Pondering what makes me like a book, and ending up with way too long a list

Did you see the article about my reviews from Martin Shepherd, of the Permanent Press?

http://thecockeyedpessimist.blogspot.com/2015/04/in-praise-of-sheila-deeth-and-other.html

I have to confess, I've really enjoyed all the books I've received from them. And today I have two more Permanent Press reviews today to start my list. But Marty's article had me wondering, just what is it that defines a book I'll really like. I tried to make a list:

The writing should pull me into the story, rather than...