Love this conversation. I often loathe book lists -- so dominated by publishing trends and major names at the expense of landscape after landscape not given any attention. Also would bet a million bucks that the curators of such lists have not read all the books themselves. On the other hand, busy people need curation and repeatable books are there for a reason. But have myself been pondering how to break book lists.
It took me a while to realize (for my little blog) that my readers aren't me. I hate popups, but my subscription popup really converts. I don't need more to read, but my weekly Recommended Reading post is far and away the most popular thing I publish.
That said, there's SO much good writing out there these days. I hate to miss out on it.
Love this conversation. I often loathe book lists -- so dominated by publishing trends and major names at the expense of landscape after landscape not given any attention. Also would bet a million bucks that the curators of such lists have not read all the books themselves. On the other hand, busy people need curation and repeatable books are there for a reason. But have myself been pondering how to break book lists.
It took me a while to realize (for my little blog) that my readers aren't me. I hate popups, but my subscription popup really converts. I don't need more to read, but my weekly Recommended Reading post is far and away the most popular thing I publish.
That said, there's SO much good writing out there these days. I hate to miss out on it.