tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000858.post2192456276743726292..comments2023-01-27T13:00:06.764-05:00Comments on Eclectic Indulgence... classic literature reviews: What's your book selection strategy?Eclectic Indulgencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09773640906287038956noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000858.post-57031361308025926882010-08-19T18:50:37.718-04:002010-08-19T18:50:37.718-04:00Read something that excites you... I guess thats a...Read something that excites you... I guess thats a variation on number one?Toni Wihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314745513137417924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000858.post-17195556395477122722010-08-18T20:00:51.764-04:002010-08-18T20:00:51.764-04:00I just realized I have no idea how I choose the bo...I just realized I have no idea how I choose the books I read. I always read my book club's selection, but other than that I must just pick whatever strikes me at the moment. I have a couple of series I space out over time, like the Amelia Peabody books. I don't want to read them all at once but I also don't want them so far apart that I forget the gist of the stories. I'm reading 13 books for a Canadian challenge as well and I'm spacing those out over the year. Then there's my guilt list of books that I feel ashamed of myself for never having read, or for having read them and forgotten everything about them. Right now I'm reading a book from that list, so next I will probably choose something more modern. I guess that's what I usually do, choose something different in style or era than what I've just finished. <br />That was a very good question for a post!Ordinary Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813001887162908486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000858.post-28545490664337668342010-08-17T15:54:14.725-04:002010-08-17T15:54:14.725-04:00I read whatever speaks to me at that moment. I fe...I read whatever speaks to me at that moment. I feel too pressured if I have a list I think I must adhere to. And I need to be in a certain mood to read certain books. Some books I may hate if I read them when it's not the right time, but will love when I'm in the right frame of mind.<br /><br />Plus what better way to live in the moment than to read whatever it is that speaks to you right then?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.com