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Q: Jumping Genres: Ever pick up a book from a genre you usually don’t like and LOVE it? Tell us about it and why you picked it up in the first place.

Absolutely! I normally stay away from literary fiction. To be honest, I am aware that some of it can be amazing, but even when it is (or maybe especially when it is), it is not an easy read. I don’t find it relaxing in the way I want reading to be. But I also like to try new things, which was why I joined a book club for a while.

Middlesex was one of those books that made trudging through all the rest worth it. It is an amazing, worldview-changing story. Here’s a link to my goodreads review, since I don’t think I put it up here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

This was one of those books that made me think the typical 1-5 rating scale is too one-dimensional. It doesn’t matter what you call your five things, they are only one thing. Middlesex is 5 somethings, but it really just doesn’t feel like the same 5 somethings as most of my romance or fantasy favorites.

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