How do you read a book to read?

I pick a favorite author.
I like certain kinds of books.
I like books that I hear good things about.
I like books that have nice artwork.
I read the cover of the book to see if I'll like it.
I check to see how long the book is.
I read books only when I have to.
Explain why you voted the way you did. Then read and respond to what others have to say

Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)