Peggy answers “Why oh Why do the authors keep writing...”

Dorie - Cats&Books :) asked this question about The Girl Before:

Why oh Why do the authors keep writing titles with the word "Girl" in it??? I won't even look at these books because it's just gotten to be so ridiculous. After all that work of writing the novel why settle for a stereotypical name, I just don't get it!

Peggy It is annoying, but I feel I would have missed some very good reads had I skipped a book because of its title. However, I am guilty of judging a book …moreIt is annoying, but I feel I would have missed some very good reads had I skipped a book because of its title. However, I am guilty of judging a book by its cover. Some of them just leave me cold. Seems like an earlier trend was "The Lady---" I'm not anywhere near the age I was as "a girl," and the term does leave me cold when used to describe me.(less)

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