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Old 06-21-2019, 08:41 AM   #120
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Yea, a lady friend of mine told me that I had to read Twilight not long after it came out. Tried it, lasted about 20 or 30 pages. I have no idea why she thought I would like it.
It's because most people (even close friends) don't try all that hard to ensure books they recommend are actually a good match for the recommendee's tastes. They just want to get someone else to read a book they liked. I don't really fault them for it--it's human nature after all. But I've found that being truly "good" at recommending books others might enjoy involves more work than most are willing to put in. And unless one happens to be a member of a reading-cult where members have the exact same tastes as each other, it occasionally even involves recommending books they didn't really care all that much for themselves.
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