How do you find new books to read? How long do you spend making sure it's a book you want to read? I must admit that I'm a bit random when it comes to my reading choices. Of course, I take my friends' recommendations. I find that that's always a great option because I can have an idea of what to expect from the book. It usually means I'm less likely to be offended by aspects of the book thanks to friends' pre-screening, if you will. If I'm feeling lucky or a bit reckless, I literally type in a keyword into my local library's catalog, e.g. "medieval fiction", place the book on reserve, pick it up and go with that. It's not always the best way to go about it, but it's my way of finding new authors to scope out (I have a tendency to seek out all the work by the same author if I liked one of their books). I also have a habit of spotting titles at random in random places. I discovered Harry Potter when I found the book lying on a table at a cousin's house. I thought the cover looked interesting so I noted the title and the author and went hunting in the local library. Can't say I regretted that, at all =D
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Date: 2010-11-07 08:27 pm (UTC)I must admit that I'm a bit random when it comes to my reading choices. Of course, I take my friends' recommendations. I find that that's always a great option because I can have an idea of what to expect from the book. It usually means I'm less likely to be offended by aspects of the book thanks to friends' pre-screening, if you will. If I'm feeling lucky or a bit reckless, I literally type in a keyword into my local library's catalog, e.g. "medieval fiction", place the book on reserve, pick it up and go with that. It's not always the best way to go about it, but it's my way of finding new authors to scope out (I have a tendency to seek out all the work by the same author if I liked one of their books). I also have a habit of spotting titles at random in random places. I discovered Harry Potter when I found the book lying on a table at a cousin's house. I thought the cover looked interesting so I noted the title and the author and went hunting in the local library. Can't say I regretted that, at all =D