TGIF at GReads is a fun feature for answering a book-blogging question posed by Ginger.
This week the question is: Choose Your Next Read: How do you go about choosing what you read next? Do you have a schedule you follow, or do you read whatever makes you happy at the moment?
I tend to follow a few patterns when it comes to book selection.
- I pretty much always choose what to read based on my mood.
- I can usually only predict what I’ll feel like reading for about three books out. This means I almost never finish reading through stacks of books when I buy/check them out in large quantities. In fact, I try to only buy one or two books at a time if I go to the store because otherwise it is a waste of money. At the library I give myself a little more freedom with the numbers because returning something unread is ok with me!
- I also have a present bias in my book choices, meaning I tend to read the books I’ve most recently seen reviewed. Things tend to languish on my TBR or bookshelf for a loooong time once I’ve lost the initial excitement over them.
- There are also practical concerns for my book choices because I use the library A LOT. So, I have to consider whether a book is at my branch of the library. Also, the planned reading (whatever that may be) gets moved around when holds come in or if I have an item checked out that cannot be renewed.
How do you decide what to read next?