And when you go to bookshop sometimes its hard not to be overwhelmed by sheer number of books on offer, especially with big mega stores becoming norm. So what to do?

I’ve put together a checklist that with a little bit of preparation can help you wade through sea of books and help you pick a surefire winner: a novel that will captivate YOU.

1. The best place to start is to look out in magazines, newspapers and online for book reviews – see what is being billed as latest must read. Even if you don’t have time to read whole review, jot down title and author as one to look out for.

2. Ask friends for best book they have read in last few months or this year or last few years if like you they really are struggling with whole when-am-I-going-to-find-time-to-read-a-novel?-thing. Don’t just ask them what book was their favourite; ask them why they liked it. Was it an unusual story, was pace so fast they needed a crash helmet, did it have edge of seat suspense, did it remind them of growing up? You want to know what exactly made it a great read for them. This will help you to refine your search, especially if they say they liked quirky twist in ending and you don’t do quirky. Just because you’re close friends doesn’t automatically mean you like same books.

3. Ask people behind counter at your favourite bookshop what they enjoyed reading and get them to take you to it or give you a specific reference number so you can find it easily yourself.

4. When you get book in your hands look at cover. Is it a catchy title? Does cover appeal to you? Despite old saying about not judging book covers, publishers put a lot of time and effort into creating a captivating cover and title. Does it work for you?

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