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Today's library haul:
What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile: Egypt 3050 - 30 BC, a Time-Life book with no author as such listed. Recommended by my prof for ancient Egyptian history for having interesting bits about culture in there, and pretty pictures.
Ilario: The Lion's Eye, by Mary Gentle. Picked it up because a friend strongly recommended another book by the same author, as yet unreleased.
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, by Alison Goodman. Picked it up because of reviews noting its interesting handling of gender roles in a fictional society.
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So, by Mark Vonnegut, M.D. Got this one because someone on my flist reviewed it.
You know, I think about 90% of the books on my to-read list are there because of reviews written in the various places I read or other specific recommendations by friends. The other 10% are largely there because I already know I like the author, or because some recommendation system suggested it and it had an interesting blurb.
I wonder how other people find books to read. (I know how I used to: browsing the sf&f section in bookstores and libraries, looking for something with an interesting cover and blurb.)
What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile: Egypt 3050 - 30 BC, a Time-Life book with no author as such listed. Recommended by my prof for ancient Egyptian history for having interesting bits about culture in there, and pretty pictures.
Ilario: The Lion's Eye, by Mary Gentle. Picked it up because a friend strongly recommended another book by the same author, as yet unreleased.
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, by Alison Goodman. Picked it up because of reviews noting its interesting handling of gender roles in a fictional society.
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So, by Mark Vonnegut, M.D. Got this one because someone on my flist reviewed it.
You know, I think about 90% of the books on my to-read list are there because of reviews written in the various places I read or other specific recommendations by friends. The other 10% are largely there because I already know I like the author, or because some recommendation system suggested it and it had an interesting blurb.
I wonder how other people find books to read. (I know how I used to: browsing the sf&f section in bookstores and libraries, looking for something with an interesting cover and blurb.)