Ginger Horton
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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 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.