Bookworms and such

"A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it."

A quote I found lurking in the internet. This is exactly my problem with things like Oprah's recommendations and such. This is also why people who read twilight tend to love it. It's why such books get so overrated. You know what, people? There's amazing books out there. A world full of them. Filled with amazing stories that would never make it to the new york times best selling list. Stories that make you think. Feel. Books that show you a side of life you've never thought of. They aren't generic. Not all of them are based around a teenage romance, or someone fighting cancer. There's a story for everyone, if you look hard enough.

It makes it very frustrating to be a bookworm. You read an amazing book, and want to share it with the world, or at least have someone to talk to about it. But go find someone who actually read it, or someone who would be willing to read it, when no one famous told them to.

It's funny, or rather, it's sad. Because a lot of those amazing stories don't make it to the shelves. Publishers don't always take on stories that are different, because they know that such books wouldn't appeal to the mass garbage.. I mean, public. This is exactly why I want to go into book publishing. If I manage to find even one of those rare stories, those books that leave you breathless when you're done reading, and bring it out into the open, I'd feel like I've made a difference in this world.