11 - A book from a genre you typically avoid.

[Ron]

Cool. Will do.

[Emilia]

Thanks for the suggestions!

I think I am going to read Lucky Red.

Nadine in NY wrote: "Emilia wrote: "I've never read a western and it's a genre I tend to avoid in movies. Any suggestions?"


Yes! I've enjoyed:
The Sisters Brothers
News of the World
[bo..."

[Lisa Marie]

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Science Fiction/Fantasy

[Britany]

Finished Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People by Bill Treasurer

I hate business self help books and this book just solidified that for me.

[Nadine in NY]

Britany wrote: "I hate business self help books and this book just solidified that for me...."



LOL!!! I'm reading a self-help book for this category, too, and ... yeah. I'm feeling validated in hating self-help.

[Britany]

LOL glad it's not just me Nadine. :)

[Milena]

I hate self-help so much that I will not even think of it for this category. I will consider something else, like maybe espionage.

[Britany]

hah Milena! 😂

[Julia]

(feminism/pop culture/social issues)

[Ron]

Julia wrote: "

(feminism/pop culture/social issues)"

Wow, this is pretty cool. I guess I'd never thought of people who don't like these genres. I need to expand my horizons. So I appreciate you mentioning this.

These are all genres that I love. Best of luck in reading this since they're not in your wheelhouse. That's one of the things I'm loving about this prompt. It's really getting us out of our comfort zones to read things we otherwise wouldn't. Sure this can be a difficult thing, but I think that's part of the fun of it. Just my take anyways.

[Kimberly]

I’m not usually a true “fantasy” reader. So, I tackled A Court of Thorns and Roses. I’ve literally just finished. Full review coming soon after I figure out what I’m feeling.

[Denise]

I'm not a fan of fantasy but I'm reading The Mists of Avalon for a other challenge is there it is

[Ron]

Denise wrote: "I'm not a fan of fantasy but I'm reading The Mists of Avalon for a other challenge is there it is"

Oh cool. How far on you on The Mists of Avalon and are you liking it yet?

[Denise]

Ron wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm not a fan of fantasy but I'm reading The Mists of Avalon for a other challenge is there it is"

Oh cool. How far on you on The Mists of Avalon and are you liking it yet?"

I'm not very far into it but I like it so far. It's historical fantasy and that makes it more palatable to me

[Ron]

That's neat, Denise. Hope it gets better for you.

*****

I don't really read science books so I'm going with The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes .

I'll also be doing a read-along with it on audio so I can understand the science better.

[Laura Z]

Emilia wrote: "Thanks for the suggestions! I think I am going to read Lucky Red."

I read Lucky Red last year and really enjoyed it. I hope you do too!

[Laura Z]

Okay, you've sold me on Christian fiction. That's definitely a genre I avoid. I was going to read a thriller or a cozy mystery, but that's kind of a cop-out since I do read them - I just don't usually enjoy them.

I'm going to read What We Found in Hallelujah. My library has the audiobook, and it doesn't look terrible...

[Ron]

Discovered another book:

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

While nonfiction is my go-to genre, when it comes to subgenres I hardly read anything in globalization & politics or cultural anthropology.

[Dubhease]

I read The Name of the Rose

[Kristy]

I read “Strong Female Character” by Fern Brady. It’s my first memoir. I don’t like to read non-fiction, and I had never been interested in biographies or memoirs before this book.

[krista | overbookt]

I don't generally read a lot of self-help, so I chose WINTERING by Katherine May for this topic. No rating, as it's kind of a memoir, but it was not for me, lol.

[Nadine in NY]

krista | overbookt wrote: "... No rating, as it's kind of a memoir, ..."



Just curious: do you have a policy of not rating memoirs?

[Jaimi]

I was thinking about reading a mystery, but my godmother writes Christian historical romance so it might finally be time to read one of hers.

[LeahS]

I went for celebrity memoir which I've avoided for years, on the grounds that either I'm not interested in the celebrity in question, or it will be ghost-written. There have been some good ones recently so I might have to rethink....

I read Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton. The parts about making the Potter films were always going to be of interest, but I thought it was a well-written and honest book.

