Hype


The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Where the Crawdads Sing
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Normal People
The Book Thief
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
The Fault in Our Stars
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownTwilight by Stephenie MeyerDianetics by L. Ron HubbardFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Give it a miss
294 books — 70 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothFangirl by Rainbow RowellEleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
I Picked It Up Because of the Hype
340 books — 575 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesTwilight by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades Darker by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Freed by E.L. JamesThe Angel Experiment by James  Patterson
What the Hype
53 books — 16 voters


Michael Bassey Johnson
It is wrong to think of marriage as a hyped bondage. You can marry and still be happy. Everything rests on who you are married to. Marriage is a beautiful thing.
Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

Another example of educational hype is in some ways the second coming of the growth mindset concept: ‘grit’. This is the idea, promoted by the psychologist Angela Duckworth, that the ability to stick to a task you’re passionate about, and not give up even when life puts obstacles in your path, is key to life success, and far more important than innate talent. The appetite for her message was immense: at the time of this writing, her TED talk on the subject has received 25.5 million views (19.5m ...more
Stuart Ritchie, Science Fictions

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I-B.A.B.Y. Inc. - Read, review, and share It is a very humbling opportunity to have the story of I-B.A.B.Y. Inc. I, Chau Van Truong, wrote…more
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