|
05-24-2019, 02:55 PM
| | Favourite Genre(s) What is your favourite genre(s) of books?
Do you read books from a variety of genres? Do you have a strong preference for a particular genre?
What is it about these genres that make them your favourites?
Discuss all things related to genre below! This discussion should be kept SPOILER FREE. If you want to include spoilers, put them under a spoiler. |
05-26-2019, 06:56 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
| WWW & Potterdom Mod Newbie Mod
Wrackspurt
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SHIELD's Helicarrier
Posts: 214,026
Hogwarts RPG Name: Dhruv Vihaan Khanna Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Aryan Zahid Atreyu-Rehman Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Idris Ace Grunt Gryffindor Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Dynah Aavni Atreyu-Rehman Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Krittika Saanvi Joshi Ravenclaw Sixth Year x12 x12
| ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Definitely it's crime for me. I love the suspense of not knowing who the perp is (though of course, I would try to figure it out); the methods used to carry out the crime but what interests me the most is the motives for the crimes. I like to know what makes the perps tick and sends them into the world of crime.
I have so much more that I want to gush about when it comes to this drama but the words are evading me right now |
| |
05-29-2019, 01:35 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
| Swedish Short-Snout
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In Your Dreams
Posts: 31,312
Hogwarts RPG Name: Alex Black First Year | SS Featured Writer Lovely Lady
I think it’s fair to say that I like action stories.
The Hunger Games was a great series. I read all three books so fast! Wish there were more books like this. Divergent didn’t come close.
|
| |
05-30-2019, 03:32 AM
|
#4 (permalink)
| Acromantula
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ❤
Posts: 30,845
Hogwarts RPG Name: Bramble "Bram" Wyatt Lennox Graduated | ThunderPUFF | Whoodley | MRD&LKD | Graphics Queen | Tristalen | Mrs. A | Hunny Bun
YA Fiction, whether it be fantasy/mystery/sci-fi/romance/etc., is my favorite genre. I also have a great love for the classics, such as, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, etc. I really got into reading when I was in middle school, and it took me that long because I just couldn't find anything I liked...and then my English teacher introduced me to Joan Lowery Nixon who was a YA mystery novelist. I loved her books. I still have the ones I begged my mom to buy me. So, I have a love for mystery novels as well.
I am not huge on non-fiction...though the non-fiction that reads as fiction works for me...the self help and books like that and biographies/autobiographies do not keep my interest.
__________________ ⫷ ⫷____________________________________________ I know that you're afraid to...
...let all the dark escape you._____________________________________________⫸ ⫸ |
| |
05-30-2019, 07:34 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
| Ramora
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kita's pocket
Posts: 5,227
Hogwarts RPG Name: Aslan Archer Slytherin Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Rose Woods Gryffindor Third Year x9 x6
| ½ of Lauralie | Koala | The being in Ern's pocket | Baby Smurf | Prouf member of The Flock
I love love love historical fiction, especially when it's well-researched and well-written. Also Period AU fanfics. It's my inner nerd, I can't help it.
But also I really do adore a good psychological thriller and Gillian Flynn has written some of my absolute favourite ones!
__________________ |
| |
05-30-2019, 09:40 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
| Mooncalf
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Losers Club
Posts: 7,590
Hogwarts RPG Name: Reuben Albert Darcy-Stemp Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Billie Love Stemp Gryffindor Third Year x3
| Sarah thinks I'm cute | Shan's safe space.
I find it really hard to chose a favourite - I read (or listen to) most genres. Horror, psychological thrillers and mysteries are probably my favourite, with fantasy coming close, too! I really don't like romance novels, though - although I don't mind romance within other stories, I don't particularly like it as a sole focus.
With the amount of driving I do for work, I've really gotten into non-fiction recently, too. It's really engaging to listen to on long journeys!
__________________ ⇀ Standing now, calling all the people here to see the show_____________________________
Calling for my demons now to let me go ↽
|
| |
05-31-2019, 01:30 AM
|
#7 (permalink)
| Manticore
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: *Nom nom nom*
Posts: 43,198
Hogwarts RPG Name: Mercer Branxton Ravenclaw Seventh Year x7 x8
| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee
Reading everyone's favorite genres makes me want to recommend you all a book. I want you to head over to "If you like this, you'll like this" and let me set you up.
I think I ONLY read mysteries and thrillers last year, and before that I was heavy into YA stuff.