[Aquaria]

I have a few 'read only if I must' genres. Not many, but a few. Paranormal anything is close to #1 on that list.

That's why I picked Ruth Ozeki's The Book of Form and Emptiness for this plot. I tend to find these 'sudden supernatural powers' novels annoying tosh. But we'll see how it goes.

[Jennifer]

Brenda wrote: "So I generally avoid Christian fiction because I am pagan. If I even see anywhere in the blurb or listed on the site that I am reading about it from that it calls it Christian fiction that automati..."

It's been a few months so you might have already found an answer, but Ted Dekker had some books that were not super overt. Avoid the Circle series, the paradise novels, or The book of mortals. I remember those being very obviously Christian. I think you could get by with Skin by Dekker, Ted (2007) Hardcover without catching any Christian themes in it. BoneMan's Daughters, The Bride Collector, and House are not super heavy handed with Christian themes either if I'm remembering correctly (although it's been like 10+ years since I've read any of them so I could be way off).

[The Pampered Librarian]

Laura wrote: "I'll read a random western here LOL"

I just finished The Tall Stranger by Louis L'Amour. A mere 160 pages in large type and I STRUGGLED. It's a western that was first published in the late 1950's and in my opinion is awful! I disliked it immensely. It can be summed up - as every western ever in my opinion in one short sentence: WHITE MEN AND THEIR EGOS.
Never again.

[Ron]

Finally, and officially, chose my book for this one.

The Road to Roswell

Originally when I saw the title I thought it was nonfiction. Then I came to see that it was a Rom-Com which are books I never read. Anything that deals with Roswell, NM though I gravitate towards.

[Anshita]

I have not read a lot of Indian literary fiction since college when they were compulsory reading. I enjoyed reading them but explored different genres since then. This is why I'm planning to read more this year starting with One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan.

[laurel!]

Planned on reading Check & Mate for this because I pretty much never read heterosexual romance. Turns out the main character is bisexual, but oh well---counting it because I went in with hesitation

[Khalena Tate]

I read a romantancy book with my public library’s book club for this one called Shadow Fallen by Sherrilyn Kenyon. It was awful lol do not recommend at all.

[Kristen]

I'm going with Open Links I don't typically read sports fiction and definitely not golf but I like this author

[Frogli]

Ok so not genre exactly but close enough for me, I am going with 'classics' I rarely read them and of the ones I have read I am generally meh but I have had a copy of Jane Eyre sitting on my shelf and taunting me for years so I think it is finally time...

[Frogli]

Laura wrote: "Laura wrote: "I'll read a random western here LOL"

I just finished The Tall Stranger by Louis L'Amour. A mere 160 pages in large type and I STRUGGLED. It's a western that was first p..."

Ha! I tend to find the shortest western I can find whenever these categories come up but this year I just can't subject myself to it lol

[Denise]

I think I'll read Lone Women - I don't typically like westerns.

[Ruth]

I hate this kind of prompt, because we already have enough other prompts for specific genres. I get enough "stretching my reading muscles" by fulfilling those specific prompts that I don't normally read.

I fulfilled this prompt with I Can Go By Myself: A book on toilet training (genre: badly written educational books that teach something important to small children but are painful for adults to read.) I read it to my grandson (who isn't toilet training QUITE yet, but his mom is preparing him.) I wouldn't normally use a picture book to fulfill a prompt, but I didn't feel like this prompt deserved a "real book"!

[Teri]

I had figured I would read a self-help book since I avoid them (DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!). We are reading Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant for my IRL book club in July, so I'll count this. It is probably a little late for me to find my hidden potential as I am in my mid-60s, but you never know.

[Paula]

I read “Table for Two”. Excellent book of short stories, which I don’t typically read

[Nadine in NY]

Teri wrote: "I had figured I would read a self-help book since I avoid them (DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!). ..."



LOL I have the same issue with self-help!!!

[Laura Ruth]

I'm a wimp with horror, but I really like David Mitchell's non-horror books, so I finally read "Slade House," which has been on my shelf for ages:

http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-...

[Sherri]

I read By Way of the Moonlight. Christian Fiction

[Michele]

I don't really care for post-apocalyptic fiction, but Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice was kind of interesting.