T.G.I.F (25)
TGIF is a fun little feature
hosted by Ginger @ GReads! Every
week we re-cap what has happened on the blog plus Ginger asks a question for us
to answer. This week’ question is: Book Appeal: When you're browsing goodreads, the library, or
another blogger's reviews, what grabs your attention to make you want to read
it?
As always Ginger asked a very good
question.
Library: When looking at a book in the library I look at the title and it sounds
good I’ll look at the synopsis and from there if I’m interested I’ll get it. Through
honestly it’s very rare that I search the library for books. What I usually do
is order the books I want to borrow at home on the internet and pick the books
up when they’re ready. I think I’ve only looked for books in the library maybe
a total of four times.
Goodreads & Bookstores: I'm always on Goodreads (I'm addicted) and I live in Barnes & Noble. The story is always the same no matter what platform I used to get books
the cover and title are the first thing that grabs my attention. From there I read
the synopsis, if it sounds good. I put in on my list then I order it from the
library. I hate to waste money on a book that I won’t read again so thank the
powers that be for the library. If I like a book after borrowing it from the
library I’ll go out and buy it.
It’s hard to judge how good a book is based on other people’s reviews and
how they rate it. Before I checked other reviews but now I try to stay away
from them. There are a lot of reasons for this, not most but sometimes people
only say they liked a book because they got an ARC, other times people don’t
like books for stupid reasons, and the most important reason I don’t check
other reviews is because we all have different tastes.
Another reason I read certain books is because someone I know and trust
book wise will tell me about a book. I’ll find out what it’s about and read it.
3 comments
Agreed - cover, title & book summary - in some combination, will get me to pick up a book, even if I hadn't heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteI think I should do something similar to you, with checking out if they have it in my library! Though they happen infrequently, I've had experiences where books I thought would be good ended up being just average and vice versa - and that hurts my wallet, haha.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, other people's tastes can vary widely from your own, so sometimes it's just best to go with your gut instinct -- and how pretty the cover is, hehe. :D
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll drop by and enter my giveaway to win one of three ARCs! :)