Recommended Reading?

[primsong]

I am wondering what it is that makes any of you decide to add a book to your "will get to" list. I have had so many good books recommended by other folks here, but I realized for some reason this was not making me go find them (for the most part)... I can't really say what it is that makes them take up my curiosity or fancy enough to be read.

While I did find the Scarlet Pimpernel novels on the recommendation of my dear (((onone))) - more typical is what I am reading now, the Horatio Hornblower books that I picked up because I read somewhere that Winston Churchill liked them and I wondered what sort of book Sir Churchill would like. (they are wonderful, btw, and the protagonist reminds me of Churchill himself, lol).

So why does a random thing like Churchill's tastes intrigue me while I have all these other novels waiting to be read if I were to so much as sample my friends' LJs? *shrug* What makes a recommendation *really* work? I haven't a clue.

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[estellye.livejournal.com]

Motive, means and opportunity aren't quite all there is to it, are they? There is always the "see, want, have" reflex at the bookstore - particularly the used bookstore. But sometimes books come home and sit for a couple of years, anyway. Recommendations mean a lot. I have friends who I am positive know my tastes well enough that if they say I will not be able to put a book down, I may as well switch to the book-carrying sized purse right then. Even so it could still take a long time for me to actually follow through.

So what is it? Good question. lol!

A good friend of mine was a huge fan of Horatio's! I can definitely see those tales appealing to you. Enjoy!