Choosing Your Next Read

I know many of you, like me, have an overflowing TBR (to-be-read) pile. 

Lately, I’ve been struggling with choosing my next read. 

For the most part, I’m a mood reader, so I choose based on how I’m feeling.

However, I also enjoy reading books from different genres simultaneously, so if I finish one genre, I pick something else from the same genre, as I likely have other genres I’m also reading. 

And yet, even with those two loose parameters, I often find myself doing a switch-up either because a book I want to read just came out or I’m suddenly wondering why a book that’s been in my pile for a while hasn’t yet been read! 

So I’m wondering . . .  how do you choose? 

Latest published date? 

Earlier published date? 

Date acquired in your collection? 

In other words, do you have a system? 

Or do you choose by mood, genre, or even just a random selection (I’ve seen people wrap their TBR books and pick one to read without knowing what it is)? 

Do you have different criteria for picking your next physical book read vs. an ebook or an audiobook? 

Inquiring minds want to know!