Cover to Cover Challenge discussion
Book Genres: What do you read?
Kelly R ~You should be telling yourself it is not you, you are fabulous!! They are the ones that need the help. You are only checking out those books for tips on dealing with them. LOL
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I'm really into YA fiction, historical fiction and brit chick lit2. What is your favorite genre? a tie between YA fiction and modern british literature
3. What is your least favorite genre? adult science fiction/fantasy that involves many worlds/beings/wars with trolls, etc.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? suspense/thrillers
Kelly R wrote: "Haha - I actually enjoy self-help - but maybe I just need more help than you guys do!! :) lol. I'm single, so I have lots of time to be self-focused and ponder why I can't make a relationship la..."It's probably because you read too many self-help books and try to follow all the bogus advice! ;-)
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Romance2. What is your favorite genre? Romance, Historical Romane and Mystery
3. What is your least favorite genre? Sci-Fi and Vampires
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Historical Romance.
I also like biographies and true crime stories example(The Black Dalhia Murder)
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, & Romantic Suspense2. What is your favorite genre? Paranormal Romance at the moment. This is always subject to change ;)
3. What is your least favorite genre? Probably horror. I can handle mild violence but nothing hard core.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Young Adult
Darcy wrote: "Kelly R ~You should be telling yourself it is not you, you are fabulous!! They are the ones that need the help. You are only checking out those books for tips on dealing with them. LOL"
Haha Darcy, I like that point of view!! :D
Melodie wrote: "It's probably because you read too many self-help books and try to follow all the bogus advice! ;-) "This could be very true indeed! lol :) Once I read this book called Make Up, Don't Break Up Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples, while I was in a difficult relationship with this guy I really loved (we were living together)... well, the book kept saying that you have to BREAK UP in order to MAKE UP (take a temporary break). I was so dang confused the whole time I was reading that book, I didn't know what to do. We ended up breaking up for good though, lol. :P
The best self-help book I ever read was called All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat. After that, I figured I didn't need to read another one (and my cat indicated that SHE would make sure that I didn't need one, by doing everything in the book and PROVING that that's all you really need.) lol, cats--gotta love their snarky attitude.
Ann wrote: "The best self-help book I ever read was called All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat. After that, I figured I didn't need to read another one (and my cat indicated that SHE would m..."Cute!!! haha
And I just added this book to my wish-list. :P
Ann - I love the Cat story, and your favorite genre. I usually say something like--"if it has pages, I'll try it". I have to admit, with most of you, that self-help is actually my least favorite genre. Or at least the one I have read the least of. (That is a BAD sentence, lol.)
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I would say mystery/thriller suspense kind of novels.2. What is your favorite genre? as of right now, paranormal romance.
3. What is your least favorite genre? horror or self help
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? paranormal romance
My my, what is up with all the self-help haters?!? :P
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I'll read just about anything. I go through phases where I'll read all chick lit, then switch to all mystery/thriller. I think what genre I read depends on my mood.
2. What is your favorite genre?
I don't have one.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Not a big fan of sci-fi/fantasy.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
young adult/teen books :D
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Paranormal/sci-fi/fantasy2. What is your favorite genre? same as above plus historical fiction
3. What is your least favorite genre? typically straight up History (odd for a holder of a B.A. in History) or Biographies
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? YA sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal but it's so well written these days it's hard not to read it
1. On average, what genre do you read most? MYSTERIES2. What is your favorite genre? MYSTERIES WITH CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE A CLOSE SECOND
3. What is your least favorite genre? HORROR
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? P.I. NOVELS
1. On average, what genre do you read most?
romantic suspense/ young adult fiction2. What is your favorite genre? mysteries without the romance
3. What is your least favorite genre? true crime
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? paranormal romance
Kelly R wrote: "My my, what is up with all the self-help haters?!? :P"I'm just trying to avoid reality :D
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Thrillers2. What is your favorite genre? Thrillers
3. What is your least favorite genre? Romance. I don't mind it if it makes sense/fits into the plot, but never read it on its own.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Children's books, especially rereading childhood favourites.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Suspense/Thriller and Non-fiction in almost every subject, nothing is too obscure!2. What is your favorite genre? I don't think I have one. If it's a good story, I'll read it. I do fancy historicals, fiction and non quite a bit.
3. What is your least favorite genre? Cozy mysteries, chic lit, self help and anything Oprah endorses
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Nora Roberts
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Mystery, literary fiction, non-fiction.2. What is your favorite genre? literary fiction
3. What is your least favorite genre? chick lit, badly written anything.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Mystery
1. On average, what genre do you read most?Popular fiction/bestsellers
2. What is your favorite genre?
Fiction, preferably something with an intriguing and smart love story.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Non-fiction or poetry.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Chic lit while at the gym. . .
