The "This Is My Genre, Tell Me Yours" #Book Tag - #AmReading

My sources - AKA the blog I found this on when I was searching for some new book tags to do - tell me this one comes from The Tattoo Book Geek, and this post seems to support that theory. Just thought I'd mention that, so you know where I got this.

Anyway, this is a pretty short one, but I hope you'll enjoy reading my answers. As I always say with these kinds of things, feel free to play along and share your own answers, either in the comments, or on your own blog. Just remember to let me know if you do the latter, so I can make sure not to miss your answers. Either way, I'd love to know what your answers would be. In the meantime though, here are the questions, along with my own answers:

1. What is your favorite genre?

I read books from pretty much any genre. However, since the point of this tag is to pick one, so I have to, I'm going with fantasy, which is the one I'm most likely to be reading something in anyhow, regardless of the recommended reading age.

2. Who is your favorite author from that genre?

Oh, now you're asking something. I'm not good at picking favourite authors, since my favourite author changes depending on recent reads and my mood. However, you can pretty much guarantee the "Harry Potter" books by J K Rowling and the "Fatemarked" books by David Estes will be on my top books list somewhere, so I'm going to pick J K Rowling as my favourite female author, and David Estes as my favourite male author. Yes, that's cheating. No, I don't care.

3. What is it about the genre that keeps pulling you back?

I get to explore all kinds of wonderful worlds, meet all kinds of magical creatures, and so on, all while in the comfort of my own home. Seriously, what's not to love about that?

4. What is the book that started your love for your favorite genre?

I honestly don't know. I think it was a natural progression from the fairy tales I loved - and still love.

5. If you had to recommend at least one book from your favorite genre to a non-reader/someone looking to start that genre, what book would you choose and why?

The Harry Potter books. Partially because I love them so much in general, and partially because I know they've encouraged many a reluctant reader to read more, so would hope they'd do so again. Seriously, if you haven't read them and enjoy fantasy - or want to try fantasy - start reading them now. Well, not this moment, since you need to read the rest of this post first, but you know what I mean.

6. Why do you read?

Because it gives me an escape when I need one, it lets me meett people and go to places I otherwise wouldn't, and because the only things more essential in my opinion than reading are writing, sleeping, eating, drinking, and breathing.