Finding The Perfect Book

Have you ever just stared at the bookshelves in the library wondering which book looks even relatively interesting? Do you have trouble finding the perfect book to fit your taste? Or do you not like reading and you're being forced to choose a book to read by the end of this semester?
I've got a few tips to help you out with those sorts of dilemmas.

First off, never, and I mean NEVER judge a book by its cover. Check out the boring looking books with the tattered covers with nothing but the name on the front.

Pick up books and look at them; don't worry, they won't bite. Promise. Think about what kind of genres you like. Fantasy? Historical fiction? Romance? The genre is usually written at the bottom of the back cover.

After you've overcame your fear of touching books read the blurb that is inside/on the back of the cover.

Open the book. You can do it, I have faith in you. Read a few sentences out of it.

If you aren't satisfied research the author and the book.

One way you can tell if the book is really good is by looking at who published it. Random House is one of the biggest publishing companies in the world, and their doors are hard to get through. If you want your book published by them it has to be good enough that a reader would swim across an evil alligator infested swamp to read it. That of course isn't a sure way to tell if it's good, but it's something to get you started.

Another thing you can do is read the reviews. You know that the reviews in the book are only going to praise it, so go on a book-purchasing website or Amazon and read the reviews for it there.

With these few tips you can be off and running towards your next favorite book or author. Try new genres, separate from your security blanket author who you trust and try new ones. Experiment.

God Bless,
Brenna Dixon