#i currently have about 20 authors on my sweeps list :))) and i've read almost everything for all of them this year :)))
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how do you decide what books to read?
oh! i have many devious methods. i get recs from friends/family/mutuals, i plough through the entire works of authors who have written one book i've liked, i check rec lists e.g. on library websites or goodreads, and awards lists e.g. the man booker prize, but my fave way is to go and browse in a bookstore for 7 hours, scope out the books i'd like to read, write them down, then go home and borrow them from my local library (for free!!! support your local libraries kids!!!!) and THEN only if they're great will i keep a lookout for them in second hand stores and eventually get myself a copy
#my friends and i do 'author sweeps'#which is where you like an author so much that you're like ok. i am going to read everything they've ever written#i currently have about 20 authors on my sweeps list :))) and i've read almost everything for all of them this year :)))#but man i cannot recommend more utilising your local library#for books AND audiobooks bro i have not paid for a book that i haven't already known i love in advance in YEARS#try it out for free first!!!! this method is foolproof!!!!#and then i love to buy secondhand like my brother in christ i'm not spending 40 bucks on one god damn book#i have so many secondhand book pipelines lmao i'm like a dealer#the great thing about reading is the more you do it; the more you figure out what you do and don't like#and the easier it is for you AND other people to do the whole 'oh you liked that? you'll LOVE this' thing#even here on tumblr!! whenever i post a reading list and highlight the ones i like#i invariably get replies like oh i read that too and like it AND i liked this similar book!!#sharing the reading love :)#hope you find some fantastic books to read in the very near future my good bro!! happy holidays and have a lovely day#asks
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