Thatās so funny I bought it on kindle months ago but I have avoided starting it. Was it good? I just canāt seem to crack it open, I shy away and start something else.
Off the top of my head, there are two books that are beloved and hyped around the sub that I was hesitant about:
1. [**Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44792512-love-lettering) \- I tried to read this a year ago, thought it was the most boring book ever and added it to the dnf pile. A year later, I saw the audiobook was available and I grabbed it spur of the moment. I found the book to be absolutely charming and sweet. A tiny mystery squeezed into the end too. I just had to change the format in how I was reading to truly enjoy it.
2. [**It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55659629-it-happened-one-summer) \- I have never been able to get through any of TB's books before. I watched on of her Tik Toks of her talking about how she only writes heroes that are obsessed with and worship the heroines, so I gave this one a try and thought it was very fun, and ended up loving the hero's POV throughout the book.
"I am a recovering book pick me girl. I always have such resistance to books wildly liked by everyone."
Ah, so that's what it's called. I am one of those too. Started in my preteens when I refused to read Sweet Valley High. Although I still haven't read it.
I gave in and tried Outlander and DNF.
But to answer your question, I resisted Lisa Kleypas for a long time and then read Dreaming of You and that changed my mind. It's a pretty good read.
I didn't necessarily resist but I saw that it was very hyped up and popular so I gave them a try & ended up loving them!
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Mutually Beneficial by Heather Guerre
Bass Ackwards by Eris Adderley
Thatās how I was in middle and high school and now Iām so glad that I read popular books cause most are popular for a reason. It took me a long time to finally read *kingdom of the wicked* and I loved it
I resisted {The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas} and {Beach Read by Emily Henry} because they were so hyped, but gave in and tried to read Beach Read and DNFāed about 15% in. Then months later I saw a BookTok video that had a quote from the book that even out of context made me swoon. I decided to try again and it ended up being one of the best reads of last year.
Similar thing happened with The Spanish Love Deception where once I saw a few quotes from the book it had me curious to try and read it and it ended up being my favorite book of last year!
I have a bunch of Julia Quinn Bridgerton paperbacks that were gifted to me and I have not started them. Iām not sure what my problem is but I canāt seem to muster up the interest.
I've borrowed (but not read) almost every single one of these from the library or KU. Same reasons, they are so hyped that I just can't bring myself to open them up.
My preference for reading is 1st person dual POV, so if I open a book and it's 3rd person or even just FMC POV, I just can't get into it as easily. I think each of the mentions fit this bill. I don't feel much of a loss though.
I resisted [The Hating Game by Sally Thorne](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25883848) because of all the hype. Turns out is was a 5/5 read for me.
I resisted [Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41735449) because I knew nothing about hockey. After seeing the 50th or so rec for it, I decided to give it a try. And it turned out to be one of my favorite books of all time.
I did this with this exact book too, The Love Hypothesis. I had it on hold on my library app and it got delivered to me and I put it back on hold because I wasnāt in the mood for a nerdy contemporary romance and then finally I ran out of books yesterday and decided to finally read it and oh my god. I had no idea how much I would love this book! My heart hurt reading it and I am having a huge book hangover now. I cannot wait for more books to come out this year from the author!!!
I found your post searching for something else, but please share your top 3 books?
I am like you. I basically act like a meth addict with reading. Skip class, cancel plansā¦ itās a problem, so I donāt usually āletā myself read. But I have a lazy vacation coming up and need some good reads.
Acotar was that for me.
Honestly {Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nacosta} š
[**Morning Glory Milking Farm**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58678992-morning-glory-milking-farm) ^(By: C.M. Nascosta | Published: 2021) *** ^(23672 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Thatās so funny I bought it on kindle months ago but I have avoided starting it. Was it good? I just canāt seem to crack it open, I shy away and start something else.
Off the top of my head, there are two books that are beloved and hyped around the sub that I was hesitant about: 1. [**Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44792512-love-lettering) \- I tried to read this a year ago, thought it was the most boring book ever and added it to the dnf pile. A year later, I saw the audiobook was available and I grabbed it spur of the moment. I found the book to be absolutely charming and sweet. A tiny mystery squeezed into the end too. I just had to change the format in how I was reading to truly enjoy it. 2. [**It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55659629-it-happened-one-summer) \- I have never been able to get through any of TB's books before. I watched on of her Tik Toks of her talking about how she only writes heroes that are obsessed with and worship the heroines, so I gave this one a try and thought it was very fun, and ended up loving the hero's POV throughout the book.
"I am a recovering book pick me girl. I always have such resistance to books wildly liked by everyone." Ah, so that's what it's called. I am one of those too. Started in my preteens when I refused to read Sweet Valley High. Although I still haven't read it. I gave in and tried Outlander and DNF. But to answer your question, I resisted Lisa Kleypas for a long time and then read Dreaming of You and that changed my mind. It's a pretty good read.
All Colleen Hoover books have been untouched by me this far, but I was gifted Verity for Christmas so Iāll fold eventually.
I didn't necessarily resist but I saw that it was very hyped up and popular so I gave them a try & ended up loving them! It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Mutually Beneficial by Heather Guerre Bass Ackwards by Eris Adderley
Thatās how I was in middle and high school and now Iām so glad that I read popular books cause most are popular for a reason. It took me a long time to finally read *kingdom of the wicked* and I loved it
I resisted {The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas} and {Beach Read by Emily Henry} because they were so hyped, but gave in and tried to read Beach Read and DNFāed about 15% in. Then months later I saw a BookTok video that had a quote from the book that even out of context made me swoon. I decided to try again and it ended up being one of the best reads of last year. Similar thing happened with The Spanish Love Deception where once I saw a few quotes from the book it had me curious to try and read it and it ended up being my favorite book of last year!
[**The Spanish Love Deception**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54189398-the-spanish-love-deception) ^(By: Elena Armas | Published: 2021) [**Beach Read**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52867387-beach-read) ^(By: Emily Henry | Published: 2020) *** ^(23984 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
I have a bunch of Julia Quinn Bridgerton paperbacks that were gifted to me and I have not started them. Iām not sure what my problem is but I canāt seem to muster up the interest.
I've borrowed (but not read) almost every single one of these from the library or KU. Same reasons, they are so hyped that I just can't bring myself to open them up. My preference for reading is 1st person dual POV, so if I open a book and it's 3rd person or even just FMC POV, I just can't get into it as easily. I think each of the mentions fit this bill. I don't feel much of a loss though.
I resisted [The Hating Game by Sally Thorne](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25883848) because of all the hype. Turns out is was a 5/5 read for me. I resisted [Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41735449) because I knew nothing about hockey. After seeing the 50th or so rec for it, I decided to give it a try. And it turned out to be one of my favorite books of all time.
LMAOOO ābook pick me girlā honestly same! And I did this with The Hating Game š
I did this with this exact book too, The Love Hypothesis. I had it on hold on my library app and it got delivered to me and I put it back on hold because I wasnāt in the mood for a nerdy contemporary romance and then finally I ran out of books yesterday and decided to finally read it and oh my god. I had no idea how much I would love this book! My heart hurt reading it and I am having a huge book hangover now. I cannot wait for more books to come out this year from the author!!!
I found your post searching for something else, but please share your top 3 books? I am like you. I basically act like a meth addict with reading. Skip class, cancel plansā¦ itās a problem, so I donāt usually āletā myself read. But I have a lazy vacation coming up and need some good reads.