Linda Barnes is another author I recently discovered at the local charity store. It is Buy One Get One Free week this week so I was looking for a second book. Preferably a hard cover with large text because I hate small, thick paperbacks with tiny text. I just grabbed this one and am thoroughly enjoying it.
As a reader I tend to
- read the blurb on the back or jacket
- if that grabs me I read the first page
- if that grabs me I get it
- if I am not enjoying the book by about 30 pages in, I stop reading.
I have polled several of my classes on this, and many seem to force themselves to read to the end of a book, even if they are not enjoying it. But I always have so many books I want to read that I don't finish if I don't like it.
These are my latest charity shop finds. I am so grateful that the limited choice pushed me into a genre I almost never read - crime. I am thoroughly enjoying them. Once I have finished them, I return them to the charity to shop so they can find another person who will enjoy them.
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