Meme: Musing Mondays
Jun 28, 2010 Meme
This week’s musing asks…
What do you think of books that receive a lot of hype? (think of the “Twilight” saga, or “Harry Potter”, or “The Da Vinci Code”). Do you read them? Why, or why not?
Good question. I usually stay away from books that are hyped up because I hate being in on the hype; like the original poster, it can be quite a turn off for me. That’s actually what happened with me and the Harry Potter series; I originally steered clear of it because everyone was so into it. I waited until the hype died down (between the fourth and fifth novels) before I read it for myself, lol. I read The Da Vinci Code before the hype really hit the high levels and before the movie came out. I had also read his previous novels first so you could say I was ahead of the crowd. As for Twilight I did read it when the hype had already hit the high levels out of curiosity; everyone was talking about it and people were recommending it to me so yeah…I only went as far as the first novel and have no interest in continuing. There’s also Gabaldon’s Outlander series; I guess you could say the hype’s still there but I think I read her first book after the peak of popularity so to speak (honestly don’t know if I’ll get around to the rest of the series; there’s just too many other books calling my attention at the moment). One series I definitely have avoided is Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series though the plot doesn’t really interest me so I don’t think that counts really…
But yeah, for the most part I do tend to steer clear of hyped-up novels and go for more less-known novels (and in my case catching up on a lot of classic literature, lol). Some hyped novels do catch my attention plot-wise and I make a point of checking it out eventually but for the most part I tend to avoid them while they’re still super popular. I just hate being part of the crowd that way, lmao. I do however stay informed about it; you never know when you’re going to use that information 
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