Comments on: Monday Musings for November 24, 2008 http://msbookish.com/monday-musings-for-november-24-2008/ Everything I know, I learned from a book. Well, maybe not everything ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bluestocking http://msbookish.com/monday-musings-for-november-24-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Bluestocking Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:02:42 +0000 http://msbookish.com/?p=196#comment-51 With "craze" reads usually someone I know convinces me to read it. Welcome to Musing Monday. With “craze” reads usually someone I know convinces me to read it. Welcome to Musing Monday.

]]> By: Ms. Bookish http://msbookish.com/monday-musings-for-november-24-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Ms. Bookish Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:55:44 +0000 http://msbookish.com/?p=196#comment-49 I used to like horror tremendously when I was a teenager, but I don't enjoy it much anymore. My tastes have definitely changed! I still like Stephen King very much, though - I steer clear of his books that are more on the horror side these days. I just stick with the ones that are more paranormal thrillers or psychological thrillers. Exactly as you said, if a book is very popular but not in a genre that I like to read, there's got to be a compelling reason other than its popularity in order for me to decide to read it. I'm the same way with award winners in the literary fiction field - I won't read all of them, just the ones that sound interesting to me. I used to like horror tremendously when I was a teenager, but I don’t enjoy it much anymore. My tastes have definitely changed! I still like Stephen King very much, though – I steer clear of his books that are more on the horror side these days. I just stick with the ones that are more paranormal thrillers or psychological thrillers.

Exactly as you said, if a book is very popular but not in a genre that I like to read, there’s got to be a compelling reason other than its popularity in order for me to decide to read it. I’m the same way with award winners in the literary fiction field – I won’t read all of them, just the ones that sound interesting to me.

]]> By: Beth F http://msbookish.com/monday-musings-for-november-24-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Beth F Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:43:54 +0000 http://msbookish.com/?p=196#comment-48 Welcome to MM. You raise some good points. I don't shun a book just because it's a best-seller, but experience has taught me that my tastes don't seem to match the majority. So I have to have some other compelling reason to read a book; being a best-seller or getting hype is not enough. And (LOL!) I have never read a Stephen King book! I don't like horror. Welcome to MM. You raise some good points. I don’t shun a book just because it’s a best-seller, but experience has taught me that my tastes don’t seem to match the majority. So I have to have some other compelling reason to read a book; being a best-seller or getting hype is not enough. And (LOL!) I have never read a Stephen King book! I don’t like horror.

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