Round Table: How We Pick Books to Read

[tessagratton]

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:

Tessa: so we're talking about how we pick

Comments

[swhisted]

My whole family keeps trying to push me towards this format since my book buying habit is slipping out of control, but I can't see myself enjoying this. I like the feel of a book in my hands. I love the decorative covers and knowing they're mine. Plus I stare at a PC style screen too much as it is. Do I really want to burn my eyes out even more? Nope. I suppose if I was a heavy traveler, then maybe something like this would be beneficial opposed to carting around a ton of books, but I don't see myself ever being someone who owns one of these devices.

[kusanar]

I hardly ever enter a book store with a purpose of buying anything. I'll browse the shelves for about an hour grabbing titles/covers that interest me and then I read the first two paragraphs. If I like the book (and I have money) I'll get it. If I don't have money I write down all the book's info on my hand and research it. Yay for Goodreads.com :D

[hellife_gal]

My book picking

[lunalila]

I don't really have a great bookstore in the area I live. There is one in the town next to mine, but it's an academic bookshop mostly dedicated to education and kids and YA lit. Most of the time, it's OK with me because I do buy lots of kids and YA lit. They also have fidelity points and I get discouts quite a few times. But sometimes... if I want something that isn't a best seller, or it's a bit oldie, or just it's published by a small pubbed house or it's... not in Spanish or Catalan... it isn't enough

[ljboldyrev]

Gah! Tessa, you read the last page!
I prefer to buy in store also, but only because I don't like to wait.