Comments on: Free books for you. http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/ Musings by Jon Acuff Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-50335 Anonymous Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:31:39 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-50335 I don't read books...SCL is good enough for me! :D<br /><br />Ok...ok...I should never admit that...I try to get my kids to read books! :P I'm an elementary school teacher, so I look for fiction books with characters that are relatable. Frindle by Clements and Howl's Moving Castle (I don't remember who it's by) are my favorites! And I love a great picture book too!!!<br /><br />When I read "grown-up" books, I look for who endorses the book...boring...I know, but I only have the summers to read! :D<br /><br />~Tiffany I don't read books…SCL is good enough for me! :D

Ok…ok…I should never admit that…I try to get my kids to read books! :P I'm an elementary school teacher, so I look for fiction books with characters that are relatable. Frindle by Clements and Howl's Moving Castle (I don't remember who it's by) are my favorites! And I love a great picture book too!!!

When I read "grown-up" books, I look for who endorses the book…boring…I know, but I only have the summers to read! :D

~Tiffany

]]> By: Gallo Pinto2 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31940 Gallo Pinto2 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:46:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31940 this is lame but I usually read the back cover.<br/><br/>I also check to see if the author has written anything else. sometimes the books that are the first book the person has ever written scare me!<br/><br/>oh and the cover has to be attractive - not messy or sloppy or ugly. It needs to say "open me and read me!" this is lame but I usually read the back cover.

I also check to see if the author has written anything else. sometimes the books that are the first book the person has ever written scare me!

oh and the cover has to be attractive – not messy or sloppy or ugly. It needs to say “open me and read me!”

]]> By: rachel http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31938 rachel Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:20:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31938 I am a sucker for cover design. If they have an amazing, eye catching cover, I'm sold. Add in a great description on the back that is presented artistically, even better!<br/><br/>On the flip side, I have no faith in endorsements anymore. The executive directors of the camp that I work at wrote a book last year. It's a great book, definitely worth reading. However, when they were ready to publish it, they decided that they wanted some endorsements. So, they hit up some of their friends and got three people to do it for them. These guys had not read the book or had anything really to do with the book, they just knew what my bosses told them. Yet, they wrote endorsements like they had read it. So, now I am highly, highly skeptical of endorsements. I am a sucker for cover design. If they have an amazing, eye catching cover, I’m sold. Add in a great description on the back that is presented artistically, even better!

On the flip side, I have no faith in endorsements anymore. The executive directors of the camp that I work at wrote a book last year. It’s a great book, definitely worth reading. However, when they were ready to publish it, they decided that they wanted some endorsements. So, they hit up some of their friends and got three people to do it for them. These guys had not read the book or had anything really to do with the book, they just knew what my bosses told them. Yet, they wrote endorsements like they had read it. So, now I am highly, highly skeptical of endorsements.

]]> By: Deb http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31937 Deb Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:12:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31937 "you had me at "DOH!" <br/><br/>I'm such a sucker for a Simpson's reference or anything non-Xn culture (notice my frequent use of "X" in place of Christ) that the local Xn bookstore manager gifts me any such books. (she really likes me? Not so much. She just keeping her bookshelves pure and undefiled. Got any copies of "Fight Club" you need to get rid of? I'm your gal.) “you had me at “DOH!”

I’m such a sucker for a Simpson’s reference or anything non-Xn culture (notice my frequent use of “X” in place of Christ) that the local Xn bookstore manager gifts me any such books. (she really likes me? Not so much. She just keeping her bookshelves pure and undefiled. Got any copies of “Fight Club” you need to get rid of? I’m your gal.)

