Is there such a thing as reading too much of one genre?
I never used to think so, but lately I have found myself thinking that I’m getting a bit tired of fantasy. Plus they start to either all sound the same or I start getting the storylines mixed up. My mind is turning into a fantasy muddled mess. So, I thought I needed a change and here we are. I have also been wanting to knock off some books from my physical TBR, so I went through all of my books and made a stack of non-fantasy books.
My plan is to switch back and forth between fantasy (or what ever library book I have checked out) and one of these. Some of these are very new, but most have been sitting on my shelf for awhile. Right now I am about finished with Realm of Ruins, when I am through I will pick up one of these. But which one?
I think I have it narrowed down to these four:
Cherie Priest’s new book The Toll: I love her books and this is gothic horror which is kind of fantasy maybe? Don’t care as it is far from the usual fantasy I read so I’m including it. Plus it is fairly short.
Taylor Adams’s No Exit: I saw a review of this book a few weeks ago and then came across a free copy at ALA (SCORE!) I love thrillers and this one would be perfect to read right now as it takes place during a blizzard. (We recently had a snow storm here in the PNW, the first in a couple of years!)
Tiffany Schmidt’s The Boy Next Story: I don’t read a lot of contemporary but I really enjoyed the first book in this series and so I had to pick this one up at ALA as well. This one is based on Little Women.
Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward: I see so many reviews of this book just going on and on about how good it is. I got this one last fall when Brandon was on the book tour for it and stopped by Seattle to speak. It was a very good talk about failure and how it can come out being a good thing. You can find the video of his talk here, it was really good.
The Boy Next Story sounds really interesting – though I might be biased because I really like Little Women.
And I’ve found that as well in the past, reading so much of one genre that everything bleeds into one and you can spot tropes a mile off. I think that’s why I stopped reading certain genres like fantasy and crime for a bit, but looking forward to getting back into them!
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Yeah the tropes are really throwing me right now, and I am finding myself rolling my eyes alot!
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Ugh yep I remember that! Glad I took a break from the genres so I could appreciate them when I did pick them back up!
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It’s always a good idea to switch genres if you get tired 🙂 I love this post! And Skyward was my top favorite book of last year so I also hope you love it!
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I’m beginning to think that it will be next read.
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Awesome, can’t wait to see what you think!
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I just picked up Skyward… It might be my next!
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I’m totally the same way. I’ve had to monitor how much YA I read in general, and especially YA Fantasy. It was turning into the same tropes over and over that ended up ruining a lot of books for me.
I LOVED Unwind and No Exit! They both totally hooked me and I couldn’t put it down!
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