A sequel to The Da Vinci Code was published this week, I didn’t read the first book but my wife did buy a copy of it. She gave up after a few pages. It is weird how extraordinarily popular a book can become even though (I bet) a large percentage of its buyers never finish it. I don’t know why but I don’t normally buy or read books that sell millions:
- chicken soup for the soul
- men are from mars women are from venus
- the da vinci code
- 7 habits of highly effective people
- how to win friends and influence people
Have you ever bought a really popular book that failed to live up to its promise?
4 comments:
I tend not go in for self-help book...mores the pity, I suppose. And I'm NOT a Dan Brown fan.
One book I had high hopes for, that were so not met, was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Doesn't it sound awesome? It wasn't.
I thought Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snoggging sounded like a good read but I would have been too ashamed to buy it!
But that is the beauty of shopping online! Only thing to judge is if your credit card goes through :-)
Good point! It's worth noting that I don't normally buy my books online, books and clothes seem to warrant a trip to the store with me.
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