Thursday, August 9, 2012

Booking Through Branching Out

Name a book you love in a genre you normally don’t care for. What made you decide to read it? Did it make you want to try more in that genre?

I loved reading Stolen by Lucy Christopher, a YA novel. It had many rave reviews in the book blogs I visit. So I thought to pick it up. It is about a girl who goes missing. As I teach young girls, I thought why not read it. I have tried a few more YA novels but not much. Maybe if I find interesting stuff, I will go for that.

What genre do you avoid reading and why?

I cannot stand paranormal stuff. The weird creatures and erotic stuff totally put me off.
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16 comments:

  1. Small Blonde HippyAugust 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    I agree with you on the paranormal stuff. I don't really get it. Here's mine: Small Blonde Hippy

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  2. Boyett-BrinkleyAugust 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    I feel the same about the paranormal stuff. I love Shirley Jackson but her books tend to be more ghostly and crazy rather than paranormal and certainly no erotica! I did enjoy those but most of what I see in YA, I would never go for.

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  3. Gigi AnnAugust 9, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    Oh I agree I hate paranormal, no matter what form it takes. That was a reason I quit reading one author, all of a sudden he threw in paranormal stuff. I think if it has paranormal in it, it should be a part of the description. I know if I had known ahead I would not have bought his book.

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  4. Juli RahelAugust 9, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    I totally agree, YA/paranormal novels filled with over the top romance and sparkly vampires just annoy me XD I recently read a YA novel I really liked though!
    http://universeinwords.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/btt-unspoken.html
    Juli @ Universe in Words

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  5. Laurel-Rain SnowAugust 9, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    I'm not a fan of those weird creatures, either; here's MY THURSDAY MEMES POST

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  6. UnknownAugust 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM

    I agree with you about paranormal reads as well. Typically really hard for me to get into. Thanks for stopping by!

    Aspen

    http://inner-aspen.blogspot.com

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  7. AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    Stolen sounds good, I'll have to try it.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/booking-through-thursday_9.html

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  8. KarenAugust 9, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    Agree about the paranormal stuff, although I did just read a pretty good historical fiction with some ghosts or something in it.

    I avoid zombies, vampires, and the like as much as possible.

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  9. PinkPigReadsAugust 9, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    Couldn't agree more. Thanks for stopping by!

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  10. UnknownAugust 9, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    Those are some of my favorite genres. I just like weird elements in my stories! Thanks for stopping by!

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  11. Cathy De Los SantosAugust 9, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    I love how there is such a diversity in the blog world and meme's as the genre you don't like i can't get enough of, that's great! diversity is a beautiful thing! Thanks so much for stopping at my blog today.

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  12. bermudaonionAugust 9, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    It's fun to discover a great book in a genre you don't normally read.

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  13. UnknownAugust 10, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    Hey thanks for stopping by! I actually enjoy paranormal stuff (:
    I agree with you on Stolen- I loveeeedd that book ! So good :D

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  14. AnonymousAugust 11, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    I with you on the erotica!

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  15. UnknownAugust 12, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    Im a fan of paranormal, however I like my werewolves and vampires vicious not sparkly. Lol!

    New follower:)

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  16. Meg @ A Bookish AffairAugust 13, 2012 at 8:24 PM

    Paranormal isn't my fave but I have found a couple good ones.

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