I like a book if it's colourful and has an interesting cover and an interesting blurb. At the moment, I am addicted to a series of books with awesome covers or blurbs!
Nobody is more obsessed with Jedward than I am... - bugbug368
Oh, wow. Um. A mixture. Usually I just randomly find books, like if I'm in a bookstore or the library and I happen to pick one up, I'll have a quick look and then take it. This is how I find most of my favourite authors - if the book's good then I go through every single book they've ever written in the hopes that they'll be as good as the first one I read. And occasionally someone gives me a book or I hear about a classic, and then hunt it down. So yeah. A mixture.
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.-Japanese Proverb
I mostly read things by classic writers such as Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and all the other people you learn about in English class. It takes a lot for me to enjoy a contemporary book.
House: People interest me. Conversations don't.
Foreman: Maybe because conversations go both ways.
House & Foreman: Like Thirteen.
None of the above! I mean, SOMETIMES because it's a classic or an author I like or because it was recommended to me...but mostly I pick up a book because I'm addicted to books, and anything with a creative title, an eye-catching cover, an interesting summary on the back, and a good first few pages is sure to find its way home with me!
i have read books of many genres but mostly before reading a book i like to read the back cover, if the back cover holds some interest for then i read it and if not then the book is back on its original place, full-stop...
When I go to the library I pick up random books and read the first page. If it draws me in then I read what it is about. Then I read it. At the bookstore I try to stick with authors I like. Thankfully I have a friend who had very similar taste to me.
For me It's primarily based on genre, and I think this applies to most people who only read within one genre. I myself am a fantasy reader, thus the first and primary requirement of most books I read is that they be fantasy. Secondly I usually get recommended of books within that genre from fellow readers/friends.
"If the king doesn't lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?"
I was torn between the classic option and the author one... Both are true! Usually the books I read are by one of the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, G.K. Chesterton, or Alexandre Dumas.... Yay for Kindle and free eBooks!
It was your world, Baby, and I just slipped in it.
I picked the last one. But I would read Gone with the Wind because I know that its a classic, Meg Cabot because her books never fail to intrest me, a best-seller or recommended from a friend says that the probability of you enjoying the book is likely, and the cover it the first thing that captures your attention so that is also a contributing factor to deciding what book to read. What a mouthful.
If you prick us, shall we not bleed? If you tickle us, shall we not laugh? If you poison us, shall we not die? If you wrong us, shall we not revenge? The Merchants of Venice-Shakespear Lovethelifeulive, andlivethelifeulove
I grab a book randomly, sometimes, but usually it's my attraction to the cover, title, or size. I like long books that aren't in a series. I get bored with an author after a while. Eventually I pick up on their writing style too much, and little quirks in it I don't like drive me away. And, eventually that characters I just squeezed dry; there's nothing new added to them or they've just been saturated.
PS:I didn't vote.
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