My favorite genre to read is classic literature. I love the idea of reading books that have stood the test of time and finding value in them in today's society. Although I have read books by Bronte, Dickens, and Austen, I prefer modern classics from early 1900s to approx 1970s. I love Vonnegut, Bradbury, Dos Pasos, and Salinger. I like that these authors challenged the ways in which a story should be told by using untraditional story telling. It also provides me with the satisfaction of completely a goal when reading classic books.
In terms of more specific genres, I enjoy mysterys/thrillers, fantasy/sci-fi, and nonfiction. In terms of finding new books to read, I usually visit Amazon to see what books are popular and what books are highly recommended by critics. I also find books through entertainment blogs such as the Vulture from the New York Magazine or through Entertainment Weekly magazine.
I am usually not drawn to romance/chick lit novels or westerns. As I do not have the chance to read as often as I like with work and school, when I do have the opportunity, I like to read books of more substance. I do not mind romance in books, but I do not like enjoying books entirely devoted to romance, shopping, woman's relationships, etc. I like to watch TV or movies to relax my mind rather than reading a book to. If I do read a lighter content books, I like comedies or funny memiors (something by Sedaris or Burroughs). My dad loves to listen to western novels in this truck, so I am excited at the opportunity to read one of his books for our assignment as I never would have prior to this course.
Other the last few months, I finished the Tana French mystery series and all of Gillian Flynn's thriller novels I thought all of these books were fantastic and I am excited at what these authors will be producing in the future. I have the 4th Geogre RR Martin to read, but I am waiting to finish this upcoming series before I do so
I am excited to hear what you think of the western you read!
ReplyDeleteI will also tell you what I told Erin as a fellow Vonnegut fan: there is a local theatre company that does a production based on some of the short stories from Welcome to the Monkey House every few summers, and they are reprising it this summer at the Fringe Theatre. They are called ShadowApe Theatre Company and they are fantastic.