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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
I always read jacket blurbs. How does one buy a book without doing that? What are these people reading that they can pick a book without doing that and how would you pick a book without knowing anything?
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I read a book based off of other's recommendations and maybe a small bit of info on the plot. For example, I read
Dune because I had multiple friends (and a lot of you) tell me it was incredible. All I knew before starting it was "it's set in a desert world". If something is highly regarded among people whose opinions I trust, I tend not to look at anything first. If someone tells me a bit more of the plot that's OK with me. But people who say
are just plain jerks.
Those rules do not apply to non-fiction for me.