1. On average, what genre do you read most?Mysteries & Thrillers
2. What is your favorite genre?
Mysteries set in other countries and Historical Mysteries
3. What is your least favorite genre
Romance and True Crime
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
YA and Memoirs on audio
1. On average, what genre do you read most? fiction - historical fiction, mysteries.. idk lots lol :P
2. What is your favorite genre?
good question, i like a variety.. i can't choose one specific genre :P
3. What is your least favorite genre?
i'm not a big fan of classics. no westerns, idk what else off the top of my head.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
probably vampire romances :D
1. On average, what genre do you read most?For the last couple of years, the majority of the books I have read have been urban fantasy.
2. What is your favorite genre?
My favorite genre at this time in my life would have to be what I read most...urban fantasy.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
I wouldn't say that I dislike sci-fi but its something I'm not really interested in.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Umm...historical romance.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? -Mystery, YA, Paranormal
2. What is your favorite genre?
-Mystery, YA, Paranormal
3. What is your least favorite genre?
-Westerns, Harlequin type romance, Histroical Fiction
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
-YA
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Mysteries, Suspense, Thrillers...anything with action or intrigue2. What is your favorite genre? same as above
3. What is your least favorite genre? Harlequin-type romance
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Don't really have one, because I enjoy lots of different types of books.
1. On average, what genre do you read most?Mysteries and romantic suspense, but I read whatever calls my name.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Mysteries and thrillers
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Occult, erotica, classics
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Janet Evanovich novels
I just added All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat to my TBR list, pffft, I just barely printed out a 4 page list & then added another one to it. I LOVE cats though. We have 4 house cats. They spend their day on my bed.
ONLY on your bed Rayni? lol, to tell you how "owned" I am--untold eons ago when we turned our 2 car garaged into a family room---I had 10"wide boards put up for ledges so that my beloved little fur babies could sit up in the window any time of the year they wanted to so that the rest of the world could enjoy their beauty. :o) The only complaint they had--that we didn't go back and retrofit the REST of the house with the same ledges. Limiting them to only 2 windows (east and north facing) was just being too cruel to the rest of the world. 
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I think it's fairly even between romance, historical fiction and mystery. Bonus if the they can all be combined in one book!
2. What is your favorite genre?
Just one? Historical Fiction/Romance, but mystery is such a close 2nd.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Not a huge fan of sci-fi, but I have read some. Self-help and I don't really get along either.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Is "trashy novel" at real genre? If not it should be. Not sure I can classify Romance as a guilty pleasure since I readily admit I read them. It's brain candy and some days I need LOTS of brain candy!
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I read mostly mystery/thriller/suspense2. What is your favorite genre? I'd have to stay the mystery/thriller/suspense type
3. What is your least favorite genre? not to copy, but I think I'd have to say the self-help!
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? hmm...I guess I would have to say it would be books for young adult. My students know I love to read and are constantly recommending books to me. They serve as great fillers between series!
Ann wrote: "The best self-help book I ever read was called All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat. After that, I figured I didn't need to read another one (and my cat indicated that SHE would m..."Thanks, Ann - my daughter loves cats even more than I do, so I just ordered that for her for Christmas.
1. On average, what genre do you read most? That would be romance in general in most of its formats - historical, romantic-suspense, contemporary, cozy-mystery, PNR, etc. (but not erotica or chicklit
2. What is your favorite genre?
Historical Romance
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Erotica & Chick-lit. And I'm very selective in any horror books I read.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
OK, I need a clarification on this question! If it means, what do I feel guilty about reading, then the answer is 'I don't have one" - I don't hide bookcovers when I'm reading in public, and if I get strange looks about my choice of reading material, I don't see it because my face is buried in my book!
If, however, it means 'do I read what other people think I should feel guilty about reading', it could include paranormal, fantasy, young-adult, and I suppose any form of romance. I have some friends who think I'm crazy to 'waste' my time reading factual history books!
Darcy wrote: "I agree with Erin. Just because I don't like a genre doesn't mean it is bad, just not for me. Every so often I do like to read a book out of my comfort zone just to see if my tastes have changed...."I agree, I don't think that they are bad, just not for me.
Ann wrote: "ONLY on your bed Rayni? lol, to tell you how "owned" I am--untold eons ago when we turned our 2 car garaged into a family room---I had 10"wide boards put up for ledges so that my beloved little fu..."LOL ... Ann, I readily admit the cats own the house. We even built a cat door into the wall in the laundry room so they could come & go as they please. They really don't like it. They want to come in & out of the human doors.
