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Round Table: How We Pick Books to Read

Sep 13, 2010 17:52

We love books! Obviously! This month we decided to chat about how we pick what books to read, especially our favorite ways.

How do you guys pick books? Recommendations? Blogs? Browsing? Let us know in the comments - especially if there's a weird way you do it. We love weird things.

Here's our take:

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Comments 14

a_hoffman79 September 13 2010, 23:14:31 UTC

Yum, books. My favorite source is the public library, where I run my fingers along the spines of my chosen section, looking for these little neon green stickers that say "New Book." When I find one, I pull it off, give it a perusal, and decide whether to take it home with me. If I really love it, then I later buy a copy to support the author ( ... )

apocalypticbob September 13 2010, 23:43:37 UTC

Lately, quite a bit of my book buying has been my favorite kind: someone I know and like wrote this and got published= GLEE!! Between Maggie and Seanan McGuire, that's been a fair amount of my book buying lately ( ... )

claire8sterling September 13 2010, 23:46:28 UTC

I go to B&N and take a look at the new releases, and if they forget to put them out ill go look for new-looking books in the teen section. I'll look at cover, then the back, and the inside cover. If it sounds good to me, I'll start reading. If it sounds really really good though, I'll probably get it.

Also, I have the major aversion to recommended reading too. Hey, we can make that into an acronym! MARRS! Major Aversion to Recommended Reading Syndrome! :)

swhisted September 14 2010, 00:12:56 UTC

My book buying habits... hmmmm ( ... )

wldhrsjen3 September 14 2010, 00:24:39 UTC

OMG I am the SAME way. :D Well, I've always loved reading, but I have the same addiction! I covet books like they were treasure, and I hoard them just so I can admire their prettiness. And I rarely, rarely lend books because I hate crinkled pages or bent covers.

(I also just ordered a couple of new books... :P It's a disease, I think.)

swhisted September 14 2010, 00:43:10 UTC

Definitely a disease. Needs a name....

I will sometimes lend out my hardbacks (to people I know respect them the way I do), but never my paperbacks. My mother laughs at me at how I barely open the book to read it just so I don't get a line in the binding. Hehe...

wldhrsjen3 September 14 2010, 00:22:18 UTC

My small rural library has too few spec fic books and too many oldoldold romances. WOE. Fortunately my family knows I have a crazy addiction to books and they keep me well supplied with book store gift cards. LOL

I buy books because friends have recommended them, I've read reviews that sound promising, or because I've had a chance to pick them up and skim. (I tend to be drawn to titles and covers for skimming purposes.) But I have this weird habit of buying based on random topic interests. For ex, I had a dream about clockwork and when I woke up I had the strongest urge to read steampunk. I went on a book buying binge and ended up with a whole stack I hadn't intended to buy the week before. :P