]]> By: Vee ! http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31877 Vee ! Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31877 The one thing that'll guarantee that I at least pick up the book to flip through it is if the author is of the same ethnicity as I am (that is, Vietnamese). It's one of those "wanting to help one of my own" reflexes that comes with being part of a minority, I suppose. Nothing personal against the white folks (or authors of any other ethnic background).<br/><br/>Unrelated to the previous point: A novel I picked up recently (<i>The Cheese Monkeys</i>) caught my eye because I recognized the author, Chip Kidd. Ironically, he made his fortune designing book jackets. Needless to say, that book has a really nice book jacket. It's also a very entertaining novel.<br/><br/>Oh, and I laughed out loud when I read the Darth Vader quote in Tim Keller's <i>The Reason for God</i>. I knew that book and I were meant to be together the moment I read it. The one thing that’ll guarantee that I at least pick up the book to flip through it is if the author is of the same ethnicity as I am (that is, Vietnamese). It’s one of those “wanting to help one of my own” reflexes that comes with being part of a minority, I suppose. Nothing personal against the white folks (or authors of any other ethnic background).

Unrelated to the previous point: A novel I picked up recently (The Cheese Monkeys) caught my eye because I recognized the author, Chip Kidd. Ironically, he made his fortune designing book jackets. Needless to say, that book has a really nice book jacket. It’s also a very entertaining novel.

Oh, and I laughed out loud when I read the Darth Vader quote in Tim Keller’s The Reason for God. I knew that book and I were meant to be together the moment I read it.

]]> By: Jennifer Phipps http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31870 Jennifer Phipps Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:22:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31870 I would have to say cover art, which granted is probably not a winning answer. BUT it was my honest to goodness birthday yesterday (which you can confirm on facebook), so I thought I might have a shot! I would have to say cover art, which granted is probably not a winning answer. BUT it was my honest to goodness birthday yesterday (which you can confirm on facebook), so I thought I might have a shot!

]]> By: Kyle LeBoeuf http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31817 Kyle LeBoeuf Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31817 For me, it definitely has a lot to do with the initial reaction I get upon seeing the book, whether that reactions comes as a result of the title or the cover usually depends and it changes from book to book. Some book titles pique my curiosity in a more subtle way. For instance, "To Own a Dragon" by Donald Miller. when I saw the title, I was interested. I wanted to know what the meaning was behind it, so I picked up the book and read a couple of pages. I was hooked!<br/><br/>So it just depends from book to book, but the title is a killer for me. A good title will catch my interest quickly and easily. In the same spirit, an interesting cover design will also catch my eye and cause me to flip through a few pages For me, it definitely has a lot to do with the initial reaction I get upon seeing the book, whether that reactions comes as a result of the title or the cover usually depends and it changes from book to book. Some book titles pique my curiosity in a more subtle way. For instance, “To Own a Dragon” by Donald Miller. when I saw the title, I was interested. I wanted to know what the meaning was behind it, so I picked up the book and read a couple of pages. I was hooked!

So it just depends from book to book, but the title is a killer for me. A good title will catch my interest quickly and easily. In the same spirit, an interesting cover design will also catch my eye and cause me to flip through a few pages

]]> By: Karen http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31799 Karen Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31799 The title "Stuff Christians Like", followed second by the author "Jon Acuff".<br/><br/>Srsly. I look for that in stores.<br/><br/>*nods* The title “Stuff Christians Like”, followed second by the author “Jon Acuff”.

Srsly. I look for that in stores.

*nods*

]]> By: diannanicole http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31796 diannanicole Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31796 i have a tendency to pick up books with one-word titles. i skim the inside flap or back of the book to see if it is interesting.<br/><br/>i also like books i can read over and over and come away with something new each time, a la <i>stargirl</i>. <br/><br/>books i disagree with are always fun, too. i have a tendency to pick up books with one-word titles. i skim the inside flap or back of the book to see if it is interesting.

i also like books i can read over and over and come away with something new each time, a la stargirl.

books i disagree with are always fun, too.

]]> By: Melisa Blankenship http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/comment-page-4/#comment-31786 Melisa Blankenship Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/02/free-books-for-you/#comment-31786 Being a church secretary, if I see a book on any two of the four pastor's bookshelves and the title is catchy, I put it on my Amazon wish list. Being a church secretary, if I see a book on any two of the four pastor’s bookshelves and the title is catchy, I put it on my Amazon wish list.

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