Writing or Riveting?

By --Deb on

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What’s more important: Good writing? Or a good story?

(Of course, a book should have BOTH, but…)

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!

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60 responses

  1. Melissa W.

    Here is my answer: http://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

    Hope I made sense.

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  3. wutheringwillow

    Hi! Here’s my BTT post,

    Booking Through Thursday: Writing Or Riveting?

  4. shelovestoread

    Heres mine 🙂

    Booking Through Thursday – Writing or Riveting?

  5. Victoria Teoh (@vicflame2712)

    Here’s my BTT: http://alwaysabooklover.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

    Took me a while to decide, both are rather important!

  6. gautami tripathy

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-writing-or-riveting.html

  7. Aine @ House Millar

    Here’s my BTT ~ House Millar series

    Áine

    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~ Ben Franklin

  8. Lady Kell of Kincavel

    Here’s my Booking Through Thursday post

  9. Hazel

    Happy Thursday! Here’s mine:

    http://www.stasiadesiderata.com/2012/01/26/writing-or-riveting/

  10. ginaslibrary

    http://ginaslibrary.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-question/

  11. DawnTreader

    http://dawntreader-island2.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-story-deserves-good-writing-btt.html

  12. mostraum

    Good question. Both, please, but….

  13. Mermer

    Here’s mine!

  14. Reading Kelly

    Here is my Booking Through Thursday!
    http://reading-kelly.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  15. Yvonne

    My answer is here

  16. Mirka

    Good question. Here’s my My BTT

  17. The Literary Omnivore

    Here’s my answer!

  18. jerikavonalexandra

    Here’s my BTT:
    http://averydisorientedreader.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-january-26/

  19. Gigi Ann

    Difficult question, however you can find my answer here. http://gigianns.blogspot.com

  20. Lisa McGeen

    http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/?p=3619

  21. Katie @ magic is in words

    Great question! I just read a book where this thought went through my thought proccess!
    http://magicisinwords.blogspot.com/2012/01/btt-writing-or-riveting.html

  22. Cheryl "Mash"

    Here is my BTT.

  23. Karen @ Scobberlotch

    Terrific question that I ponder as a reader and a writer.

    http://scobberlotch.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-good-writing.html

  24. Jenny

    Here’s Once Upon A Twilight! Great Question!

    http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/search/label/Booking%20Through%20Thurs

  25. Kary

    Interesting question! Here is my response: http://theonceandfuturelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-good-writing-v.html.

  26. JLS Hall (A Little Reading)

    Had to think about this one a while. Actually, I’m still thinking about it, but here’s my answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

  27. laurelrainsnow

    Quite the dilemma! Here’s MY THURSDAY MEMES POST and here’s
    MY WEBSITE

  28. docsangel

    Ohh Good One!

    My Booking Through Thursday can be found here 🙂

  29. megan

    My answer: http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  30. mary Ann Langan

    Here’s my answer:

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  31. Josette

    What a question! 🙂 Here’s my answer: http://booksloveme.blogspot.com/2012/01/btt-writing-or-riveting-jan-26-2012.html

  32. Erin

    Mine: http://wrathsqueensbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  33. Vicki

    Here’s Mine:
    http://ratb2.blogspot.com/2012/01/thursday-memes_26.html

  34. Heidi

    Here is my answer: http://newpaperadventures.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-story-or-good-writing.html

  35. Bookish Sarah

    Nice one! 🙂

    http://bookishsarah.blogspot.com/2012/01/btt-07-writing-or-riveting.html

  36. Tristen - Totally Booked Solid

    here’s mine : http://totallybookedsolid.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  37. Valentina

    Here’s mine:
    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  38. Patricia @ Lady with Books

    Happy Thursday!

    My answer can be found HERE.

  39. xfryx

    http://literatishuffle.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-january-26th/

  40. Beth

    Here’s mine–http://toofond.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-writing-or-riveting/. Thanks for reading!

  41. Miz Moffatt

    Oooh, an excellent question to puzzle over this Thursday. I like a book to possess both qualities (of course), but I do have a limit when it comes to one of the aforementioned literary characteristics:

    http://thelitoverse.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

    Thanks for another great writing prompt!

  42. wcs53

    Nice question. My answer is here: http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-writing-or-riveting-jan-26/

  43. Shannon

    Good writing or good story, hmm…..

    Here what I think: http://shannonsbookbag.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-thru-thursday-12612.html

  44. Matthew

    My answer is posted.
    If the writing is bad, I don’t care how riveting the story is.

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  46. Ashley Cross

    I love this question.

    Here is my response: http://thecrossreview.com/booking-through-thursday-1/

  47. readingwithtea

    It’s all about the story. http://readingwithtea.com/2012/01/26/btt-writing-or-riveting/

  48. Brittany

    For me, it really depends. Though in the end, I suppose it’s the writing.

    http://bookishbooksblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-week-2.html

  49. The Nerdy Reader

    Tough call… Here’s mine: http://thenerdyreader.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-writing-or-riveting/

  50. Bri

    My Answer

  51. bookworm

    Thats the perfect question for me right now 🙂

  52. Evolet Yvaine @BeefcakeandBabes

    Here’s mine: http://beefcakeandbabes.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-36-writing-or-riveting/

  53. Sissy

    Here’s my reply:
    http://aikitty.me/books/?p=4861

  54. Tina Louise

    Rivet me!

    http://nerdbliss.com/wordpress/2012/01/26/rivet-me/

  55. abookandashortlatte1

    Always great questions!

    Here’s my answer:

    Booking Through Thursday

  56. WhimsicalWillow

    Here is my post. This is my first Booking Through Thursday!

    http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-theme.html

  57. vanessaeric

    My BTT is here: http://borneanbookworm.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

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  59. Jess

    Hello! My answer is at http://jessysbookends.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday.html

    Jess at jessysbookends,blogspot.com

  60. Shelley

    If the writing’s not good, nothing is good.