Diet Dr. Pepper has already betrayed me, by its very nature of being diet. Fake sugar tastes like powdered tin to us supertasters. But then, I already know not to go by food recommendations. I had to politely explain to my father-in-law that, while I'm sure his wife is a wonderful cook and knows the right amount of fake sugar to use in her recipes, I will still taste it, the same way the slightest little bit of cilantro in a recipe will make it taste like the dishes weren't properly rinsed after they were washed. (Most disconcerting, when I didn't know why that kept happening.)

Anyway. I've learned to see that people have different tastes. The fact that a lot of the books you've put on your favorites lists have made me step back and acknowledge I can see the influence, rather than that I agree with your assessment, didn't stop me from picking up Spellbound when I saw you'd blurbed Switchblade Goddess. Because I am always looking for new things to read, and something has to be pretty awful for me to feel angry for having read it. (I haven't gotten around to reading it, yet. February turned into a busy reading month, somehow.)

I also look at what people compare things to. Had I read the reviews for one particular monstrosity, I would've seen it was compared to two books I wouldn't have read the first chapter of if you'd paid me, and never picked it up.