Booking Through Thursday--1/14/10

Suggested by Prairie Progressive:

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

I used to obsessively read the flaps before picking out books, but lately, some of these flaps have gotten ridiculously spoilery, revealing details that don't come out until the middle or even in some cases, end of the book. So I've been avoiding those. =\ This is one of those big pet peeves I have...