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What types of books do you like to read?
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Aug 07, 2014 11:20AM
Hi everyone, I am wondering what types of books everyone likes to read. I am a romance lover. Oh the sappier the romance the better and it is great when the two are totally clueless too LOL. I read 95% Christian books. The sub-genres I like are historical, contemporary, Amish, and regency. I really don't care for mystery or suspense books for well honestly I don't like thinking about a book too much. I read to relax and take it easy sometimes. I even have certain types of publishers I read when I really want nothing but fluff for my mind, and other publishers when I want to exercise my mind even more than normal. I go through cycles of what type of book I read that is for sure. For months I could be in my historical phase then suddenly boom I am into reading Amish books, then boom maybe back into the historical, then snap right into regency LOL. There is no reason or rhyme to my cycles of reading choices sometimes. So what type of books do you all like?
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I am a very diverse reader. I like contemporary fiction, Amish, suspense, historical, Native American just to name a few. Don't care for too much lovey romance kinds as they leave me feeling like I need something with more meat to it. I do NOT however read trash. Some of the books I read have the occasional off color word but then my brain substitutes a different word in place. If a book as "language" all over the page then that book does not get read. By me at least. So I am pretty much open for any kind of book really. But my first choices are listed above.
I never really read a Native American book Brenda. Could you give me a recommendation for one for I enjoy reading new types of books. I have learned my lesson on not giving a book a chance. I would have sworn a few months back that I didn't like missionary in Africa books, then picked one up at the library by chance and didn't bother reading the back, and LOVED it. So now I am open a little more to new books.
Oh yeah forgot to mention I can't stand first person books. I have tried rewarding them and for some reason I just can't stand them. lol
Oh yeah forgot to mention I can't stand first person books. I have tried rewarding them and for some reason I just can't stand them. lol
I just finished one, Janine, called "Follow the River". It is actually a true historical book about Mary Ingles. She was captured by a group of warriors. The only problem I had was that they seemed to be biased toward the "white" people obviously since it is about a white woman's abduction. Being almost half Native American myself I know there are two sides to every story. A lot of the things they "Indians" did were in retaliation to things that were done to their families by the soldiers. However it was an awesome book and I gave it 5 stars. It was written back in the the 1980s so I believe most libraries should have it. Hope you enjoy it.
Janine have you read any Scottish books? Another really good series is "Lowlands of Scotland" written by Liz Curtis Higgs. It is about the Leah/Rachael/Jacob story of the Bible but set in Scotland. Very very very good. I believe it can also be found at the library.
I just put the book "Follow the River" on hold from the library. You know I have never read any Scottish books yet, and not sure if it is something I would be interested in. HOWEVER, with that said, I will have to check out at least the first book of that series and knowing my love of books, I will find a new area of books to read. You see before I picked up my first regency book, I would have sworn up and down I would hate it for it is just a bunch of old stuffed shirts with lords and such, but then I read one book and fell in love LOL. I have put the "Lowlands of Scotland" series on my tbr list. Things have suddenly taken a twist here at home and so I am not sure how much reading I will get done unless it is on my kindle. I was just informed that my son will be coming home sometime in the next few months, so I now have to make room for him. I am thrilled for it has been three years since he has been home, but there is a lot to do after all that time at home without him LOL.
I mostly read romance. 99% fiction. All kinds, just like you, Janine. But I enjoy a good romantic suspense book too (heavier on the romance than suspense). I can usually read 2-3 in a sub genre before I switch to another for 2-3 books. I love the Christian stories, but I also have a few other authors that I like. As long as the stories are fairly clean in language and not too descriptive in the relationship department I can overlook a little. When I rate the books, I rate on the writers abilities, not necessarily on wether there was too much language and sexual content, but if there was an over abundance in my opinion I will usually mention it in the review.
I also agree on the first person books. They are quite hard to read. I have to really like the author and have a strong interest in the story line... And then it seems my brain spends most of the time trying to translate the story into third person form. Sometimes I do better listening to the audiobook on those.
When it comes to first person books I put myself in the position of the character and that makes it less confusing for me. Kinda makes me feel like I am the main character, if you will.
June wrote: "I also agree on the first person books. They are quite hard to read. I have to really like the author and have a strong interest in the story line... And then it seems my brain spends most of the time trying to translate the story into third person form. Sometimes I do better listening to the audiobook on those."
