How do you choose a book? Or a new author to try? For many of us, this is a very personal matter and we all have our own way. We might read a review and just know, we’d love that story. Or we might get a recommendation from a friend who tells us we have to read this author or this story.
I have taken recommendations from friends and not been disappointed. I might choose a story because the review was fabulous. I do have a long list of favorite authors I regularly read (and have been reading for many, many years) but my own way of choosing a new book or author is something I call the goose-bump factor.
First, the title and cover must strike me enough so that I pick up the book and flip it over. If the blurb on the back gives me goose-bumps, I investigate a little further. When I open the book at random and read a page and the goose-bumps remain, I must buy that book. I’ve been buying books and falling in love with authors for over 35 years this way…..hasn’t steered me wrong yet!
Happy reading!
Marie
I dont 'live or die' by lists, but also I have found some of my favourite authors through 'Listmania' type recommends. I recently read a Loretta Chase when I saw her as number one on a list by a blogger whose views I really trust...and I loved it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip, Grace. I'll pop on over to Listmania. Who knows what I'll find (perhaps another great author to adore!).
ReplyDeleteHi Marie,
ReplyDeleteI find I'm so busy keeping up with all the books my friends are publishing, I hardly ever have time to try a new author. But I have to admit, winning a free book on a blog or at a workshop, definitely broadens my horizons. I have a few regular authors I read because of winning one of their books :-)