I'm trying to get through some classics. You win this time, "Pride and Prejudice".

quabaq wrote:I'm trying to get through some classics. You win this time, "Pride and Prejudice".

I'm reading through US writers and Major British Writers I at the same time. It breaks my brain some weeks.

This week: Shakespeare on one side, Hawthorne on the other. OWWW.

I like books where the focus is the people, not the superficial styles or qualities that make a genre.

Really, are all your readers men. How about some sexy romance? With a little mystery mixed in.

some saucy, steamy romance (anyone read Atlas Shrugged, even that is steamy!)

Mystery, of course! Evanovich, Grafton, Hiaasen, Francis, and more- they're all good. Gee,Woot, how'd you miss that?

yojane2118 wrote:Really, are all your readers men. How about some sexy romance? With a little mystery mixed in.

I had to re-read the choices to make sure I didn't miss that.

I love all genres, some more than others, such as scifi. It also depends on the writer. If the author is good and keeps me engrossed by the style of his/her verbiage, and I am lost in their "world" that supersedes only reading one genre, for me.

what about "all of the above" ??? I love to read it all.

I have gone through phases. For many years it was spy thrillers then science fiction and most recently fantasy. But I've read and enjoyed a fair amount of classics, mystery, biography and non-fiction through it all.

I can't believe horror fiction isn't one of the choices! Give me some Lovecraft or Clive Barker and I'm good.

I also enjoy alternate history, cyberpunk and the occasional Michael Crichton-esque thriller as well. And currently I'm writing crossover horror/scifi stuff so that's where my mind is right now.

Separate categories for sci-fi and fantasy, but none for mystery?? Really, W00t? I read books from many different genres, including the two above that you listed, but I am most partial to mysteries/thrillers.

Oh, wait, I just got it: all input for this poll came from W00t nerds, with no nerdettes allowed.

Meh.

What about 'All of the above' for an option. Reading is not just fun, it is important, it keeps our minds sharp so we can find that darn F5 key during an emergency...woot-off.

I voted fantasy. A Song of Ice and Fire! American Gods! Best Served Cold! The Lord of the Rings!

MarzieO wrote:Mystery, of course! Evanovich, Grafton, Hiaasen, Francis, and more- they're all good. Gee,Woot, how'd you miss that?

Ditto, though I prefer Stabenow, Parker (Robert), and Muller, but I do agree on Evanovich :-).

For the record, Steampunk is sci fi.

I went through a Russian phase a few years ago, but War and PEace was so heavy (physically) that I bought a Kindle. I usually read two or three things at a time and at least one of them is a mystery.

I haven't read any sci-fi in a long time, not since Foundation and Dune decades ago. They were great.

READING? What is that?

yojane2118 wrote:Really, are all your readers men. How about some sexy romance? With a little mystery mixed in.

Agreed! I like a variety of romances (historical, paranormal, mystery), but also straight-up mysteries and some fantasy.

I'm pretty eclectic when it comes to books - I don't have a single favorite genre, nor do I only stick with fiction.

What I have learned (and it only took 30 years) is that it's OK to NOT like things. I remember being forced to read The Great Gatsby in high school, and I hated it. My lit teacher used to scream at us about 'classics' and how they were superior in every way.

Flash forward 30 years, and there is my copy of Gatsby still sitting on the bookshelf. I think to myself that maybe I was just too young to understand its greatness. I re-read it. I still hated it.

Anything that isn't a "romance novel". Some things are "historical fiction" with a "romance novel" subplot - I'm ok with those.

Harlequin Romances, not so much.

What, no category for erotic fan fiction?

yojane2118 wrote:Really, are all your readers men. How about some sexy romance? With a little mystery mixed in.

No, they're not all men. Some girls like sci fi. Some girls like SEXY sci fi!

Franz Kafka FTW!

You need an "almost all of the above" pick. Pretty much everything, but a little light on the fantasy stuff.

epicsatyr wrote:Franz Kafka FTW!

Franz Kafka Rock Opera

I enjoy a nice, scary horror story. Technically it would be a sub-genre of fantasy I guess. A lot of writers in the genre say they prefer the term "dark fantasy" to horror.

I also enjoy science fiction, but the lighter, character driven type as opposed to something that's the equivalent of reading an algebra equation.

But then again these are just preferences. I read just about anything with words, including all six sides of the cereal box.

I guess I need the difference between Noir, Horror, Thriller, and Dark Fantasy. I could even throw Suspense novels in there and call them all sub-genres that should fall under the same category for the purpose of this poll.

True Biographies. Interesting that is, boring is no fun. :-)

notnotlickingtoads wrote:True Biographies. Interesting that is, boring is no fun. :-)

that's right- fiction, duh. Ones that act like amazingly true stories. lol

Dark Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance!

I like slice of life fiction. I don't know if that's even a genre. I suppose the book I'm thinking of, Scooter by Mick Foley, was a bit of a historical one since it does depict a kid growing up in the Bronx in the 60's and 70's but the history was a backdrop for the human slice of life.

Read?

I like Sci-Fi (no fantasy, please), but right now I'm voting for murder mysteries. If it's a thrilling page-turner, too, even better.

I enjoy mysteries with interesting central characters whose personalities and situations are developed from book to book - e.g., Stephen White's Alan Gregory and Jonathon Kellerman's Alex Delaware - or those with procedural, location, or historical insights - e.g., Michael Connolly's Hieronymus Bosch and Mickey Haller series - or those with cultural depth - e.g., Faye Kellerman's Ritual Bath and Stephen White's Higher Authority.

I love to read, both my vocation and avocation. But I'm a 100 percent escapist. I want happy endings. I read any kind of romance, cozy mysteries, action/adventure, biographies, nothing with graphic gore.

Samstag wrote:What, no category for erotic fan fiction?

I suppose it is more like, "What type fiction is your favorite erotic fan fiction from?" ;)

RWoodward wrote:... I read just about anything with words, including all four sides of the cereal box.

What? The top and the bottom of the box get no love?

Horror!!!!! Give me Clive Barker & give me death! Mwahhhh hah ahhh ha hah hahhhhh!!!