This week's spotlight blogs are: Fiction Ferver and Book'd Out
And the question is:
Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?
Hmmm...I'm not really big on memoirs or Science Fiction, but there are definitely exceptions to that distaste. HOWEVER, (and I know this is kind of twisting the question prompt but go with it!) I absolutely cannot stand time travel! There's just something about it that I cannot ever get into. Everything I've tried to read I just find too many loopholes or things that I don't believe would happen given the time readjustments. It's not like everything I read is real or believable so I don't quite understand my aversion to time travel, but I know it's there. What's funny is this extends to movies and TV shows too, so it's just a life-avoidance, really!
What genre do you avoid? Leave a link in my comments and I'll come check it out! (and of course if you follow I would love to follow back!)
Buy or Borrow: Where do your books that you read come from? The bookstore? The library? Do you prefer to own a book, or have it on loan?
Most of my books are from the library, and I like it that way. Libraries have been a haven for me all my life: my mother is a librarian, and they've always meant home. It's books and order and familiarity and so many worlds and universes and possibilities all in one room or under one roof - they're amazing. So naturally, I want to support them all I can. Obviously it's much more financially stressful to own every book you read too, so the library is a nice little cash-saver as well.
Also, I feel like having books from the library increases my odds of reading them soon. Having a deadline to return the book makes me feel like I need to read that book and do it quick, before my time runs out. No offense meant to books I buy of course! It's just that I get that oh well, it'll be there later feeling with ones I own and they tend to get lost in my TBR stack.
Of course, if a book is one that I absolutely loved loved loved after reading a library copy, I will eventually go out and purchase my own copy. If I love it I want it available and on hand at all times, even if I rarely go back and read it again.
Happy Friday, everyone!
Science fiction is hard to read sometimes because of all the science terms and what not. I don't read it as much either. New follower and subscriber! Check out my FF:
ReplyDeleteCrystal @ Elegantly Bound Books
I need to start visiting my local library! I've been there a couple of times, but I should make it a regular thing. I know that we have a great selection of books :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a memoirs person either. Even if I actually wanted to know more about someone famous I don't think I'd read their book. It just screams boring to me for some reason. I get your frustration about time traveling too. Way too many loopholes for me to take it seriously in a book.
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Kristan @ Lost Amongst the Shelves
My FF
I haven't read much in the way of time travel either - does my head in
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Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
same with science fiction, also i don't usually read nonfiction. As for time travel, honestly haven't read a book about it yet, but I'm going to try.
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following you :D
- juhina
I understand the feeling--my friends often have to shush me when we're watching certain sci-fi or time travel movies because the plot holes often present bug me and I have a tendency to point them out! My friends always have to keep telling me "it's just a movie!" haha
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Dominique @ The Book Vault
I don't think it bother me so much but I haven"t read a lot of books about it neither.
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Time Travel has been something I struggle with sometimes--it can be very hard to do well.
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http://thebookaddictnet.blogspot.com
New follower. I'm not a fan of memoirs either. Never understood why people would want to read about someone's life.
ReplyDeleteDaniel @ Bound By Words
OMG, YES! I completely agree about time travel!! There's always a loophole or something that doesn't make sense!
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Kristin from Growingupya.blogspot.com
That's the first time travel answer I've seen! It doesn't bother me, if done well.
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Haha, I've heard memoirs quiet a bit. I totally understand what you're saying about time travel though! Thanks so much for stopping by! Following!
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