How to Pick a Book to Read

Linda Wedwick and Jessica Ann Wutz, in their book, Bookmatch, How to Scaffold Student Book Selection for Independent Reading, give helpful advice on what readers should look for when selecting books to read. Each week I am going to present one of their ideas of something readers should do when selecting books. The "B" in Bookmatch stands for book length. All of us have only a certain amount of minutes in the day that we can devote to reading. We want to find a book that is the right length for us. Are we marathon readers that can hang in there for the long haul - or do we loose interest and put a book down before we are finished? Finding the book that is the right length, one that we will finish, is the first step in finding the right book.