I was looking through books yesterday at the shops and saw all the Twilight books, which I know basically nothing about. What I do know is that I’m beginning to feel like I’m the *only* person who knows nothing about them.
Despite being almost broke and trying to save money, I almost bought the expensive book (Australian book prices are often completely nutty) just because I felt the need to be ‘up’ on what everyone else was reading.
Have you ever felt pressured to read something because ‘everyone else’ was reading it? Have you ever given in and read the book(s) in question or do you resist? If you are a reviewer, etc, do you feel it’s your duty to keep up on current trends?
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Well….. I’m often tempted as I don’t like to feel I’m missing something, but this usually manifests itself by buying the book in question, putting it away somewhere and not reading it until ages after everyone else. The only time I gave in was with The Da Vinci Code and I so wish I hadn’t.
Despite my love of all things vampire I haven’t tried any of the Twilight books yet…….
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September 4, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Sally
I hear ya.
September 4, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Quixotic
Hah, I read The Da Vinci Code to see what all the fuss was about, only to discover it was a lot of fuss about nothing. 😉
I haven’t tried any of the Twilight books either, and I’m also rather partial to a good vampire story…
September 5, 2008 at 12:13 pm
musingsfromthesofa
I’ve read one of the Twilight books and listened to another and then I abandoned the series. That was a little before all the fuss kicked off so hugely. Generally, the more fuss that is made like that, the less likely I am to read the book.
September 20, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Melanie
hooray! more people who didn’t like Da Vinci Code. I hated it myself. I just finished Twilight and thought it was fine. Not great, not awful, but pretty solid.