tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post4350719020235939759..comments2023-11-03T04:28:57.670-05:00Comments on Books and Cooks: Booking Through ThursdayTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-67354883238759528172007-06-15T15:40:00.000-05:002007-06-15T15:40:00.000-05:00Well, I will admit that I am a peeker. Now, I don...Well, I will admit that I am a peeker. Now, I don't do it at Christmas anymore after the time when I was 12 and I opened all my gifts when my mom went shopping with my siblings. Horrible Christmas! But...sometimes I can't stand the suspense, so I peek. Am I terrible? Ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-50369805081178440192007-06-15T03:35:00.000-05:002007-06-15T03:35:00.000-05:00As I was reading your post I was thinking, no I ne...As I was reading your post I was thinking, no I never peek - it would ruin it. But then I thought - but I do look ahead a couple of pages sometimes when I'm at a very tense point in a novel - and there you had just written the same thing! I peaked a few times when I was reading A Thousand Splendid Suns recently ;-)nutmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338099206534716993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-35064358472086250812007-06-15T02:48:00.000-05:002007-06-15T02:48:00.000-05:00I am not a peeker nor am I tempted even if I may w...I am not a peeker nor am I tempted even if I may want to know what happens next. It just never crosses my mind to cheat like that. :-)Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-26511116746345344642007-06-14T20:34:00.000-05:002007-06-14T20:34:00.000-05:00I hear ya! I forgot that I have done that before t...I hear ya! I forgot that I have done that before too - with a book that I knew I was not going to finish so I went to zee end! Thanks for stopping by!Detroithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527366395355965367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-38391710209908621412007-06-14T19:27:00.000-05:002007-06-14T19:27:00.000-05:00Thanks everyone for stopping by!Bookgirl - I know ...Thanks everyone for stopping by!<BR/><BR/>Bookgirl - I know what you mean.<BR/><BR/>Rhinoa - I used to peek too!<BR/><BR/>Matt - I do that EXACT THING when I check the pages! I also love the suspense.<BR/><BR/>Daphne - I'm kind of miffed at your Uncle!<BR/><BR/>Stephanie - I still shake presents myself!<BR/><BR/>Teabird, me too.<BR/><BR/>Rowena, definitely counts as peeking, I'd say.<BR/><BR/>Trish, you are right, the ones most tempting do usually turn out to be the best!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-62903881155618511152007-06-14T16:45:00.000-05:002007-06-14T16:45:00.000-05:00I'm not a peeker, but that doens't mean I don't fe...I'm not a peeker, but that doens't mean I don't feel the temptation. But for me, when the temptation is the greatest--those are the best books! Must resist looking...Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-18554213539006095932007-06-14T14:48:00.000-05:002007-06-14T14:48:00.000-05:00I don't peek but I do get spoilers from my friends...I don't peek but I do get spoilers from my friends, I think that counts as the same thing though, huh?Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472559027348735571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-4812183382287440142007-06-14T14:09:00.000-05:002007-06-14T14:09:00.000-05:00Like Matt, I'll look at the page numbers to see ho...Like Matt, I'll look at the page numbers to see how many pages are left - but the content? Never...teabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-70565741879487030542007-06-14T12:17:00.000-05:002007-06-14T12:17:00.000-05:00Nope. Not a peeker. It just isn't the same, if ...Nope. Not a peeker. It just isn't the same, if I know how it's going to end! <BR/><BR/>I do, however, shake Christmas presents!<BR/><BR/>Happy Reading!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055676171075203563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-92227276498038424812007-06-14T12:12:00.000-05:002007-06-14T12:12:00.000-05:00I like the analogy to opening Christmas presents b...I like the analogy to opening Christmas presents before Christmas. My uncle helped me do that once when I was kid and I was so disappointed that the one thing I really wanted wasn't there. It almost ruined Christmas that year!Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838072651419264066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-34921762348855335572007-06-14T09:27:00.000-05:002007-06-14T09:27:00.000-05:00I also never peek. Sometimes I'll look at the end...I also never peek. Sometimes I'll look at the end of the book to see how many pages it is and I'm always very careful not to look at even a single word as I fear I might ruin the ending. I like the suspense, not knowing, keeps me going to the last page.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442441780783221934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-38253475093055854442007-06-14T09:10:00.000-05:002007-06-14T09:10:00.000-05:00Hehe I used to know where my mum hid the christmas...Hehe I used to know where my mum hid the christmas gifts before she wrapped them so I could nose through them every year! I occassionally peek, but it's by no means every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-23348553320161718492007-06-14T09:07:00.000-05:002007-06-14T09:07:00.000-05:00I never peek! I'm always afraid that if I find out...I never peek! I'm always afraid that if I find out too much then I won't want to finish reading the book.Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.com