This week’s musing is…
~Do you read outside your preferred genre? Has your preferred genre changed?~
When I got into reading, way back in highschool, the genre I was introduced to was Fantasy. And I mean, hardcore high fantasy stuff like Steven Ericson's Malazan Empire, George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Hmm..must finish one of these sometime. lol Anyways, I was hooked with the genre, but I wanted to find simpler stories. So I searched and searched, and my hunt produced two things. One, I found Talking to Dragons (The Enchanted Chronicles 4) by Patricia C. Wrede in my local bookstore. It was short, funny, and it had only two lead characters (woot!). Two, I stumbled into Tamora Pierce's books while searching on the internet (note: the internet was barely starting to become an 'every household' kind of thing back then and I didn't know how to work with it well). Now, her books became my addiction. I wanted more stories with kickass girl leads and action and adventure. But there was no YA back then so I didn't know where to find more. Later on, Mom got for me the first Harry Potter book. I remember thinking I wouldn't like it because, "Mom, that is a kids book. I am so not a kid anymore." Oh, how wrong I was! After that it was pretty easy to find exactly the kind of books I wanted, and many years later my favorite genre is YA.
Sorry for the long answer!
*hands a cookie to those who actually read it all*
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Just Finished Reading:
(This is a must read. No doubt about it.)
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
(*hyperventilates*)
Currently Reading:
Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
(Re-read the first one. Still liked it, still felt something was missing. Went on to book two, which I got through Netgalley and OMG I CANNOT PUT IT DOWN. Now that's the kind of Snyder awesomeness I remember)
Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
(Re-read the first one. Still liked it, still felt something was missing. Went on to book two, which I got through Netgalley and OMG I CANNOT PUT IT DOWN. Now that's the kind of Snyder awesomeness I remember)
After this I have a ton of sequels to read, like Caliban's War, The Kingdom of Gods, Cast in Peril, Deity, and Out for Blood. Not only that, but all the awesome new releases coming this and next month!
