Hey loves! Top Ten Tuesday is a book blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s prompt is Things That Make Me Pick Up A Book. There are definitely a variety of different reasons, so I’m excited to share a few!
1. Hype | I mean, they’re hyped books for a reason! When I see books that honestly everyone is talking about, of course I have to give it a try!
2. Asian Representation | I’m half Taiwanese, so of course I love Asian representation ❤ When I see that books are written by Asian authors, I automatically want to read them that much more!
3. Relatable Sounding Characters | Of course I love to read about myself in book characters! If the characters sound like they’re going to be like me, I’m especially motivated to read them!
4. Friend Recommendations | I highly value my friends and their opinions, so when they recommend me books, I definitely push them high up on my TBR! This holds for my online blogging friends, and even more so for my in person friends!
5. Already Loving The Author | My auto read authors! Some authors I will gladly read their works without even reading the synopsis or questioning whether or not I’ll enjoy because I know I love their writing!
6. Food | Okay, yeah, I really like food. And I really like reading about food. So can you fault me for picking up a book that sounds like it’s gonna be about food?
7. The Cover | I firmly believe that anyone who says they don’t judge a book by its cover at all is a liar. It’s not the deciding factor, but it definitely has a little to do with whether or not I’ll read a book! I’m also really interested in graphic design and photography, so I especially love pretty covers ❤
8. The Title | Some titles are kind of boring, but some are super super intriguing and I just read it and I’m like whaaaaattttt.
9. The Spine | What can I say? I’m superficial I guess lmao but I get a lot of books from the library that I’ve never heard of before because their spine jumps out at me and then I look at the cover/synopsis and decide to read it. Books with spines that don’t jump out at me…I don’t pick up…
10. Comparison To Other Books I Love | You know, those books that are like for fans of Harry Potter or something like that? I’m SOLD.
Let’s Chat
What are some things that make you pick up a book? Please tell me you’re a sucker for beautiful covers too haha. I’d love to chat in the comments below ❤
That gif made me so hungry😭😍 and I also judge a book by its cover, even when I don’t want to 😭😂
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Haha I think we’re all a little guilty of that xD
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Hype is definitely something that influences me even though it scares me sometimes.
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It makes books sound just so good!
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So much yes to the food one! You should look into Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca. It’s a MG releasing in June and it’s full of all the yummy baked goods.
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Oooo I’m definitely looking into it now!
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Yay! I hope you love it!
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Food! Haha good one. I do like some yummy food in a book! Also a cool spine (because books should LOOK good too, right haha), relatable chars and a nice cover are definitely big for me as well.
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food is always a 10/10
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The cover is sometimes why I choose to buy a book over getting it from the library (if they are translated since the library barely has anything other than dutch) so I totally understand that. Haha and yes food is a good one. 😀
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haha covers are gorgeous and food is delicious what can i say
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Nice list, interestingly if a book is referred to as the next ….. it completely puts me off and I am likely to avoid it. Good thing we are all different. I am totally influenced by a beautiful cover though.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday.
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thanks 🙂
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oh yeah hype definitely catches my attention! And of course I listen to friend recs (eventually 😉 ) And I love relatable characters. The title, cover and loving the author all help as well!
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All those things must lead to a good book!!
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I love book with delicious sounding food descriptions too! The only problem is they always make me so hungry for that specific thing (and my cooking skills do not live up to it).
My TTT this week.
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Food is the best hahaha
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True 😂
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Pretty much everyone this week has mentioned covers, I’m sure anyone who says they don’t judge a book by it’s cover is a liar! I also mentioned covers, and authors I love as reason for picking up a book. I will also be more likely to pick up a book if a friend has recommended it to me,
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/top-ten-tuesday-205/
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Definitely agree!
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🙂
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That GIF is making me crave brownies…❤ Food, covers, representation, and recommendations are also some of the reasons why I pick up a book!
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food is 10/10
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Hey, book spines are important! Haha. And omg, that gif *heart eyes*
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They definitely are!!
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Nice list! I love relatable characters as well! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday
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Relatable characters are the best!
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I can’t blame you for liking food descriptions. Some of them are really good!
My post.
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what can i say i love food
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Some covers are just so hard to resist. I’m also a fan of unusual titles, especially long-winded ones. Great list!
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some covers are too gorgeous for their own goods ❤
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I was not ready for that cake GIF, not at all, I’m so hungry right now haha.
I’m all for good food in my books, too and yes to friends’ recommendations ❤ I always love getting recommendations and falling in love with these books afterwards 🙂
Lovely list!
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Thanks 🙂
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Great list. It makes me SO happy that we are seeing so much amazing Asian representation this year. I’m so excited to read Descendant of the Crane next.
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Eee I love that book!
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I definitely look for relatable characters when picking out my next book, so that means I love Asian representation by default 💕. Also, I LIVE for those “If you like this… then you’ll like this” posts too!
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yeeee 🙂
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Comp books haven’t been mentioned a lot this week, but it can definitely get me to pick up a book.
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it’s definitely an influencing factor!
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Lovely post! Comparisons to other books I love is a really good one too – although it also kind of makes me nervous 😂💕
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Thanks 🙂
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I definitely go in for characters that remind me of me. It’s comforting to feel like an author “gets” you. And yes to the food thing! There’s actually a book memoir/cookbook hybrid I love (Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books) that does fantastic job of combining two great things, but for fiction, the first book that comes to mind is middle grade novel The Teashop Girls (which got me to love tea!) and its sequel, which is all about those scones.
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So glad you agree ❤
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Honestly, I’ve never given much thought to a book’s spine before. But it does make sense that’s the first thing you see before pulling it off the shelf. I need to pay more attention to that!
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