__________________ ★ Dawn ★
Awakening ★ Spiritual ★ Hopeful ★ Honest |
| |
06-02-2019, 01:52 AM
|
#8 (permalink)
| Crup
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Becky's Skype Window
Posts: 17,227
x12 x12
| Becky's Bestie | Magic Pen Original Nymphadora | Lizasaurus
It's really hard to just choose one! I love so many genres but I think the books I tend to read fall mainly into the fantasy one over all. Or at least you can consider them all as fantasy to an extent
__________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Coffee! |
| |
06-02-2019, 04:29 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
| Bicorn
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wales
Posts: 16,721
Hogwarts RPG Name: Jade Archer de Leon Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ivy Charlton Hufflepuff Fifth Year | Little Fox | ½ of Lauralie | Ravenclaw with a Hufflepuff heart and a Gryffindor soul | #HouseNATARIANA
You all have such a variety of favourites, wow!
I like a wide variety of genres, but my favourite genre is probably fantasy or contemporary. They're the ones I read the most, for sure. I used to be into crime/mystery, too, but I haven't really read any books from those genres for years. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Reading everyone's favorite genres makes me want to recommend you all a book. I want you to head over to "If you like this, you'll like this" and let me set you up. !!!!!!!!! YES. I highly encourage everyone to do this!
|
| |
06-03-2019, 04:11 AM
|
#10 (permalink)
| DMC Demiguise
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nebraska (GMT -5)
Posts: 24,107
Hogwarts RPG Name: Cassidy Burke First Year x6 x3
| SPNer | Whovian | Sherlockian | | Artist | Cornhusker | Blackhawks
I love a variety of genres but lately I've been reading a lot of historical fiction.
__________________ |
| |
07-13-2020, 04:31 PM
|
#11 (permalink)
| Moke
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: nickle's back pocket
Posts: 8,914
Hogwarts RPG Name: Astrid Grimaldi Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nikita Vitvinina-Grahn Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ascella Archer Hufflepuff Fifth Year x12
| Kimothée Chalamet • The UWU Agenda • Once Baby, Now Trouble • All Growed Up
*casually revives* LOOK. Look. I can't? Decide if I have a favourite genre? I'm a mess, clearly. Making a Libra choose? I can't believe it. If I really had to choose, it's definitely fiction! I've read a lot of YA books. Contemporary. Fantasy. Mythology. Adventure. Yes, that's about it.
But also, I've started to get into historical fiction! I was a picky reader as a kid, and I don't wanna limit myself anymore. I wanna read some more from that genre and all other genres tbh!
__________________ It's so magical, feeling that no one's got a hold_______________________________ ___________________________________And the whole wide world is whistling... |
| |
02-24-2021, 01:09 PM
|
#12 (permalink)
| Bundimun
Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: US of A
Posts: 30
|
I would say historical fiction would be my number one pick. I also like science fiction and fantasy.
|
| |
03-13-2021, 01:00 AM
|
#13 (permalink)
| Shrake
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Rohan
Posts: 12,679
Hogwarts RPG Name: Louis Bracken Gryffindor Sixth Year x3 x1
| Sardines ♥ BHB ♥ Dallie ♥ Grumpy ♥ MY SUN AND STARS ♥ i love julia
I want to be lame and say I like them all, but I get through crime/thriller/mysteries much easier. Sometimes I lose my patience with classic literature, even though I LIKE the stories... it's just hard to get through the writing sometimes. So fast-paced books are more my jam.
|
| |
06-18-2021, 05:33 PM
|
#14 (permalink)
| Puffskein
Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: UK
Posts: 1,569
Hogwarts RPG Name: Sloane Aubrey Knott Slytherin Fifth Year |
I feel like my favourite is fiction generally and then more specifically fantasy. I love D&D and that type of high fantasy stuff and obviously YA type stories because that's what I lived off when I was younger.
As I've read a wider variety though growing up, I do love a good crime/mystery book. I also don't mind a little romance either but that tends to be more so in the YA books that I read rather than me actually seeking out books specifically in that genre.
I will also read a biography but it has to be one that super, super interests me. I invertedly bought myself a Gary Barlow biography and whilst I don't mind him, it's not at the front of my reading list
One thing I am guilty of is judging a book by its cover too If the cover is terrible then I am less likely to read you.
|
| |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT. The time now is 09:53 AM. |