A shocker for me has been the lack of relationship between the titles the reviewers rave about the most and those that sell best. I expected a strong relationship between a high quality book and impressive sales volume.
I think this is a forest/tree problem, because when I consider for a few moments, it's perfectly understandable. The movies, television shows, and books that are critically acclaimed are seldom the same ones the public embraces.
This is certainly true for me, my favorites have never been the kind of cutting edge masterpieces that win prestigious awards. Sadly, my pets don't usually find glittering commercial success either. I have a real weakness for the scrappy underdogs of the entertainment world.
Still wouldn't it be lovely to be both brilliant and popular? I may have found a new fantasy....
Do your favorites make the top of lists?
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Sometimes they do, but I'm more amazed by the gushing over books that I think are c...p. As for my books - I get mostly very nice comments but of course the not so nice ones drag me down and I know it's all subjective. If I hate books, then why shouldn't people hate mine.
I've honestly found that no matter how much praise is heaped on what I perceive as a great book, somewhere, someone will have slated it!!
Tis impossible to please everyone, Barbara. So you may as well keep writing your own great books!
Thanks for commenting :)
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