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Q83 NA romance, opens w/MC waking up, not a fan of the voice or of NA in general. Pass. #1000queries
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Q82 mystery, opens w/MC waking up, plot not that fresh. Then confuses here and hear before page 10. Pass. #1000queries
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Q81 is in French, writer is in Portugal, I am in US and don't speak French but can say au revoir. #1000queries
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Q77: If you send me a query for a second book when I'm still considering the first one, that's a red flag. Automatic pass. #500queries
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Q76: If you're sending print and email queries, you might want to remove the line about a SASE from the latter. #500queries
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Q75: awesome-sounding thriller, but a young protagonist does not NA make. Regretful pass. #500queries
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Q74: Really interesting take on ghosts in para YA. Request but still skeptical... #500queries
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Q73: A zombie by any other name is still a zombie. And I can't sell that right now. Pass. #500queries.
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Q10: NF about whether our current educational system is now set up in a way that places boys at a disadvantage. I'll read this. #tenqueries
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Q9: Horror about a monster/demon terrorizing a town. Great plot for a slasher flick from the 80s, but a tough sell as a novel. #tenqueries
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Q8: Was only mildly surprised to get this query for probably the 4th time. If I reject you 3 times, I'll likely reject you a 4th #tenqueries
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Q7: NF baseball proposal. Would probably work better as a magazine article/online slide show than a full-fledged book. #tenqueries
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Q6: YA romance trying to pass off as a sports book because protag is a basketball player. I do sports, but I don't do YA romance.#tenqueries
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Q5: NF about Breaking Bad. I may be the only person on Earth who watched all 5 seasons of BB and didn't think it was that good. #tenqueries
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Q72: Ya. Angels. Blergh. #500queries
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Q4: Thriller about a South American drug cartel using illegal immigrants to traffic their product. A bit generic for me. #tenqueries
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Q3: MG sci-fi that takes place in outer space. Good writing, but aliens and distant planets just don't do it for me. Never have. #tenqueries
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Q2: NF about the Civil War that I really wanted to like, but read too much like a textbook. #tenqueries
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Q1: Horror, opened with a graphic sex scene designed to draw the reader in rather than establish a character/storyline. Pass. #tenqueries
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Q71: YA with characters that are 20-something, and didactic. Pass #500queries