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MarjaE · 11-02-2020, 08:36 PM

I am afraid of missing more authors I'd enjoy.

I am tired of wasting time on authors I don't enjoy, and/or don't learn from, depending on the genre.

I have a really hard time judging books by their samples, or sometimes their whole 1st halves.

On one hand, I bought Elizabeth Moon's *Sheepfarmer's Daughter* by mistake. I was partway into it, let it sit for several months, and then returned and enjoyed it.

On the other, I bought Jennifer Pelland's *Machine* because I'm sick of chronic illness, and want a body that just works, and Celia gets a robot body that should work. I got most of the way into it, but the story gets darker and darker...

I guess it would help to find short stories by each author. But what if they are better at writing novels?

I guess I could skip to the endings, note the ones I do and don't like, and wait a long time before returning to the books I do like.

11-02-2020, 08:36 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 940 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	How do you decide when to try a new author? When to keep going if in doubt? When to g I am afraid of missing more authors I'd enjoy. I am tired of wasting time on authors I don't enjoy, and/or don't learn from, depending on the genre. I have a really hard time judging books by their samples, or sometimes their whole 1st halves. On one hand, I bought Elizabeth Moon's Sheepfarmer's Daughter by mistake. I was partway into it, let it sit for several months, and then returned and enjoyed it. On the other, I bought Jennifer Pelland's Machine because I'm sick of chronic illness, and want a body that just works, and Celia gets a robot body that should work. I got most of the way into it, but the story gets darker and darker... I guess it would help to find short stories by each author. But what if they are better at writing novels? I guess I could skip to the endings, note the ones I do and don't like, and wait a long time before returning to the books I do like.