I am always reluctant to buy a book surrounded by a lot of hype. For whatever reason, my reading tastes rarely gel with those of the general public. Not that I am a snob. I read everything, and I do mean everything, and if it’s good, I have no problem admitting it, no matter its source. It just seems that if there’s a great new book bandwagon rolling through and everyone is jumping on it, it usually turns out not to be my thing.
So why I was even bothering to browse those stupid “Best of Summer” book lists, I don’t know. I thought that by avoiding the ones with the words “Beach Read” in the title, I might accidentally stumble across some good new books. It could happen, right?
