Bookaholics To The Hundredths Power discussion

What first gets your interest about a book? Is it the subject matter, the hype, friends' recommendations, the cover? Do you find that if you like one book by a particular author, you just have to read all the books that author writes?

Do you think sequels can ever be as good as the first in a series? Just doing my research and appreciate your thoughts.

Absolutely, take the Alex Rider series. Every book in that series were really good