I find new books by skimming the book sections of NPR, the NY Times, and the Washington Post. I think it's good to skim a few different sections--because one paper may miss a major event. For example, the "Post" is great with Ruth Ware coverage. The NY Times will tell you a bit about Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. I tend not to read the reader reviews in Goodreads and Amazon, because I find--often--that the complaint is: "This is not the book I had imagined in my head." So--it doesn't matter if the actual book is actually good. If you pick up "Pride and Prejudice" and expect to encounter a superhero battle, Goodreads empowers you to give one star to "P and P," and to complain online that there weren't any superhero battles. None of this is a reflection on the real quality of "Pride and Prejudice." (BUT, if a book is getting really ecstatic reader reviews, I'll give that weight. That is generally a good sign. Just as a book's...