- Ten Reasons You Read Your Favorite Genre
Hmmm... Well I don't really have a favorite genre because I read almost everything. I mostly like to mix it up so I don't read the same kind of book over and over. But here's some random thoughts about why I read what I read.
- I read mostly YA or books appropriate for teens because I'm a high school librarian and it's part of my job. But...
- I will still read a lot of YA even when I'm retired because there's a lot of good, exciting stuff out there.
- Historical Fiction may be considered my favorite genre. I like it because I never learned much history in school and I love learning it through fictional characters.
- Straight-up romance is probably my least favorite genre. If romance is featured in a book, I love that, but I don't usually enjoy a book just about romance. There are exceptions.
- I'm not tired of dystopians
- Another turn off for me is high fantasy, where magic solves everything. Once again, I like a fantasy element, but it can't be the driving force of the plot. There are exceptions.
- I'm a sucker for girls in gorgeous dresses on covers. Anyone who says they don't judge a book by its cover is lying.
- I like to mix it up, genre-wise. If I read two or three books of the same genre in a row, I tend to rate the later books lower. I just need variety.
OK. I got 8. What about you? What do you love about your favorite genre? Leave me a link and be sure to visit our hosts Parajunkee and Alison. Thanks for stopping by.
I love reading YA, romance is just one of those genres that I can not get into.
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YA is my favourite genre and within that I do like to vary what I read, though fantasy is always something I come back to! You have a good point about how magic shouldn't always be what solves the problems and I've been finding more and more books where that isn't the case which is brilliant :D happy reading!
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