Flapper? Or Not a Flapper?

By --Deb on

btt button

Suggested by Prairie Progressive:

Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it?


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

Posted in: Wordpress

88 responses

  1. Melody

    Here’s mine.

    Happy BTT! 🙂

  2. In the Shadow of Mt. TBR

    […] you can find more Booking Through Thursday answers here. […]

  3. thekoolaidmom

    LOL, short answer to it, so I tacked a couple other things on it I’ve been wanting to say.

    I’ll Flap You Silly!

  4. Novroz

    I’m not sure of what flap is….so probably i gave the wrong answer…sorry.

    BTT : I Think I’m a Flapper

  5. JG

    Here’s mine

    http://theintrovertedreader.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-3.html

  6. Mae

    Mine’s up!

    Booking Through Thursday

  7. Meghan

    Participating for the first time in a while! http://chikune.com/blog/?p=2009

  8. Lex

    http://cutlex.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/flapper-or-not-a-flapper/

  9. Tina

    Here’s mine: http://onemorepage.tinamats.com/29/btt-inside-flaps/

    Happy Thursday! 🙂

  10. Beth

    Here’s mine :

    http://bethsbooks.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-thursday-3/

  11. Susan B. Evans

    Good morning! Mine’s up:

    http://wellmanneredfrivolity.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday_14.html

  12. justbookreading

    Here’s mine – http://justbookreading.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-thursday-the-back-flap-issue/

  13. Jess

    Here’s mine:

    http://jessikay89-likearollingstone.blogspot.com/

    Enjoy! 🙂

  14. Ambrosia Jefferson

    Fire & Ice Booking Through Thursday

  15. vampira2468

    mine is here http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/cover-to-cover/

  16. bookeywookey

    http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2010/01/charleston-charleston.html

  17. The Literary Omnivore

    I’m a little bit of both, actually!

    Here’s my answer!

  18. gautami tripathy

    Here is mine:
    Booking through flappers

  19. Michelle

    To flap or not to flap? Here’s my answer:

    http://www.michellesmastermusings.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  20. Jennifer

    Great question. I loook forward to reading everyone’s answers.
    http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-14-january.html

  21. Pamela

    http://whengoodpeoplegettogether.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  22. DanaB

    Fun question!

    http://mywindowswideopen.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-thursday-2/

    ~

  23. Nise'

    Today’s BTT

  24. Mark A. Swallow

    For me, flaps can be a factor but they’re not all the data I need to buy a book.

    http://mswallow.typepad.com/the_swallows_nest/2010/01/booki.html

  25. CoversGirl

    It’s been far too long since I’ve done BTT! My answer is here.

  26. crestina

    here’s mine…

    http://addlife21.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-go-both-ways.html

  27. Booking Through: Flaps « Word Lily

    […] 14, 2010 in BTT, books, meme, reading This week’s Booking Through Thursday question, suggested by A Prairie Progressive, is: Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before […]

  28. wordlily

    Here’s mine: http://wordlily.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-flaps/

  29. BTT : I Think I’m a Flapper « Novroz' Life

    […] The blurbs I rarely read and it I do it is after I have read the book. Why? https://btt2.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/flapper-or-not-a-flapper/#comment-16611 […]

  30. mizb17

    My answer is here: http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/btt-flap-reader-or-not/.

    Library book flaps can be a frustrating read! 😉

    ~MizB

  31. Alayne

    Definitely before, I have to know what the book is about before I read it! Sometimes I’ll check back in the middle, but always before.
    Alayne – The Crowded Leaf.

  32. Marie

    Here’s mine! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-to-flap-or-not.html

  33. Suey

    Not a flapper…. usually. Here’s my post.

  34. JLS Hall (Joy's Blog)

    Mine’s up:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  35. Molly

    Fun question! You can read my answer here:
    http://mycozybooknook.blogspot.com/2010/01/btt-book-flaps.html

  36. Amused

    I love the title! http://amusedbybooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/flapper-or-not-flapper.html

  37. freda mans

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  38. Barbara On the Bookcase

    great question: here’s my “flap” http://blog.readinggroupchoices.com/content/blog/barbara/10/january/flap-copy-important-you

  39. Chantele

    Here’s mine!:) http://alwayssomethingtoread.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday_14.html

  40. Kirsten

    Only a lil bit of a flapper here!

  41. Alison

    I usually don’t, but sometimes I just have to.

