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1) I was actually giving honest advice. I think looking through the amazon.com top 100 list would probably be a pretty good idea for this person because his tastes seem to coincide with a lot of other people. If he told me he really liked something weird or obscure I would have given other advice.

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I don't doubt that you were giving honest advice, and I actually agree with the advice you're giving (though I'll point out there are plenty of books that make bestseller lists - I'm thinking things like Middlesex, Curious Incident, etc. - that while "mainstream and popular" are nothing like Grisham or Brown)

Do you agree or disagree that there is a difference in tone between:

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These books are extremely popular and mainstream. If this is what you like you could probably just go over the books on bestseller lists and get plenty of ideas.

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If this is what you like you could probably just go over the books on bestseller lists and get plenty of ideas.

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As mentioned in my original post, the tone is really all I was commenting on. I think I'm more attuned to it thanks to Bruiser's post which was more openly snobby earlier in the thread.

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Yeah I guess the way I wrote it sounds strange, especially if you say it out loud. I will come clean and say I don't really read books like that, so maybe my inner snobbiness was shining through.