from Booking Through Thursday:
I think everyone who mentions a book to me is an influence! My parents and sisters often tell me about interesting books they\’ve been reading, and I jot them down to take a look at myself. I\’ve got a book on my pile right now that a family member told me about. I read Jackdaws on my father\’s recommendation, The Plain Truth and The Professor and the Madman on my mother\’s. My neighbor often shows me new books he\’s bought, and loans them to me if I\’m interested. It\’s because of him that I read The Road and Guns Germs and Steel, instead of letting them sit on my TBR for ages.
But all the same, I don\’t usually rush out and acquire a book to read immediately because of who told me about it. Like any other source (mostly book blogs nowadays) that adds to my book list, I jot it down and wait until the time is right for that kind of book. Pretty much at any given moment I\’m choosing a book just because I feel like reading that one right now, drawing titles equally off my list, regardless of how they got there. So yes, I read quite a few books recommended to me by family and friends. They\’re probably more likely to be books I really enjoy, as they know my interests pretty well! But once a book title lands on that TBR list, it could gather dust for quite some time before I get around to reading it.