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Pick Your Poison
Spindle  3%  [ 17 ]
Poison Apple  4%  [ 24 ]
Magical Hair  6%  [ 37 ]
3 Wishes  6%  [ 38 ]
Danger and Mystery  7%  [ 48 ]
Devilish Rogue  7%  [ 45 ]
Vindictive Vixen  4%  [ 24 ]
Being a Hero  6%  [ 39 ]
Coward  2%  [ 13 ]
Dark Magic  12%  [ 81 ]
Alternate Dimensions  10%  [ 63 ]
Time Travel  9%  [ 57 ]
Be the Villain  10%  [ 62 ]
Choose Your Own Adventure  16%  [ 104 ]
Total votes : 652
 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Apr 2nd, '16, 22:49    


Nixie Fawn

Joined: Sep 24th, '11, 20:27
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I use Goodreads. There you got other peoples opinions and the summary. Great website!

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Apr 6th, '16, 13:39    


Melibel

Joined: Mar 14th, '10, 13:23
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Usually recommended by a friend, found some really great authors this way.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Apr 7th, '16, 00:28    


PupDragon

Joined: Aug 10th, '09, 15:59
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Normally I wander around the book store or library reading titles, pick up one that sounds interesting, read the first few pages, and if I like it I keep reading. This is how I have found most of my favorite books.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Apr 7th, '16, 18:40    


savage_rose

Joined: Feb 4th, '13, 19:59
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I get recommendations from friends, People magazine, and just look for books that seem interesting. Lately I've been reading books I want to read vs. books I think I should read, and it has been a lot of young adult vampire fiction mainly, biographies, etc.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Apr 22nd, '16, 05:45    


brighnasa

Joined: Jan 22nd, '11, 21:25
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I go by Amazon reviews and the first few pages from the Look Inside feature...and the cover, because even if you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, I definitely do.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Jun 4th, '16, 23:46    


ashabellanar

Joined: Sep 26th, '15, 15:15
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If I'm at a bookstore I end up looking at covers and reading the synopsis. I do initially judge books by the cover. I'm a bit of a base idiot about it. Pretty covers attract me.
Actually buying a book usually requires having input from someone that it's good. If I've seen favorable reviews I'll check it out, too. As quick as I am to look at a pretty book I'm very skeptical. I've been burned in the past. Burned bad. Third degree.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Jul 10th, '16, 08:21    


kotori

Joined: May 20th, '16, 04:58
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Location: Waterloo, ON, Canada
I'll find someone who recommends books I liked, and read other books they recommend. If Wikipedia has an article on a book or author, I'll read it first. Sometimes I'll find related books/authors on Wikipedia too.

I'm currently working through some of the recommendations here: http://uriel.cat-v.org/profile

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Jul 11th, '16, 07:18    


Ollieshark

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honestly just give me a few of my fave keywords and i'll add it to my tbr immediately. doesn't matter what the general opinion is tbh.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Sep 9th, '16, 19:07    


eratess

Joined: May 20th, '15, 01:02
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Sometimes I'll use Amazon's recommendations. Others, a simple search for the subject material. A great cover will get me everytime. Yes, I'm THAT cliche.... :D

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pick a book?
Posted: Sep 13th, '16, 16:06    


Leucotea

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I'm talking with my friends about books, and they always have someting worth recommedation ^^

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