Popular Ways Readers Find Books

#bestseller, #celebrity, #thisstoryisgonnapopyoureyeballsout...#makeyourich #teachwhatyoullneverlearnonyourown, #helpyouliveforever books don’t necessarily appeal to me, even if I generally, otherwise, find books like most other readers.

...I, too, get enticed by recommendations #FunnyInFarsi, #AMysteriousLifeandCalling
...and learn about books at book fairs & signings #MayorforLife, #TheTruthAboutAwiti 
...or through book review requests #TaimakTheLastDragon, #HowDoRumorsGetStarted
...reading author blogs #PoisonIvy, #NottheMotherIRemember, #GiftofaLifetime
...and via book lists provided by review sites such as the Amazon Vine #LeFreak, #TheCostofHope
...or doing double-takes coming across hellacious titles #HowtoBeBlack, #Sh*tMyDadSays, #ANationofWusses
...and even by hooking my eyes on unconventional book covers #I’mDown and Oh.My.Goodness can I insert #AmItheOnlyOneThatSignals?

I’m JUST saying, the stories I could tell about how I discover books to read, and end up enjoying to boot, in part inspired this post.

I’ve always admired Diana, Princess of Wales. It was the reason I bought ‘Diana: Her True Story’ by Andrew Morton. Initially however, vexed by the flush of royal titles penned in the story I was unable to read past the first few pages. I put the book aside, perhaps for a few years... before it happened.

Just so happen, a weekend ago if memory serves me right, I caught a documentary about Princess Diana where Tamron Hall was annotating a part of the televised program. I had seen Tamron on Beat Bobby Flay, appearing as a judge, and kind of wondered then who she was. (And Please! Don’t pull out the whips! There are a whole lot more people I should know, but don’t!) All that aside, while I honest-to-goodness love who I am, I kind of wished (in that spare moment) I contained a smidgen of Tamron’s poise...and glamour. To hear her speak so eloquently about Diana was the edge that pushed me to read ‘Her True Story’... a story that turned out to be a page-turning piece of cake. (My thoughts here.)