I've been gone for quite a while, but, as I only had one post, likely nobody noticed... which, as with all things, has its good points and less-than-optimal aspects.
When I still lived near friends who I would accompany on book-buying trips, or peruse their shelves, I would find many new paperbound friends... now that this a more rare occurrence, I look for more ways to see if an author I'm not familiar with will become a new friend. As you may have noticed, I'm one of those risk-adverse types...
This, paired with my long habit of organizing my shelves by the books I read together, brought a realization. Nobody talks about similar books and authors, aside from the very occasional awesome Amazon review.
I know, Barnes & Noble has a little note at the bottom of their receipts that says "If you like this..." but... it usually just lists other books in the series (and on more than one occasion the very same book I just purchased). It is getting better, thanks to all those loyalty-card and online purchases that let them make those sorts of links algorithmically. But they're not quite there yet.
So, here I am.
My continuing journey to seek out new authors and pair with old favorites, to torture the randomly lost reader with my musings, and, eventually, perhaps make new friends with bookcases that threaten to take over their homes, too.
When I still lived near friends who I would accompany on book-buying trips, or peruse their shelves, I would find many new paperbound friends... now that this a more rare occurrence, I look for more ways to see if an author I'm not familiar with will become a new friend. As you may have noticed, I'm one of those risk-adverse types...
This, paired with my long habit of organizing my shelves by the books I read together, brought a realization. Nobody talks about similar books and authors, aside from the very occasional awesome Amazon review.
I know, Barnes & Noble has a little note at the bottom of their receipts that says "If you like this..." but... it usually just lists other books in the series (and on more than one occasion the very same book I just purchased). It is getting better, thanks to all those loyalty-card and online purchases that let them make those sorts of links algorithmically. But they're not quite there yet.
So, here I am.
My continuing journey to seek out new authors and pair with old favorites, to torture the randomly lost reader with my musings, and, eventually, perhaps make new friends with bookcases that threaten to take over their homes, too.
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