  42. Booking Through Thursday: Not a Flapper « Both Eyes Book Blog

    […] 14, 2010 at 9:46 am | In Book Blather | Leave a Comment Here is my response to this week’s Booking Through Thursday. Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading […]

  43. Cheryl Mash

    Mhttp://cmashlovestoread.blogspot.comy answer is posted at:

  44. mervih

    Neither usually:

    Flapper? Or Not a Flapper?

  45. Jessica Denham

    Not a flapper! http://botheyes.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-thursday-not-a-flapper/

  46. Cheryl Mash

    oops should have checked before hitting submit…sorry…another senior moment lol
    http://cmashlovestoread.blogspot.com

    ok thats better

  47. The Wandering Reader

    To flap, or not to flap, that is the question…

    http://www.hesedbooks.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-all-about-the-flap/

  48. Aths

    Nice question this week! Here’s mine!

  49. Julie

    Here’s my answer: http://bookhooked.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  50. Marion

    I’m flapping! 🙂
    http://compumarion.com/blog/?p=401

  51. Mandy

    Great question! I look forward to finding other flappers out there. Here’s my post: Me, a Flapper?

  52. Melanie

    Hello!

    http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/btt-for-114.html

  53. Jeane

    My answer is here.

  54. Karoline

    my answer: http://okbolover.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/booking-through-thursday-114/

    good queston 🙂

  55. Carina

    My answer is here This is my first week participating!

  56. Plottings

    Happy Thursday! Here is my response:
    http://www.plottings.net/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not-a-flapper.html

  57. J.S. Peyton

    My answer’s here. It feels like ages since I’ve participated…

  58. Bluestocking from The Bluestocking Guide

    Here is mine

  59. Tim

    Since I started this, I better post a link to mine.

  60. Cathy (Minding the Middle)

    Sometimes a flapper unless the lead pulls me in.
    mine

  61. lisamm

    Here’s mine.. I haven’t done a BTT in months..

    Booking Through Thursday: Flapper? Or not a flapper?

  62. Caty

    Here’s mine: http://miscellaneousmumblings.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-are-you.html

  63. Matthew

    I read it as long as it doesn’t reveal too much of the plot. My answer is up. Happy BTT everyone! 🙂

  64. Vicki

    Mines here:
    http://ilratb.blogspot.com/2010/01/btt.html

  65. Rob

    I’m a flapper and you can read my buzz words:

    http://bookscandycorn.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-to-flap-or-not.html

  66. Kathy H

    Here’s mine:

    http://bookwormnation.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-thru-thursday.html

  67. Aleksandra

    Here’s my answer: http://my-book-obsession.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-1.html

  68. pussreboots

    I’m a flapper! My post is here.

  69. Lynda

    Here is mine
    http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday_14.html

  70. Becky

    Here’s mine.

  71. La Coccinelle

    I guess I’m a flapper.

  72. Michelle

    Here’s mine!

    http://literarilyspeaking1.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flaps.html

  73. Stormi

    http://writesthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/01/btt-flapper-or-not-flapper.html

    I don’t flap 🙂

  74. Dana

    Definitely a flapper…

    http://bookwormcouchpotato.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  75. theexile

    Booking Through Thursday: What’s the Flap over Book Flaps?

  76. alitareads

    I’m joining in this week!

    Booking Through Thursday – Flippin’ Flaps

  77. Runa

    My post is here

  78. Unruly Reader

    Practically never: freakish librarian thing.

    http://unrulyreader.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday-flapper-or-not.html

  79. Susan

    My answer is here.

  80. Jenn

    Here you go!

    http://quitethehuman.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  81. Victoria

    Happy Thursday!

    http://baker-bookworm.blogspot.com/2010/01/flapper-or-not-flapper.html

  82. Jacqueline

    My answer is at the end of the post linked above, but I’ll include it here too. I read everything – the front and back covers, the inside flaps, the forewards and introductions, the reviews, the appendixes – everything! I know, I’m sick 🙂

  83. Sara Harricharan

    http://fictionfusion.blogspot.com/2010/01/flaps-bbt.html

    There’s mine!

  84. Becky

    Here is mine
    http://pageturnersbooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursdays.html

  85. Oregon Kimm (My Eclectic Reads)

    First time joining BTT. Here’s my post:

    http://myeclecticreads.blogspot.com/2010/01/booking-through-thursday.html

  86. mkowalewski

    Here: http://mominsanity.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/booking-through-thursday-16/

  87. Sophie

    I’m new to BTT. Here is my answer.

  88. Stephen

    Well I am not sure I make sense let alone answered the question. http://www.coreremnant.com/2010/01/19/flapper-or-not-a-flapper/