Let's Talk Bookish; Book Hype
It's Friday, which means it's probably time for new Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of Book Nook Bits and Dinipanda Reads, and today's topic is book hype.
Here's the further prompts for today's discussion.
Has the hype ever ruined a book for you? Has the hype ever made a book better for you? Do you like lesser-known reads, and finding a gem of a book that no one’s heard of? Or do you prefer to read the more popular, mainstream books? Where are the majority of the books you read, in terms of popularity?
For me, the hype has ruined quite a few books for me, or rather, I've read them and didn't "get" what the hype was about for that specific title and/or author. While I do pick up hyped books from time to time, I prefer reading lesser-known books and enjoy those hidden gems "nobody" has heard of.
While horror may not be the most popular genre at the moment, I've still read quite a few popular books in that genre, such as a few Stephen King novels and various classics, where there has been quite a few good books. I do love Dracula by Bram Stoker, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill for instance, and all of them are well-written. So it's not like I'm writing off hyped/popular books by any means, but I switch things up by reading some hyped and some lesser-known.
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