I spend about 2hrs on the road everyday and have picked up a habit of listening to books. Over the past 4yrs, I have listened/read an average of 40 books a year.

I am a reader who reads purely for entertainment, so it’s mostly horror, crime, travel, thriller, sci fi genres.

So when I start searching for a new books, i usually depend on Goodreads and Google for recommendations. And there are so many reccos that I generally just chose a book which has a cover which sort of connects with me.

So while there are some initial level of filters and search words I use, the final selection is pretty much based on the cover. So I am literally just judging a book by it’s cover and reading.

Even among authors whom I like, I end up reading a bit of summary but summaries always sound good for most of the book. So I just see which one has the most intriguing cover.

How is everyone else tackling this ?

  • xPastromi@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nothing but Blackened Teeth has such a cool cover but i’ve heard nothing but terrible things about this. i think the cover is very important for me at least because it’s not like im able to read a sample from the book before picking it up. a good and unique cover is what appeals to the eye and i think it’s be disingenuous to say otherwise.