• Scan the genres
• Look at the covers and titles
• Read the descriptions and recommendations blurbs
• Look up books of interest on Goodreads and Storygraph
• Check the number of pages (I don’t want my hard cover to be too heavy)
• Check the Book of the Month Club Reddit group to see what other people are picking
• Read the sample excerpt in the Book of the Month app
• Don’t “vibe” with any of the sample excerpts so far? Start over.