Oh I never thought about listening to it. There is a book "Courting Cate" by Leslie Gould, that I forced myself to read. I thought that the story line sounded really good but I struggled with the whole book and the rest of the books sound interesting. I am going to try listening to those books now. Also there is another Amish series that I am going to have find again that is in the first person and from the guys point of view that again the story line sounds really interesting, but I read two pages and put it down.
Brenda wrote: "When it comes to first person books I put myself in the position of the character and that makes it less confusing for me. Kinda makes me feel like I am the main character, if you will. "
I tried that myself Brenda but I found myself wanting to know what the other characters were thinking LOL. I guess I love the whole feeling of knowing more for each character than just the one character. I guess I am just a greedy reader who wants to know what everyone is thinking.
Oh I never thought about listening to it. There is a book "Courting Cate" by Leslie Gould, that I forced myself to read. I thought that the story line sounded really good but I struggled with the whole book and the rest of the books sound interesting. I am going to try listening to those books now. Also there is another Amish series that I am going to have find again that is in the first person and from the guys point of view that again the story line sounds really interesting, but I read two pages and put it down.
Brenda wrote: "When it comes to first person books I put myself in the position of the character and that makes it less confusing for me. Kinda makes me feel like I am the main character, if you will. "
I tried that myself Brenda but I found myself wanting to know what the other characters were thinking LOL. I guess I love the whole feeling of knowing more for each character than just the one character. I guess I am just a greedy reader who wants to know what everyone is thinking.
My life outside of a book is enough first person for me. When I want to escape and read, I want to know about "their" "lives" plural. :) I have Courting Cate on my TBR. Thanks for the first person warning. Maybe the pre warning will make it easier... Nancy Mehl writes some really good Amish stories too...sadly in first. But I enjoy her stories enough to push past.The worst ever was one I don't remember anything about the book or the author except that she wrote in first person but she wrote for both characters switching back and forth and it was hard to keep track of wether it was the guy or the girl talking and I'd have to stop and figure it out. Too complicated.
June wrote: "The worst ever was one I don't remember anything about the book or the author except that she wrote in first person but she wrote for both characters switching back and forth and it was hard to keep track of wether it was the guy or the girl talking and I'd have to stop and figure it out. Too complicated."
Holy smokes I would have put the book down and run screaming the other way. I read to escape like you June and I got through Courting Cate but to try and figure out who is talking in first person would drive me batty beyond batty LOL.
Holy smokes I would have put the book down and run screaming the other way. I read to escape like you June and I got through Courting Cate but to try and figure out who is talking in first person would drive me batty beyond batty LOL.
I would draw the line at a double first person book. Wonder if the author ever got confused during the writing since they usually can't finish a manuscript in one sitting.
Brenda wrote: "I would draw the line at a double first person book. Wonder if the author ever got confused during the writing since they usually can't finish a manuscript in one sitting."
I would hope if that is the case then that at least it was their first book and would get better with staying in with the same person all the way through future books.
I would hope if that is the case then that at least it was their first book and would get better with staying in with the same person all the way through future books.
Janine I thought of another book you may enjoy. It is called The Miting by Dee Yoder. It is about an Amish young lady who converts to Christianity and all that happens to her because of her faith. Very good story. I gave it 5 stars.
I read just about anything. I love all thing Batman so novels and graphics get devoured as much as possible. I like supernatural-themed books (except Twilight), murder mysteries, crime dramas, whodunits, horror, sci-fi as well as biographies on people that I find interesting. For the most part, I am not into non-fiction but sometimes, I sneak one in on myself (i.e "Flags of Our Fathers/ "The Devil in the White City) If I read romance, I like quirky, funny ones (Carly Phillips/Jennifer Crusie)
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I enjoy a very eclectic mix of genres. I read a lot of true crime for awhile, then decided I needed to mix things up, so I'm currently reading all of Debbie Macomber's romance books. I love YA and anything with animals. I also enjoy nonfiction quite a bit if the subject interests me. I enjoy biographies and memoirs, especially those written by ordinary people. I'm about to start working on writing my first book, a collection of my dad's cowboy stories. He grew up on a farm/ranch and when he was 13, he went to work on the Circle R Ranch in Van Buren, Arkansas, which was a pretty big outfit. He has some crazy stories about things that happened, and I really think people who like the Western lifestyle will enjoy reading them. Just trying to figure out how I'm going to record him without making him uncomfortable! He is very skeptical that anyone really wants to hear his memories, but I've already got 10 copies sold to family and friends and haven't even written the book yet! LOL
