I *Do* Read Other Things...
Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.
I talk a lot about how much I love chick lit, but I didn't spring from the womb as a fully formed chick lit reader. (Surprising, I know.) In fact, it wasn't until my late twenties and after I'd moved to London that the chick-lit bug really bit. I remember wandering into bookshops and being surrounded by lovely pretty covers... sigh!
But as much as I enjoy chick lit, that doesn't mean it's the only thing I read. Growing up, I loved science fiction by Monica Hughes and historicals by Janet Lunn. As an English Literature student, I read -- and enjoyed -- almost everything from every era (a big BLAH to Restoration comedies, though. Not my kinda humour.).
Now, I have a particular fondness for non-fiction. I'm currently reading and loving an ARC of Backpacked by Catherine Ryan Howard, I've got Karen Walker's Following the Whispers on my list, and I enjoyed Ann Best's In The Mirror .
This year, I've also read and enjoyed Alex Cavanaugh's science fiction novel CassaStar , Stephen Tremp's action-packed book Breaththrough , Karen Jones Gowen's House of Diamonds and Jessica Bells' literary fiction, String Bridge .
So, yes. I love chick lit. But I do read other things!
How about you? Do you stick with one genre, or are you open to most anything?
I talk a lot about how much I love chick lit, but I didn't spring from the womb as a fully formed chick lit reader. (Surprising, I know.) In fact, it wasn't until my late twenties and after I'd moved to London that the chick-lit bug really bit. I remember wandering into bookshops and being surrounded by lovely pretty covers... sigh!
But as much as I enjoy chick lit, that doesn't mean it's the only thing I read. Growing up, I loved science fiction by Monica Hughes and historicals by Janet Lunn. As an English Literature student, I read -- and enjoyed -- almost everything from every era (a big BLAH to Restoration comedies, though. Not my kinda humour.).
Now, I have a particular fondness for non-fiction. I'm currently reading and loving an ARC of Backpacked by Catherine Ryan Howard, I've got Karen Walker's Following the Whispers on my list, and I enjoyed Ann Best's In The Mirror .
This year, I've also read and enjoyed Alex Cavanaugh's science fiction novel CassaStar , Stephen Tremp's action-packed book Breaththrough , Karen Jones Gowen's House of Diamonds and Jessica Bells' literary fiction, String Bridge .
So, yes. I love chick lit. But I do read other things!
How about you? Do you stick with one genre, or are you open to most anything?
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To be honest, when I started really reading, in my early 20s, I was into Anne Rice and her vampires. And I used to read a few Ben Elton too.
I'll read sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural, anything me. :D I read a lot of romance now adays as it's research as well as reading for enjoyment and writing purposes.