For That Artsy Reader Girl’s Top Ten Tuesday:
September 3: Books I Enjoyed That Are Outside of My Comfort Zone (i.e., a genre you don’t typically read or subject matter you’re not usually drawn to)
I have a lot of respect for all these genres but generally they’re not where my personal taste tends to take me. But there are exceptions to every rule!
Sciencey Nonfiction
I had some no-so-good science teachers in school that gave me a negative feeling for it for a long time. I’m trying to push myself out of that mindset because I do find some scientific topics interesting, but it’s a process. My knee-jerk reaction is still rather negative. For the most part these books aren’t hard core scientific but they have scientific portions or content.
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shalin
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Romance
I’ve always enjoyed romantic subplots in books, but I think for a while I bought into the whole idea that romance as a genre was somehow less than other genres. I’ve come to see that’s not the case (I posted about it here and here) and I’ve been venturing into it a bit more, but I wouldn’t call it my comfort zone. I’m still figuring out my tastes in this genre.
Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Poetry
I like poetry a lot in small doses but I’ve never been one to sit for an afternoon and binge it. These are the exceptions to that rule.
Transformations by Anne Sexton
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