Comments on: Tuesday Thingers All About Popularity

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:19:20 +0000

It is crazy that I have all of the books and haven’t cracked them open yet. In my defense, my little sister gave me 1 through 3, I found 4 through 6 at a yard sale and have only bought book 7 on my own.

Literary Feline, You are probably right about that. I’ll get to Harry when and if I do. The world won’t stop spinning either way. And, I’ll probably enjoy them if I do.

By: Literary Feline

Literary Feline — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:08:57 +0000

You’ll get to Harry when you get to him and that will be good enough. Or maybe not at all and that will be fine too.

It is hard not to take notice of a book that everyone under the sun is talking about. Whether I decide to read it or not depends on if it interests me.

By: kegsoccer

kegsoccer — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:58:50 +0000

Lol how come you own the HP books but haven’t read any of them? I can imagine maybe having one, but all of them…? Well, I do hope you get talked into it. They are very good

By: Rose City Reader

Rose City Reader — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:04:38 +0000

Funny! My answer is the opposite of yours. The Da Vinci Code is in my library, Harry Potter is not.

My instinct is to shy away from super popular books, but I don’t have any real justification for doing so. I am willing to read any book that wins a prize, so why not a popularity contest?

By: Daphne

Daphne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:14:35 +0000

I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter books nor The DaVinci Code – and at this point, I don’t have any desire to either.

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:26:18 +0000

I think it’s good to have a devil’s advocate because those types of questions really help you to think about your opinions. Whether you keep your opinions or not, they’ll be stronger. That’s what I lack being a solitary reader. The communication I have with my readers is what I have. I look forward to being part of a solid book club someday.

Okay, so I actually am the last person who hasn’t read Harry Potter. I’m happy to hear that another hold out thought that it was better than expected. You’ve just nudged me a little closer to the Harry Potter world.

Denise, welcome! I’m glad you found me and enjoy my blog. Keep coming back! I am going to look into Devil in the White City. I’ve never heard of it, but the Chicago World’s Fair sounds neat – it’s definitely different from anything I’ve ever read thus far. The more you explore my blog the more you’ll know that I love me some historical data!

By: Denise Turner

Denise Turner — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:13:00 +0000

Hi, I just happened across your blog and love it! Like you, I was turned off by Eat, Pray, Love. But I just finished reading Devil in the White City by Eric Larsen. I kept hearing about this book and thinking “Why is it so popular? What could be so darned exciting about the Chicago World’s Fair?” Well, I stand corrected. The book was wonderfully complex and with so much historical data.

By: JLS Hall

JLS Hall — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:59:46 +0000

Wow, I thought I was the last person in existence to finally break down and read Harry Potter. I was very hesitant, too, but it turned out to be much better than I expected. The DaVinci Code, on the other hand, was pretty much just as bad as I expected it to be – had to force myself to keep reading, which I don’t usually do. I’m still not sure why it was so darn popular.

By: LisaLynne

LisaLynne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:00:59 +0000

When I belonged to a book club, I could always be counted on to play devil's advocate; I hated the books everyone loved. I loved Darkly Dreaming Dexter with its ghoulish protagonist, but hated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime because I thought it read like a rehash of autism anecdotes, nothing more. In both cases I was in the minority. I had to admit that others made some good points about the books while they had to admit that I had valid criticisms. It was the best sort of conversation to have.