Discussion: Favorite Genre
Aug. 28th, 2011 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dracoqueen22Nothing to post today. I'm still buried deep in edits. Oh, commas, how you hate me so!
So I thought, hey, been a while since I had a discussion. I couldn't think of anything serious so I decided: favorite genre? What's your favorite kind of book to pick up? A Harlequin romance? An old noir detective? Murder mysteries? Young adult? Contemporary? High fantasy? Swashbuckling pirates? High flying Space adventure? What are some of your favorite novels in said genre? Or do you just like to read a little bit of everything, like me? Though, to be fair, I don't read much in the way of romance.
Of all time, though, my favorite would have to be fantasy. My dad introduced it to me at a young age, Mom built upon that interest, RPG video games reinforced it, and writing fanfiction solidified the deal. I like to dive into other genres just to keep the muses from going stale, but 90% of my library is fantasy in some shape or form. I loved reading Dragonlance (Raistlin FTW) and Forgotten Realms. I laughed at the Land of Xanth series. I loved Terry Brooks and numerous others. But, ironically, my absolute favorite book is not fantasy. Go figure.
It's actually Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I read this like once a month and it never ceases to entertain. The psychology of it always drags me in and every time I read it, I discover something new. It's the book that goes with me no matter where I move to, and my current copy of it is in such poor quality that I really ought to buy a new one. I think I'm missing a few pages now...
What about you?
So I thought, hey, been a while since I had a discussion. I couldn't think of anything serious so I decided: favorite genre? What's your favorite kind of book to pick up? A Harlequin romance? An old noir detective? Murder mysteries? Young adult? Contemporary? High fantasy? Swashbuckling pirates? High flying Space adventure? What are some of your favorite novels in said genre? Or do you just like to read a little bit of everything, like me? Though, to be fair, I don't read much in the way of romance.
Of all time, though, my favorite would have to be fantasy. My dad introduced it to me at a young age, Mom built upon that interest, RPG video games reinforced it, and writing fanfiction solidified the deal. I like to dive into other genres just to keep the muses from going stale, but 90% of my library is fantasy in some shape or form. I loved reading Dragonlance (Raistlin FTW) and Forgotten Realms. I laughed at the Land of Xanth series. I loved Terry Brooks and numerous others. But, ironically, my absolute favorite book is not fantasy. Go figure.
It's actually Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I read this like once a month and it never ceases to entertain. The psychology of it always drags me in and every time I read it, I discover something new. It's the book that goes with me no matter where I move to, and my current copy of it is in such poor quality that I really ought to buy a new one. I think I'm missing a few pages now...
What about you?
