I'M FEATURED! Follow Friday #4: Deal Breakers

This post will be linked to Feature & Follow, a weekly blog hop hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read.

This is an early post for Follow Friday, but guess what...

Thanks so much to the awesome Rachel from Parajunkee's View for featuring me!

But first, a recap for the rules:

The rules: 

To join the Feature & Follow blog hop, what you need to do is follow Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read, who are the two awesome hosts; and the two featured blogs on their sites (chosen by random). For this week, they are Love, Literature, Art, and Reason and Fiction Predictions (that's me!)

Then you create a post (like this one), where friends from the blog hop can comment and say hi, link your blog on the Linky Tools (you can do this on the two host sites, or any blogs on the hop that links to it).  

After that, you follow, follow, and follow any blogs you feel like! Don't forget to comment and let them know you are a new follower!

My featured questions!

When did you start blogging?
Fairly recently, actually. To be more exact, September 22nd, 2012!

What is your favorite part of book blogging?
Tough question - there are just so many things I love about book blogging! But my favorite part is knowing that somebody is listening to my opinions, and that I'm helping great books reach new readers they deserve.

What is your favorite book(s)?
This is going to take a while... Just off the top of my head, they are:
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, a fantasy series that I feel need much more recognition.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, my first YA novel.
The Curious Incident of the Dog at the Night-time by Mark Haddon.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
(et cetera, et cetera...)

What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?
The best thing that has happened to me since I started book blogging is being able to connect with other readers and bloggers around the world and share my love (and obsession) with books. It's definitely a welcomed change from ranting and swooning over a book alone! Not to mention that all the people I met have been nothing but warm and welcoming, so book blogging itself is a great experience for me :)

And here's this week's question!

Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can't deal with bad editing?

A: This is kind of like last week's question about irritating writing device! So the first deal breaker I'll have to mention is a deus ex machina (or when help magically appear and solve everything). I'll also lose interest in a book if it has too many resemblances to another work - what's worse than an uncreative author?
Another deal breaker for me is an unrealistic plot and/or characters. This doesn't stop me reading a book, but will definitely leave me with a grimace afterwards.

What do you think is a deal breaker in a book?

If you've followed me, don't forget to leave a comment so I can return the favor! 

Also, please help me improve the site by checking out my recap post!