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Originally Posted by latepaul
I can see how that could be annoying.
Ah well, I gave up "recommending" - in the sense of trying to evangelise a book/movie/song/album - a long time ago. If I love a book I really don't care if anyone else does. These days I often have conversations that start "What are you reading at the moment?" but I never "recommend" a book as such.
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I'm the same way--except that I haven't given up on recommending. I enjoy trying to match someone up with books that fit their requirements/expectations. I take pride in being able to do it well. I do that by listening to what their likes and dislikes are, and by forgetting about trying to evangelize my favorites. That's not the point for me.
It's not about me. I've read lots of books. Many of them I've not loved. But of the ones that I've not loved, I find that others sometimes do. For me, recommending isn't about "spreading the love" for my favorite books or authors. It's about matching someone else up with a book that's a good fit for them. Sometimes that's books that I've loved, sometimes it's books that I've appreciated (but not loved), and sometimes it's books that I've heard others talk about, but have not read myself.