Is It Appealing?

Honestly, I choose a book mostly on it’s general cover appeal and sometimes on the teaser at the back or inside cover of the book. If I feel that the teaser or cover just isn’t that interesting, I probably would never read it. A book like The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm is not a book I would choose based on the title, but based on the teaser and cover, it seemed pretty interesting...and it really was. So maybe judging a book by it’s cover is a good way to find new books to read. Maybe for some. Maybe not for others. Other readers may like to look at the teaser instead of even glancing at the cover. Like the book I’m reading now, Alex Rider: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz, which is part of a science/realistic fiction series, the cover isn’t much, but the teaser was really capturing. The book is practically about a teenage, English boy who has been working for British Intelligence, MI6. I really got into the series based on the teasers of previous books.
So next time you want to find a new book, maybe just walk by a shelf of books and look at a book that catches your eye. After you’ve studied the graphics on the book, read the teaser if you’d like. These techniques may help you find books that you may not have thought about reading before. Maybe you’ll find an interesting book that you’ll never be able to put down.
Justin Brown