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How do you decide what to read?

Postby admin » April 22nd, 2011, 12:13 am

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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby Wanda » April 22nd, 2011, 12:27 am

I refer to Fully Booked's Top 100 Books of the Last 100 Years, and to BBC's The Big Read.

If you are looking for Fully Booked's list, you can refer to my blog here. http://wandafulworldofbooks.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-100-books-of-last-100-years.html
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby Memnoch26 » May 9th, 2011, 11:21 pm

... Popular and newly released books.... Or books that were made into movies or will soon be...
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby malot1182 » August 29th, 2011, 6:29 pm

Mostly recommended by other readers. I'm into Russian literature now.
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby ehlanadanae » August 29th, 2011, 7:39 pm

(when in a bookstore) i go through all the display...book for book, aisle for aisle..and pick out those that catch my attention..and i don't normally care how long it takes me (but by average it takes at least a couple of hours)
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby Wanda » August 30th, 2011, 10:44 pm

ehlanadanae wrote:(when in a bookstore) i go through all the display...book for book, aisle for aisle..and pick out those that catch my attention..and i don't normally care how long it takes me (but by average it takes at least a couple of hours)

Couldn't agree more! Im like that too, i could spend a whole day in a bookstore:)
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby Wanda » August 30th, 2011, 10:46 pm

malot1182 wrote:Mostly recommended by other readers. I'm into Russian literature now.

Hi malot1182! What russian lit are you reading now? I've read Anna Karenina, and Have been planning to read War and Peace for the longest time but im being put off by its thickness:)
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby ehlanadanae » August 30th, 2011, 11:03 pm

Wanda wrote:Couldn't agree more! Im like that too, i could spend a whole day in a bookstore:)


true true...that's why when i go for books i normally go alone..hehe.. my friends, although they sometimes read books, can't understand why i need to go up and down the same aisle for more than half an hour..they get bored while i'm having the time of my life..
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby christine » August 31st, 2011, 9:25 am

Wanda wrote:
malot1182 wrote:Mostly recommended by other readers. I'm into Russian literature now.

Hi malot1182! What russian lit are you reading now? I've read Anna Karenina, and Have been planning to read War and Peace for the longest time but im being put off by its thickness:)

Interesting...what books can you recommend for russian lit? The closest I have read was Ayn Rand's works such as The Anthem. She's Russian-American although I don't exactly think her writing qualifies as formal russian lit. :D
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Re: How do you decide what to read?

Postby christine » August 31st, 2011, 9:29 am

I usually look for the books written by my favorite authors but I discover good books via recommendations of my friends. We sort of have an informal Book Club wherein we share about what we've read and suggest the books we like to each other. :P
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