Thursday, May 07, 2009

Why We Read What We Read

by John Heath and Lisa Adams

The rest of this book's title is "A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestsellers." So true!

Adams and Heath cover self-help, religious, romantic, tragic, and good vs. evil bestsellers. They even explore the popularity of the ghastly (yet bestselling) novel, The Da Vinci Code.

I like how they break down the bestsellers and their themes, and their assessment of bestselling books reinforced one of my beliefs--a book's bestseller status has nothing to do with the quality of writing. I've never read a book just because it was on the bestseller list, and now I know why!

5/4/09

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