My dil has started renting books from BookSwim. I think it may be associated with netflix. I personnally like to go to the library. I'm by books like I am by fabrics I guess. I like to look at the covers, flip thru the pages. I get 5 or 6 at a time, and I don't feel badly about dumping one if it doesn't catch my fancy within the first few chapters (or when I realize that I've already read it). I try to find new works by old favorites and I try to pick up at least one author I've not read before and one classic.