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Jan 10, 2012 06:12PM
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The tittle, if it sounds good I'll pick it up. Sometimes the cover grabs me but it has to be very flashy and my kind of book. Reviews and ratings aren't much good to me unless I know the person and what they like.
I usually pick my books from series and authors I like, recommendations and goodreads reviews.Endearing characters and suspense pull me into books. Also a strong shock factor helps.
Irene wrote: "The tittle, if it sounds good I'll pick it up. Sometimes the cover grabs me but it has to be very flashy and my kind of book. Reviews and ratings aren't much good to me unless I know the person an..."Titles are important too!
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Cover mostly. Reviews help a lot. Ratings make me wonder but they don't make me choose not to read it. I have to read it and make my own chose. They influence me only a little. What makes me really want to read a book is mostly the summary.
Last line. Or the cover. Or the sample. Or a recommendation...
I read books for several reasons: title, cover, reviews, popularity, recommendations, genre. Most of the time I go for cover, title, or genre. I picked up
because it has cherry blossoms on the front cover, and it is now one of my favorite books. I've read it twice so far.
because it has cherry blossoms on the front cover, and it is now one of my favorite books. I've read it twice so far.
You look at the last line? I know friends that do that..I argue at them for like 10 minutes straight.
It's wierd, but all my fav books have amazing last lines...so i go by that. :)
I understand but you might ruin the whole book that way!
True, true....still, I end up reading the whole last page then haha
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I did that once with Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead. I read the last page, which had a surprising twist to it. Needless to say, I had to find out what happened. I couldn't put the book down!
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If it sounds good and if it has good reviews, usually. Or of course, if it's by an author I like. :)
If the book sounds good and the cover of that book is good then i will get it. I sometimes have to read the first chapter if i am unsure about it but i usually go for the cover and summary.
I sometimes randomly pick up books read the blurb if it sounds good will try it. Or a lot of the times recommendations but I'am a sucker for pretty shiny covers.
the very first thing in a book which attracts me to pick it is its title, because the title mostly defines about what the book would be and if I feel title has some connection with my scenario or its my type of book I do take it at any cost.
After that reviews and ratings come, but most of times i do judge the choice of book would be good without going through reviews and its always a nice book which i pick randomly, only keeping title or recommendation of best friend, who knows my choice :)
