The other day I talked about the books I'm in the middle of reading at the moment. On a similar note, I'd like to talk about how do you pick your next read, which sometimes can be a science in itself.
Some people like reading books by the same author, some people like reading books on a particular subject (i.e., World War II, the Titanic), and some people like reading books according to genre (i.e., romance, mystery, fiction, western, etc.). Speaking for myself, I choose my personal reading according to place and time. In other words, I ask myself, "Where do I feel like going (in my mind)?" and "Which time period do I feel like visiting?" Do I feel like going to Elizabethan England, present day Brunei, the American frontier, or somewhere else?
There are also websites to help you choose your next read. My particular favorites are bibliotravel and whatshouldireadnext. The first offers suggestions based on the settings of a book, while the second provides titles based on a book you enjoyed.
So, my question to all of you is how do you choose your next read? :-)
To be continued from the perch.
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