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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 17, 2019 20:48:50 GMT
Have you noticed that this happens? When I first joined the original RISI in 2007, the big thing was misery memoirs. Of course I didn't know what Good Reads was then (if it existed) so I couldn't look and see what was popular. But that year, and 2008 there were loads of MMs: Angela's Ashes, A boy called IT and so on. They seem to have hit the dust rather, and now it looks like blood and gore murders or women caught up by difficult circumstances.
I have ignored chick-lit only because I don't think there has been any drop off in the reading of these for years and years, and it's unlikely to change.
Any bets on the next big one?
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 18, 2019 11:06:09 GMT
Misery memoirs... no thank you!
The big thing for comparisons get me.
If you liked Girl on the Train, Gone Girl, Before I Go to Sleep, The Couple Next Door, etc, you'll love this one.
If you liked Stieg Larrson, Jo Nesbo, Jusi Adler Olsen, you'll love Ikea Abba köttbulle.
Bah!
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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 18, 2019 23:09:32 GMT
peppercricket I hate those comparisons too, and totally ignore them! And you know Amazon's computer doesn't work very well? They send me stuff all the time ..."you might be interested in" and then name I book I bloomin bought from them last year!!
And between MMs and BandG, I forgot to mention vampires and any undead which still seems huge!
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Post by geminii on Jan 19, 2019 7:51:36 GMT
I don't think I've ever read a MM, and I don't plan on starting now .. sometimes a bio will grab my attention, but often on people from the past that interest me, like Mary Anning that I read last year ..
I too avoid these comparisons .. just because I liked one book, why would I want to read 3 more that are deemed to be similar ?? I have too wide a taste to be restricted by one theme ..
I think publishers are trying to dumb down their audience, us readers, with similar titles, similar looking covers and the new 'fashion' of using two initials and a surname for the Author, thus making them all autonomous rather than individualised ..
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Post by jen on Jan 22, 2019 20:31:05 GMT
I think the publishers just publish more of the same, it's a money making scheme I hate it! So many writers out there with something different and they just want the next Hunger Games etc
dystopia, is that still in?
I remember when those misery books where in, I never liked the idea. They do all have the same covers. But them most chic-lit does, they have similar titles and covers and so does crime. This has been something I've read about lately, genres, covers etc
The Works mainly has thrillers and chic lit, a few saga books too, and all those have very similar titles and covers. Sometimes a gem stands out. I'm not knocking any of those books (Jenny Colgan is amazing) by the way, just pointing it out. I don't think authors get much of a say on covers.
Maybe indie publishers are better, more willing to publish new and make books look individual?
I've always been a vampire fan but after Twilight (fan!) there were so many teen fiction books, argh! I was reading them in the 90s but the new teen books some were too immature (still haven't finished the Morganville series) The adult books weren't much better, not much story just action. But that's just my preference.
Not sure what the next big thing will be. Indie books are always being championed on twitter.
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Post by windysisters on Jan 23, 2019 10:08:47 GMT
I agree with Jen that most of it is publishers jumping on bandwagons. As she said, Twilight lead to more vampire novels; Hunger Games to more dystopian series; Fifty Shades to more sex games novels. Whatever is successful, they want to sell more of.
On the whole I'm not bothered by it - if it gets new people interested in reading and keeps the publishers,bookshops and libraries in business that's got to be better for all of is hasn't it?
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Post by wyres on Jan 26, 2019 10:59:19 GMT
And between MMs and BandG, I forgot to mention vampires and any undead which still seems huge!
I did wonder why there was no mention of them. You also forgot all the Mummy porn style ones that appeared off the back of E.L. James and her 50 Shades Trilogy. No idea what the next BIG one will be, but I've noticed that the THRILLER series of books by various Authors seems really popular at the moment and to me after reading so many they all seem to get a bit samey or is that just me? |
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Post by windysisters on Jan 28, 2019 14:52:21 GMT
Despite saying I think the "fashions" are a positive thing, I do get riled by the "Gripping Thriller with a Twist You Won't See Coming" tag line - well I might not see it coming but I'll be looking out for it now won't I??  |
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Post by janetandjohn on Jan 28, 2019 16:16:43 GMT
Despite saying I think the "fashions" are a positive thing, I do get riled by the "Gripping Thriller with a Twist You Won't See Coming" tag line - well I might not see it coming but I'll be looking out for it now won't I??  yes, you will, Wendy! |
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Post by geminii on Jan 28, 2019 17:49:20 GMT
Despite saying I think the "fashions" are a positive thing, I do get riled by the "Gripping Thriller with a Twist You Won't See Coming" tag line - well I might not see it coming but I'll be looking out for it now won't I?? That's publisher speak for 'a bit of a damp squib' ..  |
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yes, you will, Wendy!