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Recommendations from my husband or people here are the most likely. Tashmere Send a noteboard - 11/03/2010 11:47:28 PM
Recommendations? The title? The cover? Excerpts from reviews? The blurb on the back (if it has one)?
How likely are you to try something new?
What would make you step out of your comfort zone to read something completely different from your usual style?


Usually I will pick up something is someone whose taste I respect talks about it in a way that makes it stick in my mind. I don't have endless money to spend so I rarely buy something that I haven't heard of before unless it has been recommended or I have enjoyed the author in the past.

Craig and the people here have gotten me to step out of my comfort zone.
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What makes you pick up a new book? - 11/03/2010 09:24:05 PM 605 Views
Sounds like I'm similar to you. - 11/03/2010 10:34:11 PM 515 Views
Re: over-hyped books. - 12/03/2010 05:44:16 PM 530 Views
Possibly. - 12/03/2010 07:42:02 PM 486 Views
Mood? - 11/03/2010 10:47:35 PM 430 Views
~nods~ That too. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:44:43 PM 201 Views
It really depends. - 11/03/2010 10:55:56 PM 445 Views
New - 12/03/2010 05:45:17 PM 435 Views
Recommendations from my husband or people here are the most likely. - 11/03/2010 11:47:28 PM 491 Views
~nods~ - 12/03/2010 05:47:55 PM 461 Views
Re: First, the title makes me pick it up. - 12/03/2010 04:22:26 AM 525 Views
Snappy titles, or long kooky titles? - 12/03/2010 05:49:52 PM 487 Views
Re: I don't do the first and middle pages test. It's too unreliable. - 13/03/2010 09:23:12 AM 427 Views
Recommendations - 12/03/2010 04:30:29 AM 444 Views
I think I've used Amazon once for a recommendation. - 12/03/2010 05:51:17 PM 429 Views
Re: I think I've used Amazon once for a recommendation. - 12/03/2010 10:02:32 PM 391 Views
I got into this habit from you. - 14/03/2010 02:27:50 AM 464 Views
Re: What makes you pick up a new book? - 12/03/2010 12:29:33 PM 432 Views
How very open minded of you. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:51:51 PM 195 Views
I have an open mind! - 12/03/2010 05:53:09 PM 461 Views
In general I pick up books I know something about... - 12/03/2010 06:47:48 PM 428 Views
Re: What makes you pick up a new book? - 12/03/2010 10:17:46 PM 453 Views
many different reasons. - 13/03/2010 11:57:53 AM 469 Views
Title or recommendation - 13/03/2010 06:21:40 PM 455 Views
Almost always on my wish list. - 14/03/2010 02:26:55 AM 490 Views
Depends - 16/03/2010 02:32:44 AM 466 Views
The excerpts on the back. - 22/03/2010 03:33:47 AM 491 Views

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