Blog 20: Ahmed

So I considered writing something on baking cakes or grilling some steaks, but I've found that several people have already written on some form of cooking. So, instead I'm going to write about something that I have mastered through hundreds of failures. The art of choosing a book by it's cover. I know, I know this is something that we're told never to do ever since we were wee little children; but it is something that you must know how to do. This is something that I have perfected throughout years of reading and choosing books.

How to Choose a book by it's cover,
By Ahmed Hamad

Step 1- Walk into a library of your choosing

Step 2- Decide on a genre

Step 3- Choose a book shelf

Step 4- Start scanning until a book's cover catches your eye

Step 5- Snag that book!

Step 6- Read the back cover of the book

Step 7- Open the book and read the inner front cover

Step 8- Open to a random page in the first 4 chapters

Step 9- Analyse the writers style

Step 10- Stand and contemplate the book

Step 11- Either add the book to your stack, or start a new stack

Step 12- Rinse and Repeat


*Optional Step* If a book appears unappealing than place it back exactly where you found it, and return to Step 4.