TGIF is hosted by Ginger at Greads. It’s about answering/asking our readers a random book related question. The question posted by Ginger today is…
Book Associations:
Which genre, authors, or particular books do you think
people associate with your reading style?
Hmm…Besides Young Adult, which I’m not going to count because it really isn’t one type of book…it’s all the genres just written for a slightly younger audience…I’m going to go with Romance.
Not everyone is a Romance fan, and I’d even go so far as to say that some look down upon the genre. I think anything that brings me that much pleasure (ok, baaad pun!) reading is a good thing. Not every author can create connections between characters as well as a good Romance writer. I’d even say that some general lit authors could take a lesson or two from the tension Romance writers are able to create…
The first Romance I ever did was in 8th grade:
And I was hooked.
Seriously, Hook. Line. and Sinker.
I read a pretty large variety of genres and switch between YA and Adult on a regular basis. But I think it’s my love of a Trashy Romance…A Bodice Ripper…The Dime Store Novel…That sets me apart from the pack. Give me a big strong man, a good woman, and a heaping pile of chemistry and I’m set. Kilts don’t hurt either (must have been my start with Saving Grace‘s highland setting, lol).
So there you have it. For better or worse I’m a lover of Romance…
What’s your book association?
Cracking me up. I love some bodice ripping 😉
“a bodice ripper” is my favorite pseudonym for a romance novel 😉 Can’t you just picture the scene…
I love a good romance book too, and I am with you on a kilt not hurting any!!!
Thanks for stopping by! I don’t know why people look down on romance.. hmm.. no perhaps I do because if I’m honest I can be guilty of it when it comes to the quickly written Mills & Boons novels BUT I’m also a firm believer in each to their own, that the world would be pretty darn boring if everybody liked the same thing. There’d be no variety! Sometimes, romance is a great thing. Also, I’m very jealous that you have a copy of Changeless. I recently finished Soulless and I don’t have the others in the series and seriously *piiiiine* now THAT was a romance to swoon over!
YAY…romance…because when it comes down to it, Love always wins in all the genres I read…:)
I think I would have to say that fantasy books are my favorite. I like for books to take me somewhere impossible and magical.