But I’m so glad you don’t read cover copy either. It’s not that it’s a crime, and I know a lot of folks put some very hard work into their cover copy. But it’s definitely better to have some ideas of books you think you might like, and to just read the first few pages. You’ll know, most of the time, that you won’t like a book if you aren’t at all interested by the third page. (There are, of course, many many exceptions to this rule.)

Later, I’ll give you my tips on how to judge a book by its cover.

Let me know what you think of Evernight, yes? And how did you feel about Airhead?

Whenever I bring my sister to the bookstore I make her read the backs of half the books in the store because she doesn’t know what she wants so I give her a bunch of options and she rejects them all.

I haven’t read that yet but it sounds awesome! I’ll be sure to look for it when I go to Borders this weekend!