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[quote=Anonymous]For me it's a big mix! I've actually gotten a surprising number of good recs here on DCUM. I'll ask my friend circle for recs - they often have good ones. Reviews, twitter, podcasts, magazine writeups - I find books in all these places. My agent just recommended a book to me that I'd been putting off reading, and I ended up loving it. I get a fair number of books through Kindle Unlimited and the Amazon First Reads program, too - just, picking by title and writeup usually, then.

I don't look at lists, because I don't find much of a correlation between what makes the lists and what I like.

I do use Goodreads but I don't have any rule about 4+ or 3+ stars or anything. Some of my favorite books are poorly rated on Goodreads! (My own books aren't very well rated there either.)

But I will read GR reviews more for a vibe check than anything - to see if people's complaints seem like ones that I can deal with. If I'm getting annoyed by a book, I will sometimes go to GR to see if other people have the same complaints.

I used to do what PP suggests and browse bookstores, and see if a cover and some lines grab me. I almost only read on my Kindle now so I don't do that as much anymore.[/quote]

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