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This might make me sound a little like a Pollyanna, but it’s genuinely how I feel.
I think the best way to spread your love of books is to focus on your favourite aspects of the genres or authors you read and to be as descriptive as possible when discussing what you love about them.
A little positivity goes a long way in drawing likeminded readers to you and focusing on what well-written stories have in common across genres and generations.
I can’t say if this is true for everyone, but I’ve also found that I’m more likely to try specific books from genres like romance that I’m not generally drawn to when people give detailed descriptions of what they loved about that particular story.
For example, was there a fantastic plot twist that they didn’t see coming? Did the characters break the rules of their genre in funny or memorable ways? Was the writing exquisite? How long did it take that reader to realize the character development was going to completely change their opinions on characters X and Y, whether for better or for worse? Or maybe the story was set in a time and place that isn’t generally used in that genre but that suited the plot and characters perfectly?
You get the idea.
Some readers might like wildly different genres or styles of writing, but I think we can all find common ground if we dig deeply into what makes reading such a worthwhile hobby.
have mixed feelings about series.
I try really hard not to repeat answers for the two blogs hops I participate in here, but this week’s prompt was such a no-brainer for me and most of the speculative fiction I read is about such dangerous worlds that I’m going to need to be a little repetitive today.
The image credit for today’s post goes to Edward Lear, an English artist and poet who lived during the Victorian era. The grumpy man in this sketch made me chuckle.
Unless you count the loud footsteps that sometimes rumble up and down my in-laws stairs (but that are probably just coming from a noisy neighbour in the other home in their duplex), I have never seen or interacted with a ghost.
1. Visited a haunted house attraction.
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On the rare occassion I visit a zoo, the primate exhibits are the most interesting portions of those trips to me.
I tweaked the themes of the last two Top Ten Tuesday posts, but this time I’m sticking to the script! Some of them will have explanations, but it didn’t feel necessary for others.
As I mentioned in an earlier Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post, I generally borrow ebooks from the library instead of purchasing them.
Here’s a confession that might put me at odds with the bookish community: I don’t do a lot of novel reading when I’m on vacation unless the weather is terrible, I get sick, or I’m enjoying a staycation and therefore won’t be sight seeing or reconnecting with faraway loved ones.