Have you ever picked up a book for an odd reason? What was the reason?
I recently took out a few books– Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes by Chris Crutcher– from the library because my favourite character is shown owning them in one panel of a single comic. I don't even know what they're about; I avoided reading the synopses on them. All I know is that they're 2000s era YA books.
I want to see what she sees in them (or, why the writers thought she would like them). Surprisingly, they are actual books, rather than fictional books or bland name versions of real books.
by Gallantpride
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i picked up Renegades (merissa meyer book series) in a library because i thought the cover art was cool
As a former middle school librarian, I have read both those books. They were very popular and worth the read if you enjoy YA books. I had kids tell me “Speak” helped them through a similar trauma.
I picked up Eric by Pratchett because there was a chest with legs on it. Never a silly choice has been more lucky.
A girl I was trying to date wanted me to read The Notebook. It ended up being quite the touching story. And we ended up together for 3 years.
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa because I thought the cat POV would be cute. Was not prepared for the amazing emotional story I got.
I picked up *Snow Crash* by Neal Stephenson specifically because I read the blurb on the back and giggled that the main character’s name is Hiro Protagonist.
Never read any Stephenson prior to that, didn’t know anything about the book nor him as an author. Literally just read the back and thought to myself “oh this is either going to be hilarious or terrible.” and committed to buying it on the spot.
I loved it. One of the funniest works of fiction I ever read.
similar reason- big fan of Isaac’s selections from Heartstopper
I was at B Dalton when I was like 12 and decided I was sophisticated enough to start reading the classics, so so went to the “literature” section to make my choice. This was not the section for sci-fi, I knew that, but front and center was a book about time travel. I read some, and was floored. I AM sophisticated! I LIKE this!
It was Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut. I still think it’s weird it was in that section, but I’m glad it was 🙂