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Old 07-07-2013, 09:52 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
Anything advertising Christian themes, overtly or not. This is entirely personal bias. I'm sure there are many wonderful books with Christian themes; I don't need to read them. I've read enough to know that if I can spot the signs in the blurb, the book will come across as heavy-handed preaching to me.
Oh yes. It's a shame because I'm sure that there's some great Christian fiction out there, but the second I see a blurb say that x was a Christian, I usually don't read any further.

If it warrants putting it in the blurb in the first few words, it means that I'm going to be reading about it a lot. If they sneak by me without mentioning it in the blurb, they've got a better chance of me reading the sample and then the fact that there are Christian themes may be trumped by some great writing. You never know.

I will read the right Christian (or Mormon) fiction, but it does take a bit of effort to get past those initial filters. It has to feel somehow that it's not going to be a thinly veiled attempt to preach at me.
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