Rayni wrote: "Ann wrote: "ONLY on your bed Rayni? lol, to tell you how "owned" I am--untold eons ago when we turned our 2 car garaged into a family room---I had 10"wide boards put up for ledges so that my belov..."spoiled, spoiled kitties :D
mine are spoiled too, and so is my dog. my dog can't fall asleep at night until I tuck him in under the blankets (in my bed, of course!)
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Fantasy, romance, science fiction, classics, in that order.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Fantasy, especially if it's humourous like Piers Anthony or Douglas Adams.
3. What is your least favorite genre?
Biographies, historical.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Regency romance. Gorgeous dresses, all night dances, handsome Dukes...sigh.
For all you kitty lovers, I just discovered this and had to share...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kswnj...
too cute!!
Although I will read anything in a pinch, I prefer fantasy. Sci fi is a close second. Then i go to mysteries and general fiction. I like historical romances but will read any if they have a good plot. My least favorite is biographies but I can get into those if it's about someone who interests me. I have no genre that is a guilty pleasure. I feel reading is my contribution to life. If I don't read I'm tense and irritable and nobody wants that.. (feed me a book or chocolate)
1. On average, what genre do you read most?this year... it's all about the vampire, and I imagine next year will be more of the same judging by my TBR shelf! but that still sort of fits into my most read genre of suspense/thriller. I rarely read anything else.
2. What is your favorite genre?
see above ;)
3. What is your least favorite genre?
that's a tough one, as I'm kind of in a box with what I read already so I might say everything BUT suspense/thriller. But I can read just about anything if I'm in the right mood.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
paranormal romance maybe?? though these days I'd say taking the time to read anything at all is my guilty pleasure. ;)
Sara, I enjoy Piers Anthony too. I just started reading him and have only finished On a Pale Horse and Bearing an Hourglass. I thought they were very interesting reads and I am looking forward to the rest of that series.
I like all of Piers Anthony although I think the Xanth stories have become a bit overdone. I think the Incarnations series is my favorite. Then I like his Mode series. (Fractal mode etc)
Laurie wrote: "Sara, I enjoy Piers Anthony too. I just started reading him and have only finished On a Pale Horse and Bearing an Hourglass. I thought they were very interesting reads a..."ON A PALE HORSE remains one of my very favorite reads ever!
Lacey wrote: "1. On average, what genre do you read most?Suspense, thriller, chick lit
2. What is your favorite genre?
see above
3. What is your least favorite genre?
I am not a fan of classics or Harlequin rom..."
I LOVE Joy Fielding. Just discovered her about 6 months ago, but have read quite a few of them. I just started Missing Pieces last night. FOr some reason it just hasn't grabbed my attention like every other one of her's that I have read. Did you like it? As good as most of her books? Just trying to figure out if maybe it is the book, or maybe it is just that I have been reading so much of her's in a short time span. Thanks!
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Mystery, suspense, legal thriller
2. What is your favorite genre?
Mystery, suspense, thriller
3. What is your least favorite genre?
sci-fi, paranormal -anything vampire etc, historical romances, self-help, non-fiction(other than parenting related)
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
I don't think I have one! The only guilty pleasure I could think of was chocolate....and well that isn't book-related....lol~
1. On average, what genre do you read most? Romance/Mystery/Suspense2. What is your favorite genre? Romance/Mystery
3. What is your least favorite genre? Historical
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? Romance
(Giggling) You know, I was thinking about what could possibly count as a "guilty pleasure" and remembered a book I found a long time ago. I didn't know anything about the author, didn't even bother reading the back cover. I bought it because I LOVED the title. It was Bimbos of the Death Sun with THIS cover
. You have to admit--it IS eye catching. :o)She later wrote
as a companion piece. Despite the titles, they are NOT scifi or fantasy--they are mysteries. Zombies of the Gene Pool
1. On average, what genre do you read most? I read Romance books the most..2. What is your favorite genre? I like Romance, and Cozy mysteries
3. What is your least favorite genre? ~ True Mystery/Thriller books
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure? I guess, Romance books would be my guilty pleasure.
~Melissa
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Paranormal Romance, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy, Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Sci-fi, Erotica Romance, Historical Romance, Chick-lit... in this order.
2. What is your favorite genre?
Paranormal anything, LOL! Give me vamps, weres, you name it!
3. What is your least favorite genre?
I'll read Sci-fi, but it has to be realistic, otherwise I lose interest. Chick-lit is one that I'll read on occasion - I need to be in the mood for it.
4. What genre is your guilty pleasure?
Erotica Romance! If the author writes with a smoothness, and especially if there's a story line to it, not just the sex... They can make for some really, really, really hot and awesome stories!