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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to read so much pre kids but I tend to go for the easiest entertainment option now and pull out my phone or watch something on tv.

I have this unfortunate habit of judging myself for my book choices and I wish I didn’t. I enjoy thriller mystery type books but I always feel as though if I’m not reading something highbrow or “important” I might as well be watching tv. Of course this isn’t true but continue this thought pattern, especially when friends tell the names of impressive books they are reading. I need to pick back up a mystery and stop telling myself it’s not good enough. [/quote]

All my serious reader friends have genre styles they also enjoy, whether mysteries or rom coms or sci-fi or whatever. I just finished two really good literary fiction novels (The Vanishing Half and Circe, would highly recommend both) but next up for me is a Laura Lippman novel -- always deeply satisfying and easy to read. I also love Louise Penny for the same reason. Or, if I'm in a sci-fi mood, Becky Chambers is fantastic and John Scalzi has a lot of great books perfect for the beach or a plane ride.

I usually read 4-5 serious books a year and the rest is more fluff, or sometimes background reading related to a project I'm working on. No guilt. I've been reading for pleasure since I could read. Also, I write some and you know what -- the really good mystery, thriller, sci-fi, and romance authors are incredibly skilled at what they do and could write circles around a lot of more "literary" writers. Genre does not have to mean Dan Brown or James Patterson. It takes enormous talent to write very plot-forward, satisfying books. I actually prefer this to people who read all the books they are "supposed to." I would rather discuss someone's favorite romance novels than find out what yet another person thinks of Jonathan Franzen, you know?[/quote]

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