anwser no. I should know I bought a series with JK's recommendation on the back and it turned out to be an amazing series.

Tip....If you are a reader, don't close in only on HP books. Open up and read, there great books out there.

Are you talking about the Darren Shan series by any chance?

Since those books are amazing!

[Karraar]

to tell you the truth I don't read books... It took 5 people and a lot of begging for me to start harry potter we had to do a biography on all the books we read in our lives once at school.. there were people with more than 40 pages filled... I had one page so I wouldn't even notice her recomondation...

and an embarassing factthat proofs I don't read books... I once got lost in the library

[tazzy]

Maybe. i read the darren shan books which was recommended by her, it wasnt amazing, just good.

[Dante]

well ..... no, i never re4ad the recomedations i find then annoying, i just read the back of the book i fi find then interesting ill read it.

[ArwenEvenstar]

Depends. If it looks and sounds interesting then I'll read it. If it doesn't then, I'm sorry JKR but I'm going to have to put down your reccomendation. I refuse to read books I don't like.

[*Flutterby*]

Probably yes since first of all she is a great author herself and therefor probably has the ability to recognise a good read when she sees one and secondly I like almost any and every book so if there's somebody who recommends me one, I usually read it just because I'm curious and nine times out of ten I like it.

[EternalShogunX]

Yes I definitely would, but I wouldn't make it my solitary reason for buying the book. I like to read the back jacket cover to see who recommends it though. If JK said a book was good, though, man I would definitely get it. I value her opinion. That's like seeing JRR Tolkien's quote on the back of a book.

[Frater Albus]

Dunno really, I suppose it would depend upon the book that was being recommended...

I bought the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins mainly because it had a recommendation by Philip Pullman on the rear cover. Knowing Pullman's opinion of such matters already, I felt confident that his good taste was justifiable.

Not entirely sure what kind of book JK Rowling could successfully recomend to me, to be honest..

[Virginia Smith]

No, I don't think I would, not just from JKR's recommendation. It'd have to be a genre of book I was interested in, for a start, or would have to be of some basic interest to me. There are a lot of fantasy books recommended by various authors and some are really dire...But I'd certainly consider it as a sign that the book would be worth reading were it of the right interest zone.

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[Sunny]

Probably. If it also sounds interesting and like the kind of book I like then yesss of course.

I think JKR wouldn't randomely recommend books she doesn't think are firstly well written and secondly interesting in one way or the other so I doubt you'd make a terrible mistake if you bought a book with her recommendation on the back.

[^_^ Caz ^_^]

One of my favourite books, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, has a reccomendation by JKR on it. Although this wasn't the sole reason why I bought the book, the fact that it had been given her seal of approval had caught my eye in the first place some time before I actually bought it.

And I have to say, her reccomendation said that Cassandra Mortmain was one of the most charismatic narrators she had ever come across - and I have to agree!

[sheryl07]

I don't see it as a problem. But of course, a great author such as Rowling has an even greater choice of reads.

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[zsofix]

Only if I'd read it anyway... I'm usually more interested in the summery on the back, or the recommendations of those I know.

[bellafaerie]

Well it depends on the book itself, the content of the book. People have differing opinions on things so I wouldn't necessarily go by J.K Rowling's recommendation alone.

[lilyana999]

Yes i bought two books with her recomendation, ' the little white horse' and ' I capture the castle'. They were both amazing books and I took her recomendation because if she liked them then I might too

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[LyzKae]

yes.. it sounds interesting.. because JK Rowling is a great writer

[LilyEvans1294]

yes of course i would! because shes writen the HP books and she an amazing writer so if JKR thinks the book is good then it must be!

[Aoi]

Buy - maybe, if it sounded interesting in excess of JK's recommendation. If it didn't, I'd borrow it from the library cause I'd still want to read it but maybe not pay for it

Well, JK's name's worth a lot and any author would want it on their book, and she knows it. So I think she's careful with where she puts it, which makes any book with it worth a chance. But maybe we haven't got the same taste (ok, I doubt it) so therefore if the book didn't sound interesting I'd not want to pay about SEK 200 (ca $28 I think) for it... (dunno what books cost in other countries, but that's what they cost here...) So how wonderful libraries exist

[bahamut_zero]

YES. and i won't care if it's about the most boring thing in the world. it's still a hell yes! i haven't read a book with jk's recommendation on the back though. can you tell what book you're talking about?

[HPfangirl_4eva]

Of course! If J.k rowling reccomends them, then i'll read them!

[Timeimperfect]

Yes I would if the genre appealed to me and if the blurb makes for interesting reading. Seeing that JKR has read and approved of the book means it's probably a good book written to a high standard.

[Jenni]

I would have to say it depends on the book. Its great when an author I admire gives a recommendation, but if it's not a genre or plot line I seem interested in then I'm not going to read it.

[HogwartsGirl]

Yea I defintely would! I mean if J.K liked it...I would too..for sure!

[Hermione Granger 19]

I think I would read them, but I would not run around, saying 'I only read books, recommended by JKR herself' - that is stupid and narrow-minded

I ONLY read fantasy books. Preferably with female heroes, for there are so many already with boys and why should only the boys get all the action stuff and the girls just get the love parts? There was one single book I never finished because it was so darn boring and that was Inkheart (no in the cinemas everywhere - I might watch the movie though, cause there are quite a few examples where the films were better than the books). At the beginning it's quite spellbinding, but after that it's just boring - you might as well read a book on neanderthals. The major part of it is sooo boring that I actually stopped reading it. I got it about 5-8 years ago and tried to read it again and again, but it was hopeless - I never finished it. Shame, really, for somebody who reads as much as I do to admit she can't finish a certain book.

[emerindyl]

I dont know, she says all the time she likes jane austen books though i have never felt the need to read them. though... if there were some fantasy books that i was thinking about reading and there was a recommendation from jkr about them, i might think that they were worth reading.

but then... i like recommendations.