I was tagged by Shalini at BOOKS, REVIEWS ET AL BY SHALINI to participate in the This Is My Genre Book Tag! Thank you so much! If you haven’t followed Shalini yet, you owe it to yourself to check out her blog and enjoy the biting wit and wisdom she bestows in her reviews, posts, and interviews.
The Rules
- Answer the questions
- Tag as many people as you want
The Questions
What is your favorite genre?
I don’t think I can pin that down to one genre. I tend to read all over the board. However, I do love thrillers, psychological thrillers, mysteries, suspense, crime, police procedurals, yadda, yadda, yadda…hey, I list all that, including genres I won’t normally read on my “Submission” page.
Who is your favorite author from that genre?
Argh! Well, that could change, but right now I’m reading book 4 of the Jane Hawk series, The Forbidden Door, by Dean Koontz. Gees, can that man write!! (And, btw, I’ll be reviewing his book this Sunday, September 2nd, which is also my 56th anniversary with the CE. How the man has hung in this long is beyond me.)
What is it about that genre that keeps pulling you back?
Are you kidding? The nail-biting, edge of your seat, can’t put it down to fix a meal or go to the bathroom, glued to the page reading. These books leave you spent at the finish line and looking for the next one. They are the “crack” of books. And like Lay’s Potato Chips, you can’t read just one.
What is the book that started your love for the genre?
Uh huh, at my age, I can’t remember that far back. When I told my son I was reading a Dean Koontz book, he mentioned that Koontz wrote horror. (He knows I wouldn’t read that.) But I was hooked. Years ago I discovered Toby Neal and her Lei Crime series. After reading Blood Orchids, yeah, I was hooked.
If you have to recommend one book from your favorite genre to a non-reader–that genre, what book would you choose and why?
Yeah, no. I don’t generally recommend books, although I discovered that I had no problem recommending books to my recent visitor–an avid reader (who seems to prefer books of more than 300 pages). She also reads a fairly wide variety of genres. I introduced her to Toby Neal and Jinx Schwartz. If you don’t know that latter name, Jinx writes the kitschy Hetta Coffey Mysteries. I got started with her books because she writes sea stories (and you know where that interest stemmed from).
Why do you read?
I’ve always read. Books have the power to transport you to exotic places, exercise super powers, teach, empower, and write. Which I also wanted to do!
I tag –
And many of you don’t do tags, so anyone else who wants to do this tag, please do! I’d loved to read your answers!
©2018 V Williams
56 years! Congratulations! I wonder how many books you’ve both read in that time…
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a ton! for many years, they were non-fiction, instructional text. it’s nice to read just for the fun of it and not have a test pending!
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Love your answers Virginia. I will try to do this tag. I just am not sure I have a genre. I will have to think about this for a couple of days. Thanks for thinking of me.
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thank you, i had to think about it as well. i really enjoy thrillers and mysteries. but sometimes a blurb will get my attention and i’ll make a 90 degree turn off the thriller genre.
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I read such a variety of genres, I am not sure what my favourite is.
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I’m big on variety as well, but will generally grab what looks like a good thriller or a cover with a dog on it. 😍
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Yayyy what lovely answers Gin… And I got the pingback. Fabulous… All these books I have to check out… Hmmm I mean I have to get in the next few months… Thanks for all the recommendations ♥️💜
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Thank you thank you thank you. Just one question: when do you sleep?
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These are all scheduled posts…. So I sleep at night early morning… Hehehe… My August reading has been pathetic… I hope to increase soon… 😉😂😕😕
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It seems like you are online 24/7. Anyway, I can identify with pathetic August reading stats. Mine, too, although I had yet another wonderful excuse. I plan to have more (wonderful excuses) upcoming in September! (Wanna get into that quilt, too, and maybe do some knitting, practice piano, learn Spanish. Okay, just kidding on that last one.) 🤣
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Hahaha I have had a pathetic August reading, so I am hoping Sept is going to be fabulous
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I’m sure it will be.
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