Those pesky little things called spoilers

Okay guys. Today, I want to talk about spoilers.

Not everybody has the same definition of what a "spoiler" is, and not everyone has the same reaction to them. Sometimes it even depends on the book. So what's up with that?

To me, a spoiler is generally something that will reveal a detail about the plot that wasn't in the summary. Yes, it can be as vague as that (I'm crazy). In some books (long awaited sequels, mostly), I don't even want to read quotes. But then again, I'm quite flexible with certain books, mostly because I'm a huge wuss and like to find out if the ending of a book will reduce me to tears or not. I'm illogical like that.

I thought everybody was the same. Dreaded spoilers, covered their eyes when friends were talking about a book they hadn't read etc (metaphorically covering my eyes, of course. Erm, of course.) And then I found out it it wasn't true. Cue bewilderment.

So tell me. Do spoilers bother you? Or do you like them? Do you want to find out how a book is going to end, or do you just like knowing the outline to see if it's something you might want to read?
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Now, for my spoiler loving readers: I know you don't mind being spoiled. That's completely fine. BUT please, be careful on websites like GoodReads. You may not realize it, but when you post a spoilery comment, it shows up on all your friends' feed. And there's a really, really easy way to avoid that. Put a tiny HTML tag around your spoiler, like this:

<spoiler>I sobbed like a baby when I found out the killer was actually his baby chihuahua!!!</spoiler>

Easy as that. And you will save countless lives people from finding out the twist at the end of the book (a chihuahua! Who knew.)

OR, you can just untick the "Add to my Update Feed" box when you're commenting directly on someone's review/status



or click on "advanced" and then untick the box when you're commenting from your GoodReads homepage

Every time you untick that box after leaving a spoiler in a comment, a bunny is happy somewhere. True story.

You don't want to make bunnies unhappy, do you?

Do you?

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr and Mrs. NetGalley

I've made it known pretty often that I LOVE NetGalley. I want to marry it and have its babies.

So when I heard that Emily at Red House Books had declared April NetGalley month, I jumped on the occasion to keep shouting obnoxiously my love for it. And I also really need to catch up on my galley reading.

Want to join in? Go here for all the details.
Not sure what NetGalley is? Then for the love of everything good and fluffy, go here

My list of galleys to read:

Bumped by Megan McCafferty (currently reading)
Die for Me by Amy Plum
Wherever You Go by Heather Davis
Angel Burn by L.A Weatherly
The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder
Hereafter by Tara Hudson

What are yours?

"The Hunger Games movie and me": a love story between my screen, Jennifer Lawrence and my bad Photoshop skills.

Okay, so we all know that Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Katniss in the Hunger Games movie.

I was discussing this with my friends, and we all came to the conclusion that she may not look the part now, but she might with a good hair dye, a few less pounds (Katniss is supposed to be skeletal) and make up.

And so since I have some (very vague) skills in photoshopping, I decided to try to get a better idea of what JL would look like as a brunette. So, um. Here:

I removed a strand of hair that was lying on her right cheek, so if it looks like she has facial hair... She actually doesn't (sorry, Jennifer).

I think she already looks a lot more like Katniss than in, say... This picture:

What do you think?