Ginger Horton

I know that there is, I guess, lore in the publishing world that they don't quite know what's happening and what to do.

But I can tell you, I feel the impacts of it because I see the same books.

I see the big book list, everything that's getting published.

And that does not mean that those books are right for me.

I...

I love the publishing industry.

I'm so glad they're marketing books.

I am cheering any books that anybody wants to put in front of me.

But that doesn't mean that's a book I want to read just because it's in front of me.

And so, yeah, I think that having a trusted, guided source is so important.

When I walk into my independent bookstore, I know which of the staff members write those little cards that I am going to seek out.

And I know which ones, God bless them.

They're doing great work there.

But I do not want to read the books that they suggest.

Not your books, man.

They're not my book twin.

That's such a helpful thing to know, actually.

And like you said, sometimes that's even specific to the year.

It doesn't mean that that's forever a no for me, but that can be tailored to my reading summer.

Summer reading is precious time, like you said.