Books are love! So lets think about them!

So kids, lets ask some questions, mostly pertaining to how and why one picks up one book but not another, all things considered. 

You are at a library or bookstore or hell, browsing reviews on the internet, how do you decided which books will go home with you, which you will seek out in the future and which you will buy? What is the process by which you sort out what will ultimately become part of you and what won't? There are so many books and so little time, and everyone has a system...I think. What's your's? I'm very, very curious.


What do you look for?

Are covers important?

What themes, tropes, motifs and other literary elements must be present to even pique your interest?

How about feel and design? I've brought home books just because I've liked the way they've felt in my hand, how the paper felt in relation to the cover of it, the heft of it in my palm. Is that important to anyone?


I think that this process of winnowing is so personal and so idiosyncratic and I'm not sure even I've given any real thought as to why one book makes it home with me and gets read while another stays at the bookstore or library. 

C'mon, enlighten me